"MET" AT THE MET
The Indonesian art pieces Ceremonial Object in the Shape of an Ax and Box for Betel Leaves were both crafted through this artistic practice
What is Metalworking?
Child began attending this Parisian culinary school at age 38
What is Le Cordon Bleu?
In India, where it is used in a number of religious ceremonies, inferior grades of this butter are made by adding buffalo milk to the leftover curd and repeating the process of boiling to separate out the lighter butter fat
What is Ghee?
The predicted loser in a contest, or a disadvantaged party unlikely to succeed
What is an Underdog?
As you learn new skills, like archery or rock climbing, at Girl Scout or Scouting America camp, you might earn some of these
What are Merit Badges?
The Met has exhibited several works of German artist Otto Dix, but it hasn’t hosted this famous and colorful work depicting both the interior and exterior of a Weimar Republic nightclub
What is Metropolis?
She received an Academy Award Nomination for her portrayal of Julia Child in the 2009 film Julie & Julia
Who is Meryl Streep?
Croissants owe their light, flaky interior to this process, in which dough and butter are folded together in very thin layers
What is Lamination?
To release from a folded or wrapped condition
What is to Unfurl?
You’ll likely sing along to this campfire classic, a 19th century Irish folk song featuring many, many prepositional phrases
What is The Rattlin' Bog?
A 20th Century French Cubist. Table by a Window and Circus Equestrienne
Who is Jean Metzinger?
Child worked with these two co-authors on the first volume of her iconic cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking
Who are Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle?
When you mix in butter with your flour, water, and leaven, you get an enriched dough. The soft, pull-apart texture results from the fat limiting development of this protein
What is Gluten?
As described in Forgotten Realms Campaign Settings, deep under the surface of Abier-Toril is this collection of networks of caves and caverns
What is The Underdark?
A precursor of trail mix, GORP stands for this
What is 'Good Old Raisins and Peanuts'?
His painting The Temptation of Saint Anthony was displayed in The Met’s Exhibition “From Van Eyck to Bruegel: Early Netherlandish Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art"
Who is Herri met de Bles?
In Mastering the Art of French Cooking, vol. II, Child teaches home chefs to make a dacquoise. Which, of course, is this
What is a layered nut (almond and/or hazelnut) meringue cake?
Ready to put your sourdough starter to use? Many bread recipes involve first creating this offshoot of your starter to fine-tune the bacterial content, acidity, and resulting flavor profile of the final dough
What is Levain?
Upon being freed from slavery, this army of eunuchs turns on their former enslavers in A Storm of Swords by George RR Martin
Who are The Unsullied?
No matter where you’re camping in North America, check your cabin for these arachnids, which are fast moving hunters
What are Wolf Spiders?
Giorgio de Chirico is the 20th century father of this art style, a precursor to surrealism
What is Metaphysical Art?
Child begins the first volume of Mastering the Art of French Cooking by enumerating necessary Batterie de Cuisine, meaning this
What is Kitchen Equipment?
This genus of probiotic bacteria is found in both sourdough as well as in cultured butter and is part of a group of bacteria known as Lactic Acid Bacteria
What is Lactobacillus?
Yoko Ono frequently recorded these kinds of protracted, high-pitched, rhythmic vocals
What are Ululating?
If you’re canoeing or fishing at camp in North Florida, you’re likely in this body of water, which drains from the Okefenokee swamp
What is The Suwanee River?