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| 1. | What city in Israel gives its name to a variety of orange? |
| 2. | Mela is Italian for what popular fruit? |
| 3. | What 'M' describes this large sausage from Bologna, Italy? |
| 4. | Hass is the most popular cultivar of what fruit? |
| 5. | In American English, they're often called snap peas or snow peas. What French term is their more common name in British English? |
| 6. | Since overtaking Italian dressing in 1992, what is the best-selling salad dressing in the United States? |
| 7. | In its purest form, what foodstuff has the chemical formula C12H22O11? |
| 8. | Carolina Reaper, Komodo Dragon, Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, Naga Viper and Naga Jolokia are all varieties of what? |
| 9. | Indigenous to the Spice Islands, mace is one of two spices obtained from the evergreen tree Myristica fragrans. What is the other? |
| 10. | What fruit is the main ingredient of a classic Melba sauce? |
| 11. | What is the name of the salad dressing based on mayonnaise, with red chilli sauce, minced green onions and minced green chilli peppers, normally an accompaniment to crab or shrimp? |
| 12. | Plantain, Red, Latundan and Cavendish are varieties of what fruit? |
| 13. | In Mediterranean cuisine, what key ingredient is mixed with olive oil and egg yolk to make an aioli sauce? |
| 14. | What name is given to a wine bottle twice the size of a Standard bottle? |
| 15. | What is fermented to produce the Japanese wine saké (酒)? |
| 16. | What fortified wine is made from white grapes grown near the city of Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia, Spain? |
| 17. | What name is given to a Japanese cooking technique in which foods are broiled or grilled with a glaze of soy sauce, mirin, and sugar? |
| 18. | What is unusual about the meat served in a steak tartare? |
| 19. | In Spanish speaking countries, what does a restaurante de helados specialise in? |
| 20. | What type of nut is this? |
| 21. | Founded in 1986, what U.S. fast food chain was originally run by Jerry Murrell and his sons Jim, Matt, Chad, and Ben? |
| 22. | In Italian cuisine, what 'G' is used to describe several varieties of thick, soft dough dumplings? |
| 23. | What two toppings define a croque-monsieur grilled sandwich? |
| 24. | Originating in southern Louisiana in the 18th century, what 'G' describes a stew of okra and other ingredients served over rice? |
| 25. | What is the main ingredient of the Middle Eastern dish "falafel"? |
| 26. | The dried rhizomes of what member of the ginger family are used as both a spice and a food colouring? |
| 27. | In what country is the Langhorne Creek wine region? |
| 28. | What 'K' is sometimes called turnip cabbage or German turnip? |
| 29. | What tequila cocktail is the Spanish word for "daisy"? |
| 30. | What do you add to Yorkshire pudding to get toad in the hole? |
| 31. | What 'B' describes this South Asian dish made with rice, vegetables, Indian spices, and usually some type of meat? |
| 32. | What animal's meat, called Gaegogi (개고기), is used to make a Korean tonic soup called Bosintang (보신탕)? |
| 33. | Earl Grey tea is flavoured with an essence extracted from the aromatic skin of what type of orange? |
| 34. | A tribute to John Lennon, who launched a product in 2008 called "Imagine Whirled Peace"? |
| 35. | A species of hickory native to northern Mexico and the southern United States, what type of nut is this? |
| 36. | What 'A' describes the Italian short-grain rice often used to make risotto? |
| 37. | From what country does Kingfisher Beer originate? |
| 38. | What 'F' is the Italian word for flour? |
| 39. | If you were served champignon de Paris in a French restaurant, what would you be eating? |
| 40. | What is the name of the anise-flavoured aperitif widely consumed in Greece and Cyprus? |
| 41. | What 'C' describes a variety of pasta shaped as seashells? |
| 42. | What is the name of the pan in which Paella is made? |
| 43. | With a smoky character derived from peat, on what Scottish island are Ardbeg, Lagavulin, and Laphroaig whiskies produced? |
| 44. | Shawarma (شاورما) in Arabic, gyros (γύρος) in Greek; what is the Turkish culinary word? |
| 45. | What 'C' describes a French sauce typically made of mushrooms, shallots, white wine and herbs? |
| 46. | What 'A' is a natural seed extract often used to colour "red" cheese? |
| 47. | First produced in Dublin in 1994, what is the name of this uniquely bottled coffee liqueur? |
| 48. | If you ordered un sandwich au jambon in France, what would you get? |
| 49. | What flavour is the liqueur Triple Sec? |
| 50. | What 'P' describes an Italian dry-cured ham that is usually thinly sliced and served uncooked? |
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