101 Cooking Trivia Questions That Will Make You Hungry

1. Arrowroot powder is used to do what when cooking dishes?

2. What cooking technique involves soaking meat in oil, wine, herbs or garlic?

3. Which expensive spice is taken from a crocus flower?

4. Lemongrass is associated with which country's cooking?

5. Which plant is often candied and used by cooks to decorate cakes?

6. Blueberries are native to which continent?

1. What type of biscuits are usually used to make a cheesecake base?

2. What type of meat is pancetta?

3. Prosciutto is a type of which meat?

4. Polenta is made from which grain?

5. Gnocchi are small potato dumplings from which country?

6. Which vegetable is called the eggplant in America?

1. Which herb would you mix with parmesan, olive oil and pine nuts to make pesto?

2. Prosecco wine was originally made in which country?

3. Bavette is the French name for which type of steak?

4. Tahini is an ingredient made from which type of seeds?

5. A tagine is a typical cooking pot from which area of the world?

6. Tequila is an alcoholic drink from wich country?

1. What color is balsamic vinegar?

2. Tzatziki is a Greek dip containing which vegetable?

3. Macadamia nuts come from which country?

4. What type of nuts are used to make macarons?

5. What flavour would an Aïloli sauce have?

6. Blinis are small savoury pancakes from which country?

1. Sourdough is a type of which food?

2. Manchego cheese comes from which country?

3. What is the term which means your pasta still has a little bite to it?

4. Lamb is meat from a sheep under how many months old?

5. What is mixed with mashed potato to make the Irish dish of colcannon?

6. Cabernet Sauvignon is a wine originating in which country?

1. Quinoa is a fashionable grain food from which continent?

2. Which Middle Eastern dip has chickpeas as its main ingredient?

3. What is also known as Japanese horseradish?

4. Harissa paste comes from which part of the world?

5. Manchego cheese is made with milk from which animal?

6. A coulis is a smooth saice made from which type of food?

1. What is the flavour of Pernod?

2. Halibut is a type of which food?

3. Which purple vegetable is a close relative of chard and spinach?

4. Which ingredient can be red, green, Scotch Bonnet or Birdseye?

5. Which grain has two varieties known as pot and pearl?

6. Jambalaya is a dish associated with which American city?

1. Cavolo nero is a type of cabbage from which country?

2. Which type of pasta is usually cooked to go with carbonara sauce?

3. Galangal, similar to ginger, is used in dishes from which region?

4. What is added to egg whites to make meringues?

5. Stollen is a cake from which country?

6. The piri-piri style of cooking originates in which country?

1. Hoisin sauce is typically served with which meat in China?

2. What would you mix with Advocaat to make a snowball cocktail?

3. Jerk seasoning is associated with which Caribbean island?

4. What color is the Greek dip called taramasalata?

5. Which herb is made into a sauce and served with lamb?

6. The fish dish Bouillabaisse comes from which area of France?

1. Which type of vinegar is mostly made in Modena, Italy?

2. Which cooking term means to plunge vegetables into boiling water briefly, then into iced water?

3. What type of chopped meat is used in a carbonara sauce?

4. Which nuts are used to make frangipane?

5. What color is guacamole?

6. In which country did Muesli originate?

1. Calvados is brandy made using which fruit?

2. Which condiment can be English, French or Dijon?

3. Nduja is a sausage from which country?

4. Pilaf is a way of cooking which food?

5. Up until the Middle Ages, which popular vegetable was always purple in color?

6. Which herb can have varities called pepper, spear and apple?

1. Quark is a type of which food?

2. Kippers are a smoked variety of which fish?

3. Gravadlax is a cured slice of which type of fish?

4. What type of food is Gorgonzola?

5. What is mixed with vodka to make a Bloody Mary?

6. What savoury spread can be smooth or crunchy?

1. What type of protein does a bouillabaisse mainly contain?

2. What typically Scottish dish is made from oatmeal, onion and sheep organs?

3. What is a small pilchard commonly known as?

4. Rosti is a Swiss dish made from which vegetable?

5. Sushi is a traditional dish from which country?

6. Halloumi cheese comes from which Mediterranean island?

1. The salmon dish Gravadlax comes from which part of Europe?

2. Panettone is a traditional cake from which country?

3. What color are rhubarb stalks?

4. Pilchard is a type of which food?

5. Stevia is a modern alternative to which substance?

6. Marzipan is made from which sort of nuts?

1. Rigatoni, linguine and tortellini are types of which food?

2. Agave syrup is often used as a substitute for which product by vegans?

3. French, Italian and Swiss are varieties of which dessert made with eggs?

4. Which type of vegetable turns into a gherkin when pickled?

5. Plantain is an unsweet version of which fruit?

6. Cooking 'en papillote' involves wrapping food in what?

1. Halloumi is a type of which food?

2. Nectarines were originally native to which country?

3. The tandoor oven is used in the cooking of which country?

4. The cookery of which country typically uses a wok?

5. Which type of meat can be 'spatchcocked', meaning split open for grilling?

6. What vegetable is added to eggs to make a Spanish omelette, also known as tortilla?

1. Agar agar is added to dishes to make them do what?

2. Feta is a type of which food?

3. A famous variety of artichoke is named after which Middle Eastern city?

4. Aberdeen Angus, Longhorn and Highland produce which sort of meat?

5. What ingredient can be filo, shortcrust or puff?