Cooking
Congratulations to Sandy, Jesse, Emily, Cindy, Susan, Phaedrus, Lee, Jackie, Anonymous (with an email) and Kyle, the winners of The United States of Arugula! As of this morning a total of 10 people had correctly answered all the very tough trivia questions. All the answers to this contest were to be found in Harold McGee's On Food and Cooking, a reference book I highly recommend.
1. The characteristic orange-pink color of salmon is due to a chemical relative of the carotene pigment that colors carrots
True or False
2. The olive tree was most likely cultivated
a) 5,000 years ago
b) 2,000 years ago
c) 1,000 years ago
3. Sake is best drunk
a) As young as possible
b) When aged
4. Surimi in Japanese means
a) Fake fish
b) Fishcake
c) Minced fish
5. Bean curd was invented in Japan
True or False
6. The word sausage comes from the Latin word
a) Cure
b) Salt
c) Stuff
7. Eggs are what percent of a hen's weight?
a) 5%
b) 3%
c) 1%
8. Which is richer?
a) Pound cake
b) Butter cake
FOOD
- The Keys To Good Cooking By Harold Mcgee
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- Quiz Answers
Finally! We have some winners of Morimoto The New Art of Japanese Cooking. Congratulations to Tim, Shiree, Arlene, Julie and Melinda. Most of the answers were in an article in the September 2004 issue of Food & Wine magazine. Here are the answers...
- Second Chance To Win Morimoto
Looks like my quiz has really stumped you! No one got all the answers right, and only one person was even close. But I really do want to give away copies of Morimoto The New Art of Japanese Cooking. So I'm giving the answers to two of the questions...
- Morimoto Contest
How well do you know Iron Chef and restaurateur Morimoto? If you know him well enough, you might just win a copy of his latest book, Morimoto The New Art of Japanese Cooking. It's a book I reviewed about a week or so ago. I have five copies of this...
- Mystery Solved
It's dried dragon fruit, also known as Pitaya, Pink Pitaya, Red Pitahaya, Night blooming Cereus, Strawberry Pear, Belle of the Night, and conderella plant. The fresh stuff was recently blogged about by Nicky at Delicious Days. Though common to Mexico...
Cooking
Congratulations to Sandy, Jesse, Emily, Cindy, Susan, Phaedrus, Lee, Jackie, Anonymous (with an email) and Kyle, the winners of The United States of Arugula! As of this morning a total of 10 people had correctly answered all the very tough trivia questions. All the answers to this contest were to be found in Harold McGee's On Food and Cooking, a reference book I highly recommend.
1. The characteristic orange-pink color of salmon is due to a chemical relative of the carotene pigment that colors carrots
True or False
2. The olive tree was most likely cultivated
a) 5,000 years ago
b) 2,000 years ago
c) 1,000 years ago
3. Sake is best drunk
a) As young as possible
b) When aged
4. Surimi in Japanese means
a) Fake fish
b) Fishcake
c) Minced fish
5. Bean curd was invented in Japan
True or False
6. The word sausage comes from the Latin word
a) Cure
b) Salt
c) Stuff
7. Eggs are what percent of a hen's weight?
a) 5%
b) 3%
c) 1%
8. Which is richer?
a) Pound cake
b) Butter cake
FOOD
- The Keys To Good Cooking By Harold Mcgee
...
- Quiz Answers
Finally! We have some winners of Morimoto The New Art of Japanese Cooking. Congratulations to Tim, Shiree, Arlene, Julie and Melinda. Most of the answers were in an article in the September 2004 issue of Food & Wine magazine. Here are the answers...
- Second Chance To Win Morimoto
Looks like my quiz has really stumped you! No one got all the answers right, and only one person was even close. But I really do want to give away copies of Morimoto The New Art of Japanese Cooking. So I'm giving the answers to two of the questions...
- Morimoto Contest
How well do you know Iron Chef and restaurateur Morimoto? If you know him well enough, you might just win a copy of his latest book, Morimoto The New Art of Japanese Cooking. It's a book I reviewed about a week or so ago. I have five copies of this...
- Mystery Solved
It's dried dragon fruit, also known as Pitaya, Pink Pitaya, Red Pitahaya, Night blooming Cereus, Strawberry Pear, Belle of the Night, and conderella plant. The fresh stuff was recently blogged about by Nicky at Delicious Days. Though common to Mexico...