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1. Kombu, Niboshi, and Shiitake are the most common types of what stock used in Japanese cooking?
2. What thin batter-based dish from South India is typically made with lentils and rice?
3. Meaning "little hollows", what pasta shells made from semolina look like little hot dog buns?
4. Whipped cream has an alternative name that honors what French chateau?
5. What hybrid of the domestic Muscovy duck and the domestic duck is often gavaged to make foie gras?
6. What pastries are said to be first created for the marriage of the Duke or Orleans, the future King Henry II of France?
7. Coconut milk, palm sugar syrup, and green rice flour jelly are the main ingredients of what Indonesian drink?
8. What national cocktail of Brazil is made with sugarcane hard liquor called cachaça?
9. Long associated with Wendy’s, what word is currently used on the Wendy’s menu to describe their $5 combo meals?
10. My recent UK trip showed me that what British coffeehouse chain is the second-largest in the world after Starbucks, and the biggest in the UK? It takes its name from the surname of its Italian founder Sergio.
11. Triple Zero is a variety of what Greek yogurt brand which shares its name for the term for the basic societal unit in Ancient Greece?
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1. Kombu, Niboshi, and Shiitake are the most common types of what stock used in Japanese cooking? Dashi
2. What thin batter-based dish from South India is typically made with lentils and rice? Dosa
3. Meaning "little hollows", what pasta shells made from semolina look like little hot dog buns? Cavatelli
4. Whipped cream has an alternative name that honors what French chateau? Chantilly
5. What hybrid of the domestic Muscovy duck and the domestic duck is often gavaged to make foie gras? Mulard
6. What pastries are said to be first created for the marriage of the Duke or Orleans, the future King Henry II of France? Macarons
7. Coconut milk, palm sugar syrup, and green rice flour jelly are the main ingredients of what Indonesian drink? Cendol
8. What national cocktail of Brazil is made with sugarcane hard liquor called cachaça? Caipirinha
9. Long associated with Wendy’s, what word is currently used on the Wendy’s menu to describe their $5 combo meals? Biggie
10. My recent UK trip showed me that what British coffeehouse chain is the second-largest in the world after Starbucks, and the biggest in the UK? It takes its name from the surname of its Italian founder Sergio. Costa Coffee
11. Triple Zero is a variety of what Greek yogurt brand which shares its name for the term for the basic societal unit in Ancient Greece? Oikos