Food & Drink Quiz: What is the traditional Czech Christmas bread shaped like a braid?
Plus: What do Italians eat at midnight on New Year’s Eve for good luck?
Plus: What do Italians eat at midnight on New Year’s Eve for good luck?
Plus: In which country might you enjoy a casserole called tavë kosi?
Plus: Pouring hot espresso over a scoop of vanilla ice-cream gives you which Italian dessert?
Plus: The French classic bouillabaisse is most associated with which city?
Plus: What grape variety is used to make Chablis?
On which Mediterranean island might you eat vastedda?
Plus: Who in Japan are big fans of chankonabe?
Plus: What fruit are you tasting in kirschwasser?
Test your knowledge of all things gastronomic with these 10 questions
Plus: Himbeergeist is a spirit drink made from which fruit?
Plus: Börek is usually made with which type of pastry?
Plus: Which Irish chef’s most recent cookbook is called Butter Boy?
Plus: What meat is typically used in the Goan dish Sorpotel?
Plus: In which country might you enjoy the stew Blindhuhn?
Plus: Who was the Greek god of wine?
Plus: Which of these is not a typical ingredient in Pasta alla Norma?
Plus: What is the main ingredient in the Greek soup Fakes?
Plus: The bellini cocktail was said to be invented at which Venetian hangout?
Plus: Who runs 2-Michelin starred Dublin restaurant Liath?
Plus: Where is Central, winner of the World’s Best Restaurant 2023?
Plus: Penfolds is a famous winery in which country, and other tasty questions to test your food knowledge
Plus: Which restaurant has topped the latest World’s 50 Best list?
Plus: Château d’Yquem is a wine from which French region?
In Japanese cuisine, what is edamame?
Plus: Which spice is derived from the stamen of a crocus flower?
Plus: Where might you enjoy a bowl of balbacua?
When will Ireland get its first three-Michelin star restaurant?
Plus: Burgundy is most associated with which two wine grapes?
Plus: Which acclaimed Galway restaurant recently announced its closure?
Plus: What is a main ingredient in Georgian dish Satsivi?
Plus: Where in France are you most likely to see wines made with the Gewürztraminer grape?
Plus: festive Chinese fruit, French hens by the numbers, and something to warm you up en route to the North Pole
Plus: Where is the Sadie Family winery?
Plus: Which actor titled his autobiography Taste: My Life Through Food?
Plus: What is the fruit in Portuguese liquor Ginja?
Hannibal’s choice of wine, the veg in a Bloody Mary, fave dei morti and pan de muerto
Plus: Which famous restaurant is opening a pop-up next year in Kyoto?
Plus: A typical Lyonnaise Quenelle is made with which fish?
Plus: Who wrote the classic An Invitation to Indian Cooking in 1973?
Plus: Who wrote Persiana: Recipes from the Middle East & Beyond?
Plus: What is the main ingredient in a Malaysian budu sauce?
Plus: What meat is used to make the South America soup Chairo?
Plus: Which fruit is used to make the Portuguese drink Ginjinha?
Plus: In which country might you eat a Joffre cake?
Plus: What fish is used to make the Basque fish dish marmitako?
Plus: The French biscuit ‘palmier’ is made with which pastry?
Plus: The grape Xarel·lo is often used to make which sparkling wine?
Plus: What alcohol is used to make a Planter’s Punch cocktail?
Plus: Which of these is a main ingredient in a Tarta de Santiago?
Plus: Which chef recently announced plans to open a restaurant in Ballsbridge?
The cocktail Singapore Sling was invented at which hotel?
Plus: ‘Keeving’ is a technique used in the making of…?
Plus: What kind of cuisine did the late Marcella Hazan specialise in?
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