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KNOWLEDGE BLASTER! Guide to Food and Drink

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the difference between wine, brandy, and liqueur?
which is better for you, health-wise-saturated or unsaturated fat?
what are you eating if you bite into a Cranshaw or a Persian?

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Why is a baker's dozen different from a regular dozen?
What spice is made from the ground outer coating of nutmeg?
How can you make scrambled eggs light and fluffy?
What is the best district in the world for red wine?
What fluffy dish takes its name from the French for "breath?"

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Inside KNOWLEDGE BLASTER! Guide to Food and Drink

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Food and Drink: Beverages: coffee and tea.

1. Borrowing a term from French cooking, this drink is strong coffee with milk.
— Cafe au lait.

2. What drink results from the addition of hot milk and cinnamon to espresso coffee?
— Coffee cappuccino.

Food and Drink: International Cuisine.

3. In Italian cuisine, this meat dish consists of dry-cured ham (prosciutto) and veal sautéed in butter.
— Saltimbocca

4. What term, from Japanese cooking, refers to raw fish?
— Sashimi.

Food and Drink: Food Cooking Terms.

5. A clear soup or broth of meat of vegetable stock is called.?
— Consomme.

6. This food is a meat pie made without a crust.
— Terrine.

Food and Drink: Drink: Beer, Wine, and Liquor.

7. Regular beers have 150 to 180 calories. How many calories do light beers have?
— 68 to 134 calories.

8. This white wine drink is fortified with herbs and spices.
— Vermouth.

9. Are cordials and liqueurs the same?
— Yes. The term liqueur refers to imported drinks, while cordial refers to domestic beverages.

Food and Drink: Health and Nutrition.

10. Which type of fat increases cholesterol— saturated or unsaturated?
— Saturated fat increases cholesterol.

11. Vitamins are essential to a healthy diet, and some are lost when food is cooked. Do carrots lose vitamin A when boiled?
— Surprisingly, not much

Food and Drink: Cooking Tips.

12. What can you do to ensure that egg shells will not crack when boiled?
— Puncture the large end with a needle.

13. Which will cause meat to shrink more during roasting— high temperatures or low?
— Meat roasted at high temperatures can shrink twice as much as when cooked at low temperatures.

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