What is the average annual coffee consumption for an American adult?

Cooking Trivia / February 28, 2025

About 400 cups. Coffee was first imported on a large scale from Arab countries by the Dutch during the 1600's.

What would a cook use a "mandoline" for?

Cooking Trivia / February 27, 2025

Slicing Vegetables. Why the mandoline used in cooking to slice vegetables uniformly has almost the same name as a musical instrument is a mystery.

What is a Red Savina?

Cooking Trivia / February 27, 2025

A Hot Pepper. The point where the seed attaches to the membrane in a pepper has the highest concentration of capsaicin, which gives peppers their burn.

What kind of meat is prosciutto?

Cooking Trivia / February 26, 2025

Ham. Prosciutto is dry-cured; it is not brined or smoked.

What ingredients when added to Hollandaise make the sauce Bearnaise?

Cooking Trivia / February 26, 2025

Wine And Tarragon. Hollandaise sauce is a key ingredient in Eggs Benedict.

On the cooking show "The Iron Chef", who was the first Iron Chef Chinese?

Cooking Trivia / February 25, 2025

Chen Kenichi. The original Japanese title of "The Iron Chef" was "The Ironmen of Cooking".