Friday food quiz

Think you know your cannoli from your cannelloni? Step up to the (serving) plate and test your smarts with this Friday brain-teaser.


1) Where do Valencia oranges originally come from?

2) In the song “That’s Amore” what does the moon hit your eye like?

3) What was Jamie Oliver’s first cookbook called?

4) Pluots are a hybrid of which two fruit?

5) What is the most widely traded spice in the world?

6) The upcoming movie, Julie & Julia, starring Meryl Streep, is based on which American cookbook writer?

7) The word marinara means “sailor’s style”. True or false?

8) What common active ingredient do bread and beer share?

9) Nigella Lawson was a journalist before finding fame as a Domestic Goddess. True or false?

10) What happened to Alice in Alice in Wonderland when she ate the cake labelled “eat me”?

Answers tomorrow!