Test your foodie knowledge with our quick quiz. Only five questions but quite difficult, we think. Have fun!

1. What is Bûche de Noël?
   1. A French Christmas recipe for a Yule log
   2. A well-known Swiss cookbook with recipes for Christmas
   3. A Canadian pastry traditionally made at Christmas
   4. A Belgian liqueur distilled from birch sap, traditionally drunk on Christmas Eve
2. What does au gratin mean?
   1. Served with a cheese sauce
   2. A dish sprinkled with cheese and/or breadcrumbs then browned on top
   3. A sandwich made French-style, like a croque, with the cheese on the outside
   4. Garnished with a roux-based cheese and parsley sauce
3. In culinary terms, what does marc mean?
   1. A joint of meat used only to provide flavour to a dish rather than for the meat itself
   2. A method of infusing fruit with alcohol in a technique similar to macerating
   3. A clear alcohol made from the pressed grapes after wine making
   4. It’s another word for cocotte (a small dish for baking individual soufflés etc)
4. Who wrote the book Ballymaloe Cookery Course first published in the UK in 2001?
   1. Donna Hay
   2. Delia Smith
   3. Darina Allen
   4. Jeanne Rankin
5. What is charcuterie?
   1. Prepared meat products (such as sausages, patés, hams, etc) made from any kind of animal
   2. Prepared meat products as above, but made from pork only
   3. Any kind of meat prepared according to French butchery techniques
   4. French salami-style sausage

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Test your foodie knowledge with our quick quiz. Only five questions but quite difficult, we think. Have fun!

1. Which one of the following chefs was born in England?
   1. Raymond Blanc
   2. Gordon Ramsay
   3. Heston Blumenthal
   4. Madhur Jaffrey
2. Which of the following is NOT a breed of pig?
   1. Belgian Landrace
   2. Red Wattle
   3. American Blackbelly
   4. Mulefoot
3. In Thai cooking, what is a prik?
   1. A chilli
   2. A cooking utensil
   3. A type of sauce
   4. A trainee chef
4. Anton Edelmann was maître chef des cuisines at the Savoy Hotel for 21 years, from 1982 to 2003. What nationality is he?
   1. German
   2. Austrian
   3. Swiss
   4. British
5. From what region of Italy does balsamic vinegar come?
   1. Tuscany
   2. Piedmont
   3. Umbria
   4. Modena

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As usual just five questions and quite difficult, we think. This week for a change the questions are about food in music. Have fun!

1. A 1967 song by Leonard Cohen names a woman who feeds you “tea and oranges that come all the way from China”. What is her name?
   1. Barbara Ann
   2. Marianne
   3. Roxanne
   4. Suzanne
2. According to a 1968 lyric by George Harrison, what flavour of fudge “really blows down those blues”?
   1. Vanilla
   2. Coconut
   3. Rum ‘n’ raisin
   4. Treacle
3. 10cc’s 1975 single “Life Is A Minestrone” mentions which other Italian foodstuffs?
   1. Linguini and tiramisú
   2. Ravioli and prosciutto ham
   3. Lasagna and Parmesan cheese
   4. Pizza margherita and mozzarella cheese
4. Which band had a 1985 album titled Meat Is Murder?
   1. The Sugarcubes
   2. The Alarm
   3. The Smiths
   4. Tears For Fears
5. Before embarking on his solo career, Paul Young had a minor hit with the Street Band in 1978, singing the praises of which simple food or drink?
   1. Toast
   2. Jam
   3. Milk
   4. Tea

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