1- what is the name of the style of pasta used in this dish and how does it translate from Italian into English?
Orrechietti - little ears
2- What is this?
It's a Petit Suisse
3- Which teahouse, in which city?
Laduree, Paris.
4- A trick question? What do the French call this?
It's not a croquembouche, it's a Piece Monte
5- The general, common, slang name for this type of dish, in English, is?
Bangers'n'Mash innit?!
6- Where are we?
Cafe Bastille, Belden Alley, San Francisco.
7- With which free photo managing software can you achieve an effect like this one quickly and easily?
Picasa
8- What are these cookies called? Bonus point for knowing their less illustrious sounding British schoolkid nickname.
Garibaldis or "Squashed Flies"
9- What is this hot chocolate making device called?
Its a called a Suckao
10- Food from the gods? An American sweet...it's name?
Divinity
11- What type of cookie is this one?
Peanut Butter.
12- In which vibrant San Francisco district were these pictures taken?
The Mission
13- Which famous cookbook did I use to make this recipe?
The French Laundry Cookbook
14- What do you think these are?
Mini Yorkshire Puddings, yum!
15- How did I achieve the lighting effect in this photo of Turkish Delight?
The answer to this may be forthcoming, or maybe I'll just leave it "magical" as one commentor suggested I should. We'll see... thanks for playing everyone!
There are no prizes, it's just a bit of fun. Leave any guesses you have in the Comments section. I'll publish the correct answers when we resurface from under a pile of boxes. See you next week!
HAHHAHAHAHHAHHA, crud. I din't get one of 'em. Sorry. I never been to a tea house and I've forgotten all my French. I took 5 years worth in High School, all gone. Oh wait, I know Mauviel. I had a horrible lunch and it's affecting my brain.
ReplyDeleteBiggles
1/ orechiette, little ears
ReplyDelete2/ homemade ricotta? mozzarella?
3/ uhm, not good at locations... The Savoy in London?
4/ Croque en bouche! or is it Croquembouche?
5/ oh, bad memory though I read it in le Routard tourist guide... mash and...?"peasant grub"?
6/ France! (crepes, steak frites, haricots verts...) Bretagne?Paris?Or perhaps you're fooling us and it's actually SF... tricky tricky.
7/ picasa?
8/ chocolate snaps? "snort cookies"?
9/ the Candle and the Deep Reaching Spoon Hot Chocolate Cooking technique?
10/ Fluff Candy? Coconut Balls on a Leaf?
11/ Shortbread?
12/ The Mission District : haha, nice working with archives, that was a recent post!
13/ The Ultimate Guide to Odd Looking Sushi? Carpaccio in Nori Leaves with Pine Nuts: Fusion Food Step by Step?
14/ Cornbread Muffins!
15/ Don't tell, it's supposed to be magical.
Since others have been mostly handled, I'll take a stab at the last one: lit from underneath on a glass table with a narrow light.
ReplyDeletei went back in your archives but didn't try too hard:
ReplyDelete3. Laduree, Paris
4. Piece Monte
5. Bangers'n'Mash
6 Ti Couz
7 Picasa
8 Garilbadis Classic British Biscuit, Squashed flies
9 Suckao
11 peanut butter cookies
12. Mission District, SF
13 The French Laundry cookbook
1 orechiette
ReplyDelete2 petit suise rolled in sugar (my advice: take 2 of those. unwrap them in your plate and put them back on their base so that you see the lovely grid pattern, then childishly make a well by pressing your spoon on top and fill with sugar then mix and finally lick your plate. If you feel develish, add some slices of banana)
3 Laduree sur les Champs-Elysees
4 une piece montee or croquembouche
6 heaven, you're in heaveeeeen. Bretagne? given the light you're sitting at the window or outside a small inexpensive (hint: salt and pepper) yet quite good restaurant in Calais, Dover perhaps??
14 saffron mini muffins?
1 Tortellini
ReplyDelete2 from Village imnports poss gryuere cheese or petite suisse ?/
3 Laduree Paris
4 Piece Morte
5 Bangers and mash( easy for Brits)
6 Same place as you took photo of cafe table on your other blog.
7picasa
8Garribaldi =squashed flies
9suckao bought in sydney
10 Divinity
11 Peanut butter
12 Mission
13 French laundry Cookbook
14 mini yorkshire puddings
15 candle light poss t-light. Mum