World Cuisines & Culinary Classics Trivia Word Search

This Japanese alcoholic beverage, brewed from fermented rice, is often served warm or chilled.

This common Indian spice blend, its name meaning "warm spices," is written Garam '_ _ _ _ _ _.'

This Italian coffee-flavored dessert layers mascarpone cheese with espresso-soaked ladyfingers.

This Spanish and Latin American fried-dough snack is often dusted with sugar and dipped in chocolate.

This German sausage, often grilled and served with mustard, comes in many regional varieties.

Small, shareable Spanish plates meant to be ordered several at a time are called this.

This iconic American sandwich of a ground beef patty on a bun takes its name from a German port city.

This popular hot sauce brand takes its name from a coastal town in Thailand.

This Roman pasta dish combines egg, hard cheese, and cured pork, with no cream in the traditional recipe.

This traditional Scottish dish is a savory pudding made from sheep's offal, oatmeal, and spices.

This aromatic spice, the seed of a tropical evergreen tree, was once so valuable that European powers fought wars over its source islands.

This creamy Mexican avocado-based dip is a party staple worldwide.

This slow-cooking method, popular across the American South, involves smoking meat over low heat.

This flatbread dish topped with tomato, cheese, and toppings originated in Naples, Italy.

This layered Italian pasta dish alternates sheets of pasta with sauce, cheese, and filling.

This intensely spicy Japanese green condiment is traditionally paired with sushi and sashimi.

This classic British takeaway meal pairs battered, fried fish with thick-cut potatoes: Fish and '_ _ _ _ _.'

This bright yellow spice, a relative of ginger, is prized both as a flavoring and for its curcumin compound.

This concentrated, strong Italian coffee shot forms the base of many other coffee drinks.

This espresso-based drink, topped with steamed milk foam, was named for its brownish color resembling the robes of these Italian friars.

Pizza as we know it today originated in this southern Italian city.

This vivid magenta Eastern European soup gets its color from beets.

This delicate French almond meringue cookie is often sandwiched with buttercream or ganache.

This Japanese noodle soup dish, served in a savory broth, became a global comfort food.

This Canadian dish layers french fries with cheese curds and gravy, originating in Quebec.

This twisted, salted snack bread, often sold soft and warm, has German origins.

This flavoring, extracted from the pods of a type of orchid, is one of the world's most labor-intensive spices to produce.

This British comfort dish tops mashed potato over a layer of minced meat: Shepherd's '_ _ _.'

This cold Spanish soup is made primarily from raw blended tomatoes, peppers, and cucumber.

This grid-patterned breakfast food, with Belgian origins, is crisped in a special iron.

This tropical fruit, whose spiky exterior hides a custard-like interior, is banned from many Southeast Asian hotels due to its powerful smell.

This Swiss dish of melted cheese, eaten by dipping bread on long forks, is often mistakenly assumed to be French.

This spice, harvested from crocus flower stigmas by hand, is the world's most expensive by weight.

This complex Mexican sauce can be made with dozens of ingredients, including, in some varieties, chocolate.

This amber spirit, distilled from fermented grain and aged in wooden casks, has famous Scottish and Irish traditions.

This long, crusty French bread loaf is a symbol of French cuisine.

This soft, pillowy Indian flatbread is traditionally baked in a tandoor oven.

This thin French pancake can be filled sweet or savory, and is cooked on a flat griddle.

The iconic American ground-beef-patty sandwich takes its name from this German port city.

A British-popularized Indian-inspired dish, often called the UK's adopted national dish, is Chicken '_ _ _ _ _' Masala.

This hearty Louisiana Creole stew typically features okra, the "holy trinity" of vegetables, and seafood or sausage.

This Latin American stuffed pastry, baked or fried, can be filled with meat, cheese, or fruit.

This semi-hard Dutch cheese, named after a city, is one of the world's most popular cheeses.

This famously fiery-tempered Scottish celebrity chef hosts Hell's Kitchen and MasterChef; his first name is Gordon '_ _ _ _ _ _.'

This warm, sweet spice comes from the dried inner bark of a tropical tree.

This crumbly, briny Greek cheese is a key ingredient in Greek salad.

This flaky, buttery French pastry, shaped in a crescent, is a breakfast staple — though some credit its origins to Austria.

This dense, chewy, boiled-then-baked bread ring is closely associated with Jewish cuisine and New York City.

This Hungarian stew of meat and vegetables is heavily flavored with paprika.

This savory French tart, often filled with eggs, cream, and bacon, shares its name with a phrase meaning "real men don't eat it."

This espresso drink, mostly steamed milk with a shot of espresso, takes its name from the Italian word for "milk."

This smoky Middle Eastern dip is made from roasted eggplant, tahini, and lemon juice: Baba '_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.'

This meringue-based dessert, topped with cream and fruit, is claimed by both Australia and New Zealand.

This hard, aged Italian cheese is a staple grated topping for pasta dishes.

This Spanish saffron-rice dish, often loaded with seafood, is a specialty of the Valencia region.

This popular Southeast Asian stir-fried noodle dish, a national dish of its home country, is named Pad '_ _ _ _.'

This Moroccan dish, slow-cooked in a distinctively shaped conical pot of the same name, is a savory stew.

This vibrant green Italian sauce is traditionally made from basil, pine nuts, garlic, and olive oil.

This North African dish of tiny steamed semolina grains is often served beneath stews.

This tangy condiment, made from ground seeds of a pungent plant, ranges from mild yellow to sharp Dijon varieties.

This Japanese dish of vinegared rice, often paired with raw fish, takes its name from the rice itself.

This Korean dish of thin, marinated, grilled beef is a beloved barbecue specialty.

This French custard dessert has a hard caramelized sugar crust on top: Crème '_ _ _ _ _ _.'

This caramel-topped custard dessert is popular across Spain and Latin America.

This creamy New England soup, often made with shellfish and potatoes, is named Clam '_ _ _ _ _ _ _.'

This Latin American dish "cooks" raw fish using citrus juice instead of heat.

This fragrant spice pod, common in Indian and Middle Eastern cooking, is one of the world's priciest by weight after saffron and vanilla.

This Mexican dish steams corn dough and filling inside a corn husk or banana leaf wrapper.

This staple Italian dish comes in countless shapes, from spaghetti to penne.

This Mexican dish wraps fillings inside a folded corn or flour tortilla.

This Polish dumpling, filled with potato, cheese, or fruit, is a beloved comfort food.

This chewy Japanese rice cake, often filled with sweet bean paste, is a traditional treat.

This Louisiana rice dish, packed with meat and vegetables, has French and Spanish culinary roots.

This soft, bloomy-rind French cheese is often served warm and gooey.

This Italian starter course, often featuring cured meats, cheeses, and marinated vegetables, precedes the pasta course.

This Middle Eastern and Turkish dessert layers phyllo dough, nuts, and honey syrup.

This Japanese cooking technique coats seafood or vegetables in a light batter and deep-fries them.

This refreshing Cuban cocktail combines white rum, lime, mint, sugar, and soda water.

This creamy Middle Eastern dip is made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, and lemon juice.

This American sausage sandwich, a ballpark staple, is served in a long bun.

This Italian frozen dessert is denser and less airy than American-style ice cream.

This Korean side dish of fermented, spiced vegetables (often cabbage) is a national staple.

This French sparkling wine can only officially bear that name if produced in a specific region of France.

This flaky, layered Austrian pastry can be filled with apples, cherries, or cheese.

This broad category of spiced, sauce-based dishes is central to Indian and South Asian cuisine.

The savory Japanese stock made from kelp and dried bonito flakes, forming the base of miso soup, is called this.

This Mexican spirit is distilled specifically from blue agave plants near a namesake town.

This creamy Italian rice dish is slowly cooked with broth, often flavored with mushrooms or saffron.

Thinly sliced raw fish served without rice, distinct from sushi, is called this in Japan.

Paella is a specialty of this eastern Spanish region.

This Indian cooking style uses a cylindrical clay oven to achieve smoky, charred flavors.

This ground red pepper spice, common in Hungarian cooking, ranges from sweet to smoky to hot.

This flat, round breakfast food is typically stacked and topped with syrup.

This popular English cheese takes its name from the village where it was first made.

This influential American chef and TV personality popularized French cooking with her 1961 book Mastering the Art of French Cooking; her first name is Julia '_ _ _ _ _.'