FOOD, DRINKS, BRANDS, COMPANIES Flashcards
mixed drink with whiskey, lemon, sugar, and maybe egg white
Whiskey sour
Champagne named for father & son in law
Moet and Chandon
World’s largest broadline food distributor
Sysco
Memphis TN shipping corp
FedEx
Ginger ale made in Michigan
Vernor’s
Cajun smoked pork sausage
andouille
alcoholic mixed drink with a relatively large volume - tall glass of mixer
long drink or tall drink
“Think what we can do for you.”
Bank of America
Three letter crispy corn puffs cereal
Kix
salad consisting of tender mixed greens like arugula and chicory
mesclun
brandy dessert cocktail with cream
Brandy Alexander
potato-like fruit, food staple in tropics
breadfruit
strong-odored SE Asian fruit
durian
Founded as “The American Messenger Company”
UPS
North African sausage
merguez
Bread brand that sounds like gold
Orowheat
4 letter beans and Hispanic foods brand
Goya
Frozen pizza maker starting with D
DiGiorno
Cereal with bunny mascot
Trix
portion of upper crust that has touched another loaf while baking
kissing crust
Two word Spanish name canned vegetable brand
Del Monte
Alexander Graham Bell’s company
AT&T
fortified wine from white grapes grown in Jerez, Andalucia
sherry
the juniper-flavored traditional liquor in the Netherlands
jenever
liquor made from any type of maguey (agave)
mezcal
Tuna brand name for a bird
Chicken of the sea
cocktail with gin and vermouth, garnished with olive
dry martini
Aerospace company founded in Seattle
Boeing
cocktail with gin, apricot brandy and Calvados in equal amounts
Angel Face
Aerospace corp with Bethesda HQ
Lockheed Martin
______ Farm, NH-based yogurt company
Stonyfield Farm
Flavored Sparkling water with French name
Lacroix
liquor made from cognac and distilled orange
Grand Marnier
exposing foods to radiation to kill germs
irradiation
Tea brand based in London
Twining’s
type of herbal liqueur commonly consumed as digestif, often Italian
amaro - e.g. Fernet, Campari, Jagermeister
Animal named energy drink
Red Bull
cocktail with with whiskey, sweet vermouth, and bitters
Manhattan
Bird condensed milk brand
Eagle Brand
Peanut butter and hazelnut
Nutella
thick creamy soup with a base of strained broth of shellfish or game
bisque
Yogurt with foil tops
Yoplait
fleshy edible red stalks
rhubarb
biblical king name for a large wine bottle
Jeroboam
Big 4 banks
JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo
shredded or finely cut veg and herbs, often garnish
chiffonade
brandy from South Africa
Pisco
deep-fried cornmeal ball
hushpuppy
Mexican beer with a ship anchor logo
Pacifico
to put oil, vinegar, salt or other toppings on vegetables
dressing
Rice brand no longer named for a relative
Ben’s
Toasted whole-grain oats ring cereal shaped like circles
Cheerios
Frozen waffle brand - playing on an ingredient
Eggo
Squeezable margarine brand
Parkay
Butter and milk round starts with a D
Darigold
a vinegared syrup with spirits, water, or carbonated water
shrub
Red spoon logo on baking products
Betty Crocker
Graham crackers with a Bee logo
Honey maid
Carbonated mineral water with Italian name
San Pellegrino
Flavored soda brand - F
Fanta
type of clear soup made from richly flavored stock that has been clarified by using egg whites to remove fat
consomme
polysaccharide produced by most green plants for energy storage - most common carbohydrate in human diet
starch
west African nut chewed as a stimulant
kola nut
Brand name for smooth and confident sounding soaps
Suave
stuffed filo pastry in central Europe/Asia
borek
Spanish cured and smoked sausage
Chorizo
semi-seedless, easy peeling citrus from China/Japan
satsuma
cocktail with vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice, and lime
Cosmopolitan
Airline slogan “Going for great.”
American
Alliterative cosmetics lined aimed at teens, known for Lip Smackers lip balm
Bonne Bell
MC frozen foods
Marie Callender
red/orange fruit that looks like a tomato, used in East Asian cooking especially
persimmon
Frozen fish brand - V
Van de Camp
holy trinity in Cajun cuisine and Louisiana Creole cuisine
onions, bell peppers, and celery
Mediterranean fruit cultivated since ancient times, drought tolerant, fresh and dried
fig
Mass Greek yogurt brand
Chobani
Brazilian sugarcane liquor
cachaca
Residential chocolate chips
Nestlé toll House
Soft drink with green label
Sprite
often purple fruit with dusty-waxy coating
plum
Keurig coffee brand like Vermont
Green Mountain
coated with loosely cracked peppercorns and cooked, often steak
au poivre
American duck insurance company
Aflac
British financial risk-mitigation products firm
Aon - name from Gaelic word for “one”
Tea brand starts with Y
Yogi
alcohol found in plants, used as sugar substitute
Xylitol
Drugstore corp founded in Chicago
Walgreens
brandy from Charente region, twice distilled and aged in oak
cognac
Half tea, half lemonade
Arnold Palmer
known for “Welcome to the Human Network” slogan
Cisco
Nautical chocolate chip cookies
Chips ahoy
Ginger beer brand - R
Reed’s
“Your world. Delivered.”
AT&T
boiling food until soft but removing before fully cooked
parboiling
yellow East Asian melon
Korean melon
combo-cooking method of searing the food at high temp and then finishing it covered pot with liquid
braising
Peanuts and chocolate candy bar
Mr. good bar
Finance corp founded in China
AIG
German digestif with 56 herbs and spices
Jagermeister
cocktail with rum, citrus juice, and sugar
daiquiri
Healthcare conglomerate with Irving, TX HQ
McKesson Corporation
Fabric Sounding almond milk brand
Silk
Coffee brand that sounds like moss
Peet’s
Cookie barn with a barn logo
Pepperidge farm
Soft drink with red & green logo
Mountain Dew
Cereal with cinnamon sugar squares
Cinnamon toast crunch
23-flavor soft drink
Dr. Pepper
Oregon dairy company
Tillamook
Low-calorie soda using a gray/silver background
Diet Coke
Inventor of steel plow
John Deere
brandy from Gascony region, aged in oak barrels
Armagnac
tying meat or poultry with a string
trussing
SC ice cream
Skinny Cow
container holding water into which a dish is placed for slow cooking
bain marie
Swiss maker of Lindor truffles
Lindt
clear sauce, made by reducing clear stock (made from un-roasted bones) and thickened with a white roux
veloute (velvety)
Mayonnaise brand
Miracle whip
gently heat vegetables in oil to make tender and translucent
sweat
red Italian aperitif
Campari
tequila is made from ___
blue agave
Tater tots brand - two states
Ore-Ida
sauce or seasoning mix of parsley chopped with seasonings
persillade (French for parsley - persil)
Veggie burger brand B M
Beyond Meat
Italian red logo mass olive oil brand
Bertolli
Kind of apple that starts with G, 2 words
Granny Smith, Golden Delicious
Bread with the logo of man playing electric guitar
Dave’s killer bread
B baked bean brand
Bush’s
shrub with edible but sharply acidic berries, which people in many countries eat as a tart and refreshing fruit
barberry
Cream cheese maker
Philadelphia
two names for European “norwegian lobster”
scampi or langoustine
Red colored mass coffee brand
Folgers
generic name for heated ground grain cereal
porridge
dark brown, subtly spicy English fruit cup
Pimm’s (No. 1 and other varieties)
Oracle founder
Larry Ellison
robot-named automotive supplier
BorgWarner
best-selling rum brand
Bacardi
Nautical corn puffs brand
Pirate’s Booty
Tea drink brand that sounds like a mountain
Gold peak
Blue colored mass coffee brand
Maxwell House
Founded as “Only $1.00”
Dollar Tree
Vegetarian frozen foods
Amy’s
removing the central section of a fruit w seeds
coring
parsley salad with tomatoes and bulgure
tabbouleh
bacterium usually found in fermenting products like yogurt
lactobacillus
Frozen veggie brand - GG
Green Giant
cross between raspberry, blackberry, dewberry, loganberry
boysenberry
Sports drinks ade
Gatorade and Powerade
type of amaro often served with coffee
Fernet
H canned tomato brand
Hunts
Netherlands oil company
Royal Dutch Shell
Florida largest grocery store
Publix
water-soluble product of sugar fermentation used as a thickener
Xanthan gum
roasted or fried corn kernels
corn nuts
sauce made with butter, shallots and white wine/vinegar
beurre blanc
sweet syrup made from almonds, sugar, and rose water or orange flower water
orgeat syrup
cooked, mashed chickpeas blended with tahini
hummus
Larry Ellison company
Oracle
Quick mixing flour for gravy
Wondra
Chips brand with yellow circle logo
Lay’s
orange Italian aperitif made with gentian, rhubarb
Aperol
softening or breaking into pieces using liquid or sugar, often fruit
macerating
Cup of Noodles maker
Nissin
Soft drink with red, white, & blue label
Pepsi
Hot cereal brand with a face on the logo
Quaker
Scotch island with nine distilleries
Islay (inner Hebrides)
Polish dish of deboned stuffed meat poached and served in aspic or jelly
Galantine
fishy aggregate fruit in American west
salmonberry
Washington-HQ discount store
Costco
Atlanta-HQ shipping company
UPS
Three letter peanut butter brand
Jif
100% whole grain chips - brand
Sun Chips
Ethiopian stew
wat
English speciality drink designed to be made into a long drink with addition of a soft drink, usually gin-based
fruit cup
“Like a good neighbor”
State Farm
high-fiber ancient grain, often wheat substitute though it has gluten
spelt
conglomerate that started as Canadian whisky distiller
Seagram’s
Cheese brand with a red cow logo
Laughing cow
Soft drink with lemon/lime label
Sprite
Root beer named for initials
A & W
hybrid of blackberry and raspberry
loganberry
Owns Ritz crackers brand
Nabisco
Healthy looking cereal brand, starts with K
Kashi
yellow fruit similar to apple and pear
quince
Yellow label coffee brand with Spanish name
Café bustelo
Female powdered hot chocolate brown
Swiss miss
Ice cream brand - 2 names
Ben & Jerry’s
Mexican drink of beer, lime juice, spices etc
Michelada
American tea brand that sounds large
Bigelow
egg poached in tomato sauce
shakshuka
whiskey from mash that contains at least 51% corn and aged in charred oak barrels
bourbon
Korean red chili paste
gochujang
vodka, ginger beer, and lime
Moscow Mule
aggregate fruit growing in boreal region, esp Scandinavia
cloudberry
“Sweet” NC conglomerate corp
Honeywell
Fermented popular drink
Kombucha
Pittsburgh aluminum company
Alcoa
berry grown in artificial bogs
cranberry
“A business of caring” slogan
Cigna
Colorado jar company
Ball Corporation
“Helping investors help themselves”
Charles Schwab
Honey flavored square cereal
Golden grahams
Malted milk ball candy
Whoppers
Cake flour named for a bird
Swans down
3-named pharmaceutical company in NYC
Bristol Myers Squibb
Cosmetics company founded around mascara
Maybelline
Name for frozen garlic bread
Texas toast
liquor made from blue agave
tequila, a type of mezcal
Alliterative flavored rice brand
Rice a roni
Champagne based in Reims, name sounds Jewish
Krug
rum, coconut, and pineapple
Pina Colada
Frozen breakfast brand - J D
Jimmy Dean
Vegetable shortening
Crisco
Brazilian oil company
Petrobras
flowering leguminous tree with pods that are powdered or used as chocolate substitute
carob
whiskey brand named for German immigrant
George Dickel
Wafers in milk chocolate (British)
Kit Kat
made without yeast
unleavened
Retailer started as discount division of the Dayton Company
Target
Irish lager named for instrument
Harp
Astronomical herbal tea brand
Celestial seasonings
clear liquor from fermented cereal grains or potato
vodka
mix of liquor and water with honey or sugar and herbs and spices, served hot
Toddy
New Brunswick, NJ pharmaceutical
Johnson & Johnson
Cocktail with vodka and tomato juice
Bloody Mary
sprinkled with breadcrumbs or cheese and browned
au gratin
Coconut candy with nuts
Almond Joy
Orange square crackers
Cheez-Its
East Asian rice porridge
congee
Antioxidant drink brand - 3 letters
Bai
Drambuie & Scotch whisky
Rusty Nail
Fortified & flavored water
Vitaminwater
gin, lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water in tall glass
Tom Collins
ConocoPhillips spinoff
Phillips 66
deep-fried chickpea balls
falafel
Flavored seltzer With a bear in its logo
Polar
TX multilevel marketing cosmetics company
mary Kay
sausage made from liver
livewurst
Middle Eastern fried/baked meat/grain balls
kibbeh
Alliterative cat food brand
Fancy feast
Russian oil company
Gazprom
thick sauce made with fruit or vegetable puree, often a garnish
coulis
Multinational makeup store that allows customer testing
Sephora
“Get in the zone” car parts company
AutoZone
Chocolate bar - nice
Kinder
fish or meat marinated in acidic sauce, poached/fried and usually served cool
escabeche
Cereal with the tiger mascot
Frosted flakes
a Moroccan stew, named after the conical pot in which it is traditionally cooked or served
tagine
Woman’s name instant soup bowl
Annie Chun’s
Stephanie Courtney plays mascot for ___ insurance
Progressive
French dish of beef stewed in red burgundy wine
Beef bourgignon
fruit used for its clusters of red seeds, antioxidant
pomegranate
Cake roll brand with young girl mascot
Little Debbie
Italian cornmeal mush or porridge
polenta
Tortilla chip brand with cactus & donkey logo
Juanita’s
landscaping fruit similar to raspberry
thimbleberry
Indian fruit that bears a multiple fruit with green flesh
jackfruit
“The Investments Company for the World”
Bank of New York Mellon
Instant lunch noodle cup maker
Maruchan
finely sharpened or end removed, like end of a string bean
effiler
meat cooked slowly in its own fat
confit
Raffles Hotel cocktail
Singapore Sling
Logo is a straw coming out of the orange
Tropicana
South African tree, fruit used for beer and oil as well as food
marula
whisky named for an anglicisation of Lag a’ Mhuilinn, the Scottish Gaelic for hollow of the mill
Lagavulin
food produced from dried maize (corn) kernels that have been treated with lye or lime
hominy
fruit tree used in silk industry
mulberry
Prohibition meteorological gin cocktail
Damn The Weather
french term for egg
oeuf
traditional Provençal fish stew originating in the port city of Marseille
bouillabase
Korean stew
Jjigae
sesame seed paste
tahini
to coat wet or moist foods with dry ingredient before cooking
dredging
beat food with a mixer to incorporate air and produce volume
whip
Snack brand named for a summer month
Late July
Coffee brand - L C
La Colombe
whole herring split in butterfly fashion and salted or pickled
kipper
Champagne house with yellow label, founded by Madame in 1800s
Veuve Clicquot
Snack brand - bible pun
Garden of Eatin’
cocktail with with Prosecco and peach purée or nectar
Bellini
Korean side dishes
banchan
Cosmetics rivals who fought in War Paint
Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein
grass made into flour in Ethiopia/Eritrea
teff
Texas vodka brand
Tito’s
N.G. aerospace company
Northrup-Grumman
to heat liquid so it’s right about to boil
scald
Coconut candy with no nuts
Mounds
white rum, sugar, lime juice, soda water, and mint
mojito
Japanese chicken skewer
Yakitori
Plant named licorice candy
Red vines
Rhyming pretzel brand
Rold Gold
Brand named for a region that makes pilaf and couscous
Near East
Nigerian soup of ground seeds
Ogbono soup
cocktail with cola, rum, often lime
Cuba libre
Royal charcoal briquette maker
Kingsford
100% whole-grain wheat waffle crackers
Triscuit
Friendly sounding coffee creamer brand
Coffee mate
cabbage used in East Asian cuisine
Napa cabbage
UK beer + cider drink
snakebite
“Where’s the beef?” famous ad for what company?
Wendy’s
SL frozen foods & bakery goods
Sara Lee
variety of orange named for region in Morocco
tangerine
separately priced items from a menu
a la carte
Broth maker
Swanson
bean used in Indian and East Asian cooking
mung bean
Chips brand with orange triangle logo
Doritos
French term for cured meats
charcuterie
E European or Jewish sausage or meat/grain stuffed intestine
kishka
Chinese stone fruit cultivated in Persia before going west
peach
Cereal mascot with white mustache and Blue hat
Cap’n Crunch
gin, peach bitters, and mint leaves
Derby
Pickle brand V
Vlasic
A traditional Algerian and Moroccan soup of Maghreb.
harira
Kenyan beer brand
Tusker
metal hydroxide obtained by leaching wood ashes, or a strong alkali.
lye
layered filo pastry with honey
baklava
Zero sugar flavored sparkling drink
Sparkling ice
Ice cream brand - starts with D
Dreyer’s
tequila, orange liqueur, and lime juice, often with salt on the glass
margarita
Slogan “Work Hard. Have Fun. Make History.”
Amazon
fabric word for poking holes into the muscle of meat to tenderize it
Jacquarding
Rhode Island drugstore company
CVS Health
Italian almond liquor
amaretto
Chips brand named for its ridges
Ruffles
Ketchup maker
Heinz
Skinnier Oreos
Oreo thins
“Don’t Be Evil” Fortune 500 company
Alphabet Inc.
Chips named for a cooking vessel
Kettle brand
Charlotte HQed bank
Bank of America
Insurance slogan “We want you to know.”
Aetna
savory gelatin made with meat stock or broth
aspic
Big pet food brand P
Purina
Barbara’s bird cereal
Puffins
the original flavor base for Coke
kola nut
Celestial tuna brand
Starkist
Rhyming chocolate chip cookie brand
Famous Amos
Maternal molasses brand
Grandmas
vodka, coffee liqueur, and cream
White Russian
Ford HQ
Dearborn, MI
base sauce used to make other variations of original sauce
mother sauce
dish of sweet corn and lima beans
succotash
EB brand stands for
England’s best
Cosmetics company founded by billionaire celebrity, specializes in lips
Kylie Jenner
Founded as “Sound of Music” store
Best Buy
Cranberry juice brand
Ocean spray
Mexican coffee liquor
Kahlua
to finely chop into uniform pieces smaller than diced or chopped
mince
berry that is state fruit of Idaho, similar to blueberry
huckleberry (also called bilberry)
rendered fatty tissue of a pig
lard
injecting fat or flavors into ingredient to enhance flavor
needling
Powdered fruit drink brand with gem name
Crystal light
mother sauce with tomatoes, ingredients typically include carrots, onion, garlic, butter, and flour, plus pork belly and veal broth
tomato sauce
honey wine
mead
key nutrient that is a form of Vitamin b3
niacin
Mr. peanut is the mascot for
Planters
simple style of long drink is the ______, a cocktail composed of one liquor and one mixer
highball, e.g. gin and tonic
Korean liquor of rice or barley
soju
Turkey brand with embedded thermometer
Butterball
liquid that has reached a glaze state can do this
coat the back of a spoon
Chinese tree bears small white fleshy fruits. The outside is pink-red, rough, inedible.
lychee
Frozen fish brand - man in a raincoat
Gorton’s
flat, round cakes of pastry topped or filled with fruit or vegetable
galette
cooking until the ideal degree of doneness, often medium rare
a point
SE Asian bell-shaped fruit with five points
starfruit
cocktail with whiskey, sweet vermouth, and campari
Boulevardier
champagne and chilled citrus juice
mimosa
Largest Kentucky whiskey brand
Jim Beam
Masculine-sounding frozen food brand
Hungry man
Pure Irish butter
Kerrygold
Gear named energy drink
Body Armor
Intelligent frozen food brand
Smart ones
Numerical soda brand, also a film
7 UP
Juice pouches
Capri Sun
Corn chips brand - T
Tostitos
cooking technique of braising w sauce and serving over rice
smothering
Pickle brand starts with C
Claussen
Butterscotch hard candy
Werther’s
Intelligent cheddar popcorn
Smartfood
melon with green peel and orange flesh
cantaloupe
masa steamed in a corn or banana leaf
tamale
Dog food with a little white dog mascot
Cesar
World’s oldest pharmaceutical corp
Merck
Good to the Last Drop
Maxwell house
“N” Sunscreen etc. brand, owned by J&J
Neutrogena
Hungarian soup or stew of meat and vegetables seasoned with paprika and other spices
goulash
“VS” and “VSOP” grade cognac stands for
Very Special, Very Special Old Pale
revived corpse Tiki cocktail
Zombie
Musical named energy drink
Rockstar
passing dry ingredients through a sifter to lighten the composition
aeration
Microsoft HQ
Redmond, WA
Chocolate brand named for a bird
Dove
to remove the fat from the surface of a liquid
degrease
cognac brand associated with Napoleon
Courvoisier
Bread brand with German man’s name
Franz
Cereal with toucan mascot
Froot Loops
cocktail with gin, champagne, lemon juice and sugar
French 75
Sunflower seed name brand
David’s
Nougat and caramel candy bar
Milky Way
US skincare/cosmetics brand spun off of Estee Lauder, has counters in department stores
Clinique
beer mixed with lemonade
shandy
confection of nuts cooked in boiling sugar
praline
Cereal with leprechaun mascot
Lucky charms
Maker of frozen stuffed pizza
DiGiorno
Verizon is a portmanteau of
veritas and horizon
Jelly brands with gingham caps
Smuckers and Bonne Maman
emulsion of garlic, salt, olive oil, and often egg
aioli
Action sounding peanut butter brand
Skippy
Cosmetics brand with Red Door logo, named for salon where it was founded
Elizabeth Arden
Insurance company with NYC building
Metlife
leguminous tree that produces brown, pod-like fruits that contain a sweet, tangy pulp
tamarind
Creature named energy drink
Monster
American alliterative makeup artist and founder of cosmetics line
Bobbi Brown
Carbonated water with green label
Perrier
American bitter and sometimes poisonous cherry
chokecherry
“You’re in good hands”
Allstate
Saudi oil company
Saudi Aramco
“Earthmoving solutions” company
Caterpillar
American tree with large, yellowish-green to brown fruit.
pawpaw
a cold emulsion of egg yolks with oil and vinegar
mayonnaise
sweet, green drink with creme de menthe
Grasshopper
Walmart HQ
Bentonville, Arkansas
Prune juice brand
Sunsweet
Kind of apple that starts with G, 4 letters
Gala
Frozen food maker with rooter logo
Foster Farms
Maker of hazelnut truffles
Ferraro Rocher
with its own juices from cooking
au jus
cluster of many fruits produced from a single flower
aggregate fruit - eg blackberry, raspberry
rum, Curacao, orgeat syrup, and lime juice
Mai Tai
the solid remains of grapes, olives, or other fruit after pressing for juice or oil
pomace or marc
A nursery rhyme says, “I had a little pony, his name was” this; “I lent him to a lady to ride a mile away”
Dapple Gray
Jamaican tangelo
Ugli Fruit
Peanuts, caramel, and nougat and chocolate bar
Baby Ruth (nestle), snickers (Mars)
Fluorescent green soda
Mountain Dew
Popular French vodka
Grey Goose
Brown sauce based on a brown stock reduction, and thickened with brown roux. Ingredients typically include roasted bones, bacon, and tomato (puréed and/or fresh)
Espagnole sauce
calcium-containing inorganic mineral, caustic, used for building or alkaline source
lime
meat and chili pepper stew originating in Texas
chile con carne
Corn muffin mix
Jiffy
a device that breaks solid materials into smaller pieces by grinding, crushing, or cutting
mill
American European-style butter
Plugra
French apple liquor
calvados
“Think Different”
Apple
Drink brand with lizards on it’s logo
Sobe
Vegetable snack for drinking
Veggie straws
Candy bar named for galaxy
Milky Way
Kind of apple that starts with F
Fuji
flour and fat cooked together and used to thicken sauces
roux
Motto: America’s favorite tea
Lipton
Cereal that sounds like a purple fruit
Grape-Nuts
4- letter toffee brand
Roca
Founded as “The Ohio Oil Company”
Marathon
Forward-looking canned soup brand
Progresso
vodka, tequila, light rum, triple sec, gin, and a splash of cola
Long island Iced Tea
German sausage, usually pork
bratwurst
its seeds are cocoa beans
cacao
Snack brand with Cheetah mascot
Cheetos
US alliterative personal care product company marketed as earth-friendly
Burt’s Bees
juniper liquor
gin
Hard seltzer brand
White cloth
Veggie frozen food brand - __ Farms
Morningstar
wine served warm with fruits/spices
mulled
dark beer layered over a pale beer
Black and Tan
meat rotisseried in cone shape and thinly sliced
shawarma
maize dough and flour used for making tortillas etc
masa, masa harina
peach variety with smooth skin
nectarine
Tortellini and ravioli brand
Buitoni
small orange East Asian citrus
kumquat
making grain germinate then drying it with hot air
malting
tequila, orange juice, and grenadine syrup
Tequila sunrise
flowers bourbon brand
Four Roses
World’s largest cosmetics company, French
L’Oreal
highball made from usually gin or bourbon, lime, and carbonated water
rickey
Inventor of the air conditioner
Willis Carrier
French green or yellow liqueur
chartreuse
Luxembourg PE firm founded by Citigroup
CVC Capital Partners
Sparkling water brand starts with a D
Dasani
Largest chemical producer in the world
BASF (German)
Consumer goods corp founded by UK emigrants in Cincinnati
Procter & Gamble
Dairy-free brand starting with D - i dotted with 2 green leaves
Daiya
“Capture and share the world’s moments.” slogan
Cincinnati-founded grocery store corp
Kroger
mashed eggplant with olive oil
baba ghanoush
Ice cream brand - starts with B
Breyer’s
Inclusively named fiber cereal
All bran
soaking meat in saltwater before cooking
brining
regal Canadian whisky brand, wine barrel finished
Crown Royal
Tortilla brand named for Texas city
Old El Paso
the only orchid widely used for industrial purposes
vanilla
Austrian cream filled cookies
Vienna fingers
Flour named for royalty
King Arthur
fragrant colorless brandy distilled from cherries
kirsch
crumbly dough
short dough
Most consumed hot dog brand
Ball Park
Crunchy Peanut butter candy bar
Butterfinger
Juice drink brand names for a state
Hawaiian punch
small round roll of minced meat/eg, coated in egg and breadcrumbs
croquette
“Systems and Services Company” corp
Sysco
woody shrub, 3rd-largest carb source in tropics (two names)
cassava/manioc
plunge momentarily into boiling water and then put in ice to halt cooking
blanch
Boston bank that merged with B of A
Fleet
round pastry baked and filled with meat or vegetables after the fact
Vol-au-Vent
rum diluted with water
grog
Formerly known as PCs Limited
Dell
Founder of McDonald’s
Ray Kroc
Boston private equity firm
Bain Capital
small quantity of creamed fish or meat with light egg binding, usually formed into round shape and cooked
quenelle
Cereal w the Flintstones mascot
Fruity and Cocoa pebbles
Tomato sauce - you’re welcome
Prego
Candy bar with silver wrapper - named for Dumas nover
Three Muskateers
bourbon, sugar, ice, and mint
mint julep
Tea - starts with Y M
Yerba Matte
French luxury brand that started with flat-topped trunks
Louis Vuitton
punch of red wine and chopped fruit
sangria
cooked so it’s still tough when bitten
al dente
“A computer on every desktop and in every home” slogan
Microsoft
Hershey musical candy bar
Symphony
Sparkling water brand name for a water feature
Crystal geyser
cured sausage of fermented and air-dried meat
salami
served in Hellenistic style, with olive oil, lemon juice etc
a la grecque
Egg white snack bar
RX Bar
Maui onion potato chips are made by
Hawaiian brand
Diet popcorn brand
Skinny Pop
small yellow East Asian citrus often used for juice/zest
yuzu
American chef and restaurateur who specializes in traditional Mexican cuisine, PBS show
Rick Bayless
drink from sap of date or coconut trees
palm wine
Intelligent bottled water
Smartwater
Jewish frankfurters
Hebrew National
Cosmetics company that gives out tons of samples and has large male client base
Kiehl’s
thin porridge
gruel
Body of water butter brand
Land O Lakes
“Expert service. Unbeatable price.”
Best Buy (former - now “Let’s talk about what’s possible”)
Cen/South American shrub fruit with green peel and flesh
guava
Ginger ale named for a country
Canada Dry
Snack bar with very few ingredients, L
Lara bar
rum and lime cocktail, sounds like peanuts
Planter’s Punch
Cereal with nautical mascot
Captain Crunch
Brand giving all profits to charity
Newman’s Own
Japanese liquor, typically distilled from rice, barley, sweet potato
shochu
Root beer with barrel logo
Barg
Rhyming legume cookie brand
Nutter butter
a mixture of two or more liquids that are normally immiscible
emulsion
Hungarian spiced chicken stew
chicken paprikash
Flower condensed milk brand
Carnation
Cereal with dripping honey logo
Honey bunches of oats
buckwheat porridge
kasha
Chicken brand starting with T
Tyson’s
Bank named for north Spain city
Banco Santander
shrub with red fruit growing in boreal forest
lingonberry
Military-named discount retailer
Dollar General
Norwegian oil company
StatoilHydro
Founded as Applied Molecular Genetics
Amgen
Cereal with elf like mascots
Rice Krispies
Hot dog maker - originated in Coney Island
Nathan’s Famous
to cook food quickly over relatively high heat
saute
Playful sounding cat food brand
Friskies
roughly cracked or peppercorns used for au poivre sauce
mignonette
vodka, cranberry juice, and grapefruit juice
Sea Breeze
Founded as American Cable Systems
Comcast
American fruit farmer who created amusement park
Walter Knott
Owner of Olive Garden & Longhorn Steakhouse
Darden Restaurants
Planetary gum
Orbit
rendered fatty tissue of cow or sheep
tallow
unrefined sugar with molasses flavour
muscovado sugar
Arkansas-based food conglomerate
Tyson
Chicken branding starting with P
Perdue
Chocolate-wrapped caramel brand
Rolo
fermented tea drink
kombucha
college vodka with plastic bottles
Dubra
Frozen dinner brand M woman
Michaelina’s
Citrussy soft drink - one word - F
Fresca
American multinational cosmetics and personal care company, eponymous label best known for nail polish
Revlon
Google HQ
Mountain View, CA
Elf cookie brand
Keebler
Licorice with a candy shell
Good n’ Plenty
fortified wine produced in Sicily
Marsala
adding alcohol to a hot pan to create burst of flames
flambe
American apple liquor
applejack
American gelato brand
Talenti
White sauce, based on milk thickened with a white roux
bechamel
multinational cosmetics, skin care, fragrance and personal care company, based in London
Avon
Driving force behind US industrial consolidation
JP Morgan
Nice sounding nut bar
Kind bar
subspecies of plum made into preserves in UK
damson
Cups as a candy, puffs as a cereal
Reese’s puffs
Warm emulsion of egg yolk, melted butter, and lemon juice or vinegar
hollandaise
crème de cassis (blackcurrant liqueur) topped up with white wine
Kir
extraction of compounds/flavors from vegetables in water or oil
infusion or steeping
British maker of dairy milk candy bar
Cadbury
descriptor for a liquid reduced until nearly dry
au sec
whisky and 7 up
7 and 7
Korean fermented bean paste
doenjang
Slogan “Science. Applied to life.”
3M
to remove and dissolve food residue from a pan with liquid to flavor the dish
deglazing
variety of orange with easily separable segments
clementine
roasted green durum wheat cereal in Levant
freekeh
Sparkling water with a red star logo
San Pellegrino
0-calorie soft drink brand using stevia
Zevia
like a martini but garnished with an onion
Gibson
Vegetable juice brand
V-8
Kroger organic brand
Simple Truth
cook food at high temperature so crust forms on surface
sear
Largest semiconductor chip manufacturer
Intel
Atlanta home improvement retailer
Home Depot
Veg used for frozen dessert
Avocado
Italian processed cheese brand
Sargento
small seed grasses, important cereal crop, esp Pearl variety
millet
bird-named fruit shrub
gooseberry
Spanish dish of cold uncooked soup, tomato based
gazpacho
Lemon-lime soda named for mountains
Sierra Mist
” _____. On Your Terms.” risk management company
Assurant
Animal cracker brand
Barnums
Largest luxury goods conglomerate
LVMH - Moet, Henessy, Louis Vuitton
Spanish sauce of roasted tomatoes and garlic, toasted nuts, oil and peppers
Romesco
Ice cream brand - starts with H
Hagen Daz
Largest Tennessee whiskey brand
Jack Daniels
Chinese restaurant frozen foods
P.F. Chang’s
English muffin maker
Thomas
cocktail with of cognac or whiskey, absinthe, Peychaud’s Bitters, and sugar
Sazerac
boneless piece of meat
filet
Cocktail with vodka and coffee liqueur
Black Russian
savory sheep stuffed sausage/pudding, traditionally made with the stomach
haggis
Logo is a bulging bicep
Arm and hammer
Mexican soft drink brand - J
Jarrito’s
Candy bar with gold wrapper
Twix
whiskey that is bottled undiluted from the cask
cask sterngth
Frozen beef sandwich steaks
Steak-umm
Soft drink with dark red label
Dr. Pepper
Grain milk used for frozen dessert
Oat
gin, maraschino liquor, orange bitters, lemon juice
Casino
Slogan “Don’t Leave Home Without It”
American Express
Sparkling cider maker
Martinelli
kinds of whiskey made from barley
Irish, Japanese, Scotch
soak dry ingredients in a liquid until liquid takes on flavor
steep
herb-named light bodied bourbon
Basil Hayden’s
Most popular cream liquor
Bailey’s
pure, transparent gelatin from fish bladders
isinglass
Creole/African meat & rice dish
jambalaya
British hairstyling cream for men
Brylcreem
liquor produced by distilling wine
brandy
to roughly chop food w peeling and seeding, often tomatoes
concasse
drink produced using warm fermentation or without hops
ale
Non-perishable chocolate milk - shake it!
Yoohoo
Chinese date that sounds like a candy
jujube
Instant potato brand named for a state
Idahoan
Norwegian crispbread brand
Wasa
Japanese muskmelon liquor
Midori
Pretzel brand of Hanover
Snyder’s
juicy citrus hybrid between smaller and larger fruits
tangelo
West NY glass/ceramics company
Corning
covering meat with a layer of fat, such as bacon, before cooking, to maintain moisture
barding
orange Mediterranean stone fruit, often dried
apricot
multinational Dutch vodka brand
Ketel 1
removing all fat, meat, and cartilage from ribs by cutting between the bones
frenching
Crackers named for a hotel
Ritz
Almond butter brand
Justin’s
applejack cocktail, appeared in Hemingway book
Jack Rose
Frozen corn dog maker
Foster Farms
to cook the fat out of something
render
preparation of ingredients before starting to cook
mise en place
Explosive popcorn brand
Boom chica pop
liquor from fermented dates
araki
gin or vodka & lime juice
gimlet
Cajun smothered dish, usually seafood over rice
etouffee
fortified wine produced in Douro valley
Port wine
Oil company named for San Antonio mission
Valero
Nabisco vanilla cookies
Nilla wafers
cocktail with with white rum (or other light rum), cognac, triple sec, and lemon juice
Between the Sheets
Chemical company founded in Michigan
Dow
anise-flavored liquor from Greece
ouzo
AT&T stands for
American Telephone & Telegraph
lentil or bean-based thick stew from South India/Sri Lanka
sambar
Polish sausage
kielbasa
cocktail from cognac/brandy, orange juice or liquor, and lemon
sidecar
Owns Oreo brand
Nabisco
Frozen veggie brand - B E -
Bird’s Eye
Alliterative vegetable oil spread
Country crock
cantaloupe, honeydew, and casaba are all varieties of
muskmelon
vodka, peach schnapps, orange juice and cranberry juice
Sex on the Beach
to pour juices or melted fat over food while cooking to keep it moist
baste
Scotch whisky producing region in north highlands, named for river
Speyside (River Spey)
process of inserting strips of fat into meat to melt and keep it moist
larding
Fruit-stuffed granola bar
Nutrigrain
American cosmetics brand known for its spokeswomen in pictures on the front
CoverGirl
Computer company founded by UT Austin student
Dell
HC frozen dinner brand
Healthy choice
fortified wine produced on Portuguese islands
Madeira
Apple cinnamon cereal
Apple jacks
Pizza roll maker
Tostino’s
Four letter corn syrup maker
Karo
green peel and flesh melon with sweet taste and smooth skin
honeydew
whisky from a single distillery made from a mash that uses only one particular malted grain
single malt
Slogan “We know money”
AIG, American International Group
brandy from pomace
grappa
east Asian liquor usually distilled from sorghum or rice
baijiu
Mexican beer with royal logo
Corona
Cereal with rooster logo
Cornflakes
Sparkling water brand starts with a
Aquafina
British blood sausage
Black pudding
bourbon with red wax
Maker’s Mark
eastern european plum liquor
slivovitz
Chocolate brand founded in San Francisco
Ghiradelli
Grains brand With man’s face on the logo
Bobs red mill
American tropics fruit with yellow outside/flesh and black seeds
papaya
Southern nut cookies
Pecan Sandy’s
Washington DC private equity firm
Carlye Group
“Beyond any store of its kind”
Bed Bath and Beyond
drink from fermented rice without the bran
sake
Added accent to her name, founded cosmetics company
Estee Lauder
cocktail with gin, vermouth rosso, and Campari, garnished with orange peel
Negroni
succulent made into Mexican liquor
agave
thin fermented yogurt drink
kefir
binding agent of cream and egg yolks used to thicken soups or sauces
liaison
Organic dairy brand with cartoon cow logo
Horizon
cassava starch
tapioca
first designer and builder of the modern suspension bridge
James Finley
Walgreens merged with British company:
Boots
Slogan “The world’s premier measurement company.”
Agilent Technologies Inc.
the process of making something sour with lemon or lime juice
acidulation
Champagne named for Benedictine monk
Dom Perignon
North African semolina pasta
couscous
Astronomical named fruit chew
Starburst
ground meat and fat minced into spreadable paste
pate
Sprite was introduced as a competitor to ?
7-UP
boiled cornmeal southern dish
grits
Breakfast of champions cereal
Wheaties
West African rice
jolof rice
cocktail with gin, lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water
gin fizz
other name for legumes when used as a dry grain
pulses
colorful parts of fruit skin that contain oil and flavor
zest
Built Navy aircraft during WWII
Grumman Corp
Veggie burger brand - B
Boca burger
Sparkling water from French Alps
Evian
Mexican soup or stew with hominy
pozole
Houston-based food distributor
Sysco
widely distributed Arctic conifer with edible berries
juniper
Tax prep company named for MO brothers
H&R Block
North Carolina home improvement corp
Lowe’s
Face brand salad dressing
Newman’s Own
Apple HQ
Cupertino, CA
Wisconsin home improvement corp
Menard’s
soaking foods in seasoned acidic liquids before cooking
marinating
Apple juice and apple sauce brand
Motts
Angel word diet ice cream or yogurt
Halo top
Four letter tea brand that starts with T
Tazo
ale from barley at 6-12% alcohol
barley wine
Italian luxury brand known for watches, eyewear, fragrances, leather - trademark in Latin alphabet
BVLGARI
Soda brand named for a verb
Squirt
tequila, lime juice, and soda
Paloma
American largest chain selling shower gels, lotions, mists, creams, etc
Bath & Body Works
melon with wrinkled yellow rind
casaba
Ethiopian bread
injera
Rabbit logo cheese food brand
Annie’s
Potato chip brand with red & white stripe
Tim’s
Shortbread cookie named for novel heroine
Lorna Doone
kinds of whiskey named from maize
Bourbon, Tennessee
Frozen pizza named for an aviator also a Peanuts reference - logo - man with goggles
Red Baron
Largest PE firm, NYC
Blackstone
rice wine used in Japanese cooking
mirin
Red label canned soup
Campbell’s
B, 5 letters, sparkling water
Bubly
Powdered drink specializing in lemonade
Country time
Louisville, KY health insurance corp
Humana
This deodorant that’s “strong enough for a man, made for a woman”
Secret
“A Good Appetite” NY Times columnist
Melissa Clark
fried cakes of corn dough
fritters
dark rum and ginger beer
Dark n Stormy
Frozen lasagna maker
Stouffer’s
Toffee candy bar
Mr. good bar
Alliterative cheesy pasta that goes with meat
Hamburger helper
Soft drink with red label
Coke
raising the temperature of cold ingredient by slowly adding hot liquid
tempering
multinational Swedish vodka brand
Absolut
Four letter hiking bar
Clif
Blue diamond logo snack
Almonds
ADM multinational food company
Archer-Daniels-Midland, Chicago
flavor base made from diced vegetables cooked—usually with butter, oil, or other fat—for a long time on low heat without coloring or browning
mirepoix
clear, double-distilled fruit brandy
eau de vie
alliterative hat bread-spread brand
Blue Bonnet
Mexican oil company
Pemex
large SE Asian citrus, ancestor of grapefruit
pomelo
fortified wine flavored with botanicals
vermouth
DH cake mix brand
Duncan Hines
sour and acidic fruits with thick rinds
citrus
liquor made from cognac infused with raspberries and vanilla
Chambord
K brand that makes instant sides
Knorr
dough-like food made from cassava, West African and Caribbean cuisines
fufu
pirate rum brand
Captain Morgan
Low cal frozen dinner brand
Lean cuisine
spicy aromatic chile paste used in N Africa and Middle East
harissa
a martini with chambord
French martini
Planetary buttery spread brand
Earth balance
subtropical citrus tree known for its relatively large, sour to semisweet, somewhat bitter fruit
grapefruit
stew with strongly-flavored stock, meat or shellfish, a thickener, and the Creole “holy trinity”
gumbo
general German word for strong alcoholic drink
schnapps
French and Italian words for meat or veg wrapped around a filling like cheese, meat, nuts
Roulade or Involtini
liquor made from sugarcane juice or molasses
rum
Bank that failed in 2008
Bear Stearns
Pet food brand with paw print logo
IAMS
Brand that makes Ritz crackers
Nabisco
“XO” grade cognac stands for
Extra Old
Milk chocolate with crisped rice candy bar
Crunch
cocktail with cachaca, sugar, and lime
caipirinha
Green tea brand name for a state
Arizona
Conglomerate founded as Nebraska Consolidated Mills
ConAgra
steel-cut oats are sliced
groats - unmilled oats
Thomas Edison’s company
GE
Swedish vodka brand named for Sweden
Svedka
flowering legume that is an important forage crop
alfalfa
Formerly Bell Atlantic
Verizon
French tire brand
Michelin
Non-perishable chocolate milk with rabbit logo
Nesquik
Rhyming pudding cup brand
Snack pack
leguminous trees that grow in deserts in the Americas
mesquites
Former company that owned McCormick brand
International Harvester
Recent chemical company merger
Dow and DuPont
cocktail with a dead body
Corpse Reviver
Health conglomerate with Minnesota HQ
UnitedHealth Group
2-word tea brand
Pure Leaf
Beverage company logo is a crest with horses
Seagram’s
any fat that is a solid at room temperature and used to make crumbly pastry and other food products
shortening
Idaho-based grocery corp
Albertsons
Tuna brand named for an insect
Bumblebee
stew/sauce with beef from Russia
stroganoff
Maple syrup named for a woman
Mrs. Butterworth
Swiss watchmaker, “Techniques d’Avant Garde”
TAG Heuer
“What’s in your wallet?” slogan
Capital One
skin cleanser/makeup remover brand sold in blue jar, originally sold as sunburn remedy
Noxzema
cocktail made by adding crème de menthe to brandy
Stinger
Sliced turkey brand - ___ Farm
Hillshire
Flour brand named for an award
Gold Medal
a sauce of olive oil with breadcrumbs, garlic, saffron and cayenne pepper. served as a garnish esp with bouillabaisse.
rouille
Founded as “Pacific Coast Oil Co”
Chevron
stuffed Turkish dishes, often wrapped in leaves
dolma
Grape juice brand
Welch’s
anise liquor, national drink of Turkey, also popular in Balkans and central Asia
raki
Carbonated mineral water with the French name
Perrier
bird-named Kentucky bourbon
Old Crow
