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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sense does vitamin A help with?

2. Why does the author think meat is different than it has been in the past?

3. What kind of food does Chapter Five examine?

4. What does the author state is the best way to cook large meat?

5. What does the author state meat has helped humans to adapt to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are fish healthy?

2. How has meat meat changed from recent history?

3. How can raw milk become infected?

4. How has McGee changed the second edition of the book?

5. Why is Louis Pasteur important to the dairy industry?

6. How does one make butter from milk?

7. How does one make ice cream?

8. Why is propionibacteria important in the cheesemaking process?

9. How does cooking vegetables and fruits affect them?

10. How does one create Creme Caramel from custard?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What impact has ON FOOD AND COOKING had on the culinary world? How do you think chefs could use the book to improve their cooking methods?

Essay Topic 2

How does food relate to culture? In what way does McGee show the link between food and culture?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following foods in the book and examine why it is important to our diets.

1. Milk.

2. Meat.

3. Fish.

4. Salt.

5. Vegetables.

6. Fruit.

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