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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 should one do with seeds once one has cooked them?

2. What continent started to use honey as a sweetener in 1625?

3. What do phenolic compounds reduce the risk of?

4. What is the best temperature to store nuts?

5. What herb has 600 varieties?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author define seeds?

2. What is dough made of?

3. What are the three categories of herbs?

4. Why do prunes have such a rich flavor?

5. What has a lack of Vitamin B in diets led to in the past?

6. What are the three categories of seeds?

7. What different types of melons are there?

8. What are emulsion sauces?

9. What did people use before sugar was discovered?

10. How should one make pasta?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the following groups make up for the lack of meat and other products in their diets.

1. Vegans.

2. Vegetarians.

3. Fruitarians.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

What makes Harold McGee such an authority on food? What is McGee's reputation in today's culinary circles?

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