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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 are sugars good at holding?

2. What do people use to thicken sauce?

3. What meat is lovage usually combined with?

4. Which of the following is an example of convection?

5. What is the title of the eleventh chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why should one refrigerate seeds?

2. Why are sugars so important in cooking?

3. Why are blueberries so commonly used?

4. How should one make pasta?

5. What did people use before sugar was discovered?

6. Why are citrus fruits so popular?

7. How does the author define seeds?

8. How is tequila made?

9. What is the difference between herbs and spices?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and discuss any advancements in that area since the writing of the book.

1. Vitamin intake.

2. Food and mental heath.

3. Food and healthy society.

Essay Topic 2

What are the different cooking methods? Why is it important to examine different cooking methods? How do the different cooking methods affect the flavor of food?

Essay Topic 3

Why does McGee examine food from a scientific perspective? Why is there so little learned about food science in schools?

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