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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Sushi

What is the name of the hand-formed sushi topped with a piece of fish?

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nigiri

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Sushi

What is the green horseradish paste commonly served with sushi?

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wasabi

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Sushi

What is the name of the pickled ginger served with sushi?

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gari

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Sushi

What type of seaweed is used to wrap maki sushi?

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nori

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Sushi

What is the Japanese term for the vinegared rice used in sushi?

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shari

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Lebanese Cuisine

What Beirut dessert is a semolina-and-pistachio sweet named after its inventor?

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Daoukieh

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Lebanese Cuisine

Which empire controlled Lebanon from 1516 to 1918 and introduced lamb as a staple?

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Ottoman Empire

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Lebanese Cuisine

What 1885 Arabic cookbook by Khalil Sarkis was published in Beirut?

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Tadhkirat al-Khawatin

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Lebanese Cuisine

What caffeine-rich South American drink is consumed in Lebanon's Shouf and Aley areas?

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Maté

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Lebanese Cuisine

What Lebanese lamb confit is traditionally preserved in the animal's grease?

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Qawarma

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Lebanese Cuisine

Which Lebanese spice blend is also called Lebanese seven-spice?

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Baharat

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Lebanese Cuisine

Which Lebanese cheese is native to the northern mountain villages of Ehden and Bcharre?

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Darfiyeh

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