40 Food Trivia Questions for Kids

1. Which crunchy salad root is often small, round and red with a peppery taste?

2. Which vegetable gives us long, crisp leaf stalks often served as snack sticks?

3. Which part of a globe artichoke is picked to eat before it opens?

4. What do garden peas grow inside?

5. Which root vegetable is also called a beet and is often deep red inside?

6. Which onion relative has long, flat green leaves and a thick white lower part?

7. Which vegetable is called an aubergine in British English?

8. Which peppery salad plant naturally grows in or beside water?

9. Which fruit-juice snack freezes around a stick so you can hold it?

10. What is a thick drink made by blending fruit with juice, milk or yogurt called?

11. Which fruit is a smooth-skinned kind of peach?

12. Which small, golden-orange fruit has velvety skin and a hard stone in the center?

13. Which fruit has a tough rind packed with many juicy red seeds?

14. Which small orange citrus fruit can be eaten with its sweet peel?

15. Which banana relative is often cooked as a starchy food?

16. What is the thin, colorful outer part of a citrus peel called when used to flavor food?

17. Which pasta shape looks like tiny bow ties?

18. Which pasta is shaped into little spirals?

19. Which pasta consists of short tubes with ends cut on a slant?

20. Which pasta comes in broad, flat sheets used for a layered baked dish?

21. Which breakfast food is made by cooking oats with water or milk?

22. Bulgur is made from the cracked grains of which cereal plant?

23. What are the tiny granules of traditional couscous mainly made from?

24. Which yellow cooking ingredient is made by grinding dried corn?

25. Which bowl-shaped tool has holes so water can drain away from cooked pasta?

26. Which tool has loops of wire for beating eggs or mixing cream?

27. Which hinged tool crushes a garlic clove when its handles are squeezed?

28. Which tool turns a block of cheese into small shreds when you rub it against the holes?

29. Which deep, cup-shaped spoon is useful for serving soup?

30. Which hinged kitchen tool grips food between two arms?

31. Which small tool removes thin strips of skin from a carrot or potato?

32. Which kitchen container has marked amounts to help you measure ingredients?

33. A recipe says to simmer a sauce. How should it cook?

34. Which cooking method uses hot water vapor around the food?

35. A cake recipe says to fold in an ingredient. How should you mix it?

36. Which cooking word means to put vegetables in boiling water for a short time?

37. A recipe says to dice a carrot. What shape should the pieces be?

38. What does a cook do when basting food as it cooks?

39. What happens to bread when it is toasted?

40. A soup recipe asks you to puree the vegetables. What should you make?