The Food and Drink Quiz Book: 500 Questions to Tantalise Your Taste Buds

Hugh Larkin

Feb 2014 · Andrews UK Limited

About this ebook

Do you enjoy cooking? Are you always on the lookout for new recipes and ideas for entertaining? Would you like to know more about the food and drink that you consume every day and serve to your family? If you answered yes to any of the above, you are certain to enjoy this new quiz book. Whether you are a connoisseur of fine dining or a complete novice when it comes to knowing your way around the kitchen, the 500 questions in The Food and Drink Quiz Book are certain to get you thinking. Most of us can tell the difference between a courgette and a cucumber but what about some of the more obscure foodstuffs that can be found on our supermarket shelves these days? Whether shopping for them, cooking or eating and drinking them, food and beverages play a huge part in all our lives. This is your chance to find out more about everyday food and drink – and possibly even one or two ingredients that you may not have even heard of!

About the author

Hugh Larkin grew up in the Black Country and was keen on sport from an early age, absorbing facts and information as well as taking part in a range of sports. He has always been a big fan of speedway. Hugh has an MA in South-East Asian Studies from Hull University, where he chose to study because of the city’s rugby league and speedway connections. In 1990, Hugh appeared on ITV's Sportmasters quiz programme, hosted by Dickie Davies, and went on to reach the quarter-finals. In 1992, Hugh co-authored the Cricket Quiz Book and also contributed to a ‘Square Football’ Book about the Premier League. Between 2000 and 2003 Hugh contributed match reports on non-league games to the ‘Pyramid Football’ website. He also wrote a regular column for Partybets.com. In recent years, Hugh has written for the football website ‘Square Football’ which led to appearances on Inside Soccer, a US radio programme, where he acted as an occasional Premier League pundit. Hugh currently works as a careers advisor and lives in Burnley with his wife Jan.