Stasera · No. 007
Stasera No. 007 answers
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The apéritif
Manhattan, as made at Manhattan Club, Fifth Avenue
Build the Manhattan to the International Bartenders Association’s spec.
The recipe: 5 : 2
- Rye whiskey: 5 parts (71%)
- Sweet red vermouth: 2 parts (29%)
Stirred with a dash of Angostura, strained, cherry.
The IBA spec: 50 ml rye to 20 ml vermouth. The 1874 Manhattan Club banquet story is legend: Lady Randolph Churchill, said to be there, had just given birth to Winston in England.
Sources: IBA, Difford’s Guide
1 · Frosted fame
Magnolia Bakery's Bleecker Street cupcakes became famous after a cameo on which TV series?
- · Gossip Girl
- ✓ Sex and the City
- · Seinfeld
- · Friends
Answer: Sex and the City
Sex and the City. Carrie and Miranda ate cupcakes outside the West Village shop, and amNY says the episode made cupcakes a thing for adults.
Sources: amNY, Time Out New York
2 · Secret blend
Colonel Sanders' Original Recipe at KFC famously blends how many herbs and spices?
- · 7
- · 13
- · 21
- ✓ 11
Answer: 11
11. KFC calls the recipe one of the biggest trade secrets in the world, and AP reports that the Colonel's handwritten original is kept in a safe.
Sources: The Daily Meal, Associated Press via TMJ4
3 · Up in smoke
The smoky chipotle pepper is a dried, smoked version of which chile?
- · Habanero
- ✓ Jalapeño
- · Poblano
- · Serrano
Answer: Jalapeño
Jalapeño. HuffPost traces the word to the Nahuatl chilpotle, meaning "smoked chili pepper."
Sources: HuffPost
4 · Marbled royalty
Kobe beef, from Japan's Hyōgo prefecture, is a prized type of what?
- · Angus
- · Hanwoo
- ✓ Wagyu
- · Chianina
Answer: Wagyu
Wagyu. Chowhound says all Kobe is Wagyu but not all Wagyu is Kobe; the meat must come from Tajima cattle raised in Hyōgo.
Sources: Chowhound, Kobe Beef Marketing & Distribution Promotion Association
5 · Spring Street zinc
Keith McNally's SoHo landmark Balthazar is a classic example of what kind of restaurant?
- ✓ French brasserie
- · Italian trattoria
- · Spanish tapas bar
- · Viennese coffeehouse
Answer: French brasserie
French brasserie. Time Out says its trappings and window-framed boulangerie evoke the everyday Paris that Americans tend to romanticize.
Sources: Time Out New York, Balthazar
6 · Plains of La Mancha
Spain's Manchego cheese is made from which animal's milk?
- · Cow
- · Goat
- · Water buffalo
- ✓ Sheep
Answer: Sheep
Sheep. Specifically the Manchega breed, raised in the La Mancha region of central Spain, which gives the cheese its name.
Sources: Castello
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