Cookbook - Quiz
Cookbook
  • 1. Which university's library holds the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America?
A) Columbia
B) Harvard
C) Princeton
D) Yale
  • 2. How many cookbooks and other books on food are in Harvard's Schlesinger Library collection?
A) 20,000
B) 10,000
C) 15,000
D) 8,000
  • 3. Whose personal collections and papers are held at Harvard's Schlesinger Library?
A) James Beard, Cecily Brownstone, and Dalia Carmel
B) Blanche Leigh, John Preston, and Michael Bateman
C) Katherine Bitting and Elizabeth Robins Pennell
D) Julia Child, M.F.K. Fisher, and the authors of The Joy of Cooking
  • 4. What does Harvard's Schlesinger Library collection include regarding American cookbooks?
A) The oldest printed recipe card
B) The earliest American cookbook
C) The rarest manuscript in the world
D) The first European cookbook
  • 5. Which university houses the Fales Library?
A) University of Leeds
B) Harvard University
C) Stanford University
D) New York University
  • 6. How many books are in the Fales Library's Food and Cookery Collection at New York University?
A) Over 8,000
B) Over 50,000
C) Over 15,000
D) Over 20,000
  • 7. Whose personal libraries are included in New York University's Fales Library collection?
A) James Beard, Cecily Brownstone, and Dalia Carmel
B) Julia Child, M.F.K. Fisher, and Blanche Leigh
C) Elizabeth Robins Pennell and Katherine Bitting
D) John Preston, Michael Bateman, and Dalia Carmel
  • 8. Which university holds the Designated Cookery Collection?
A) New York University
B) Harvard University
C) Columbia University
D) University of Leeds
  • 9. What is the name of the library at the University of Leeds that holds the cookery collection?
A) Brotherton Library
B) Library of Congress
C) Fales Library
D) Schlesinger Library
  • 10. How many books and manuscripts are in the Brotherton Library's Designated Cookery Collection?
A) Over 15,000 books and 100 manuscripts
B) Over 8,000 books and 75 manuscripts
C) Over 20,000 books and 50 manuscripts
D) Over 5,000 books and 25 manuscripts
  • 11. Whose personal collections are held in the Brotherton Library at the University of Leeds?
A) Blanche Leigh, John Preston, and Michael Bateman
B) James Beard, Cecily Brownstone, and Julia Child
C) M.F.K. Fisher and Dalia Carmel
D) Elizabeth Robins Pennell and Katherine Bitting
  • 12. Who was Elizabeth Robins Pennell?
A) A famous television chef from New York
B) A curator at the Library of Congress
C) An American critic in London from the 1880s and early writer on the subject
D) A food chemist who donated gastronomic volumes
  • 13. What has Elizabeth Robins Pennell recently been called?
A) The author of the earliest American cookbook
B) The founder of the Schlesinger Library
C) One of the most well-known cookbook collectors in the world
D) The greatest food chemist in history
  • 14. Where did much of Elizabeth Robins Pennell's collection eventually go?
A) Harvard's Schlesinger Library
B) Brotherton Library at University of Leeds
C) Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress
D) New York University's Fales Library
  • 15. Who donated the thousands of gastronomic volumes held alongside Elizabeth Robins Pennell's collection at the LOC?
A) Blanche Leigh
B) M.F.K. Fisher
C) Cecily Brownstone
D) Katherine Bitting
  • 16. What was Katherine Bitting's profession?
A) University curator
B) Cookbook author
C) American critic
D) Food chemist
  • 17. What is the title of the publication that evaluated the collections of Pennell and Bitting in tandem?
A) Cookbook Collections of the World
B) The Anarchist Cookbook
C) Two Loaf-Givers
D) The Joy of Cooking
  • 18. Who wrote Two Loaf-Givers?
A) Elizabeth Robins Pennell
B) Julia Child
C) Katherine Bitting
D) One of the LOC's curators
  • 19. What format is available for Two Loaf-Givers?
A) Microfilm only
B) Handwritten manuscript
C) Audiobook
D) Digital version
  • 20. How is the term 'cookbook' sometimes used outside the world of food?
A) As a literal guide for baking in chemistry laboratories
B) To describe any fictional novel with multiple chapters
C) Metaphorically to refer to any book containing a straightforward set of tried and tested instructions
D) As a legal term for a book of regulations
  • 21. What is the purpose of the instructions found in a metaphorical cookbook?
A) To test the advanced skills of top experts in a field
B) To provide historical context for ancient civilizations
C) To confuse readers with complex theoretical formulas
D) To allow users who are not necessarily experts to produce workable results
  • 22. Which of the following is given as an example of a metaphorical cookbook?
A) A collection of poetry
B) A set of circuit designs in electronics
C) A standard calculus textbook
D) A historical biography
  • 23. What is another example of a metaphorical cookbook mentioned in the text?
A) An encyclopedia of science
B) A map of geographical landmarks
C) A book of magic spells
D) A dictionary of foreign languages
  • 24. What subject does The Anarchist Cookbook cover, according to the text?
A) Advanced computer programming languages
B) Circuit designs in electronics
C) Instructions on destruction and living outside the law
D) Gourmet French pastry recipes
  • 25. Which publisher produces a series of books about computer programming named the Cookbook series?
A) Harvard University Press
B) Springer Verlag
C) Library of Congress
D) O'Reilly Media
  • 26. What do the books in O'Reilly Media's Cookbook series contain?
A) Instructions on destruction and living outside the law
B) Hundreds of ready to use, cut and paste examples to solve specific problems
C) Theoretical essays on the history of computers
D) Biographies of famous food chemists
  • 27. In how many programming languages are the problems solved within a single book in O'Reilly's Cookbook series?
A) A single programming language
B) No programming languages at all
C) Multiple different programming languages simultaneously
D) Exactly five programming languages
  • 28. Which group of people creates anonymous compilations of recipes?
A) Corporate board members
B) Automotive designers
C) Regional or historical traditions
D) Software developers
  • 29. Who is a target audience for cookbooks seeking everyday guidance?
A) Home cooks
B) Geologists
C) Botanists
D) Astronauts
  • 30. Which of the following is NOT a typical way recipes are systematically organized?
A) By cooking technique
B) By the author's shoe size
C) By course sequence
D) By primary ingredient
  • 31. What cultural aspects might a cookbook explore?
A) Historical periods or cultural movements
B) Modern corporate structures
C) Subatomic particle physics
D) Space exploration milestones
  • 32. Which specific practitioners are listed as cookbook targets?
A) Carpentry specialists
B) Electrical contractors
C) Bakers or dietary professionals
D) Plumbing technicians
  • 33. What are cookbooks that serve as basic kitchen references sometimes known as?
A) Culinary encyclopedias
B) Kitchen bibles
C) Household manuals
D) Master guides
  • 34. Which cookbook serves as a reference of record for France?
A) The Joy of Cooking
B) La bonne cuisine de Madame E. Saint-Ange
C) Il cucchiaio d'argento
D) The Art of Cookery
  • 35. Which cookbook serves as a reference of record for Italy?
A) A Gift to Young Housewives
B) The Joy of Cooking
C) Il cucchiaio d'argento
D) La bonne cuisine de Madame E. Saint-Ange
  • 36. What type of foods were integrated and present in cookbooks during the era of industrialization?
A) Convenience foods
B) Organic heirloom crops
C) Wild game and forage
D) Dehydrated space rations
  • 37. Where might people collect traditional recipes in vernacular literature?
A) Industrial manuals
B) Scientific journals
C) Government archives
D) Family cookbooks
  • 38. How many Akkadian tablets from Ancient Mesopotamia survive as early culinary records?
A) Three
B) Two
C) Four
D) Five
  • 39. Around what year do the Akkadian tablets from Ancient Mesopotamia date to?
A) 1700 BC
B) 1500 BC
C) 2000 BC
D) 1200 BC
  • 40. In what language was De re coquinaria written?
A) English
B) Arabic
C) Latin
D) Greek
  • 41. When was an early version of De re coquinaria first compiled?
A) 14th century
B) 3rd century
C) 5th century
D) 1st century
  • 42. To which Roman gourmet has De re coquinaria often been attributed?
A) Archestratus
B) Yuan Mei
C) Marcus Gavius Apicius
D) Vinidarius
  • 43. In what year was the first print edition of De re coquinaria published?
A) 1483
B) 1796
C) 1742
D) 1459
  • 44. What is the abbreviated epitome of Apicius by Vinidarius called?
A) Yinshan Zhengyao
B) Wushi Zhongkuilu
C) Sanga yorok
D) Apici Excerpta a Vinidario
  • 45. During which era was the pocket Apicius by Vinidarius made?
A) Carolingian era
B) Ming dynasty
C) Tang dynasty
D) Yuan dynasty
  • 46. Who wrote The Compleat Housewife published in North America in 1742?
A) Madame Wu
B) Eliza Smith
C) Amelia Simmons
D) Chang Kyehyang
  • 47. Who wrote the first known American cookbook, American Cookery?
A) Amelia Simmons
B) Jeon Soon
C) Chang Kyehyang
D) Eliza Smith
  • 48. In which city was American Cookery published in 1796?
A) Boston, Massachusetts
B) Hartford, Connecticut
C) New York, New York
D) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 49. What type of cookbooks were printed and used in the Thirteen Colonies until 1796?
A) French
B) Spanish
C) Dutch
D) British
  • 50. From which century is al-Baghdadi's Arabic cookbook?
A) 15th century
B) 10th century
C) 17th century
D) 13th century
  • 51. Which Indian text contains recipes of both vegetarian and non-vegetarian cuisines?
A) Wushi Zhongkuilu
B) Sanga yorok
C) Ŭmsik timibang
D) Manasollasa
  • 52. During which Chinese dynasty are recipe books first known from, though most were lost?
A) Ming dynasty
B) Tang dynasty
C) Qing dynasty
D) Yuan dynasty
  • 53. What is the name of "Madame Wu's" late 13th-century surviving Chinese cookbook?
A) Ŭmsik timibang
B) Yinshan Zhengyao
C) Sanga yorok
D) Wushi Zhongkuilu
  • 54. Who wrote "Yinshan Zhengyao" (Important Principles of Food and Drink)?
A) Archestratus
B) Hu Sihui
C) Madame Wu
D) Yuan Mei
  • 55. In what year is Hu Sihui's "Yinshan Zhengyao" believed to be from?
A) 1330
B) 1792
C) 1670
D) 1459
  • 56. Who published Recipes from the Garden of Contentment in 1792?
A) Chang Kyehyang
B) Hu Sihui
C) Yuan Mei
D) Jeon Soon
  • 57. Who wrote the oldest known Korean cookbook, Sanga yorok?
A) Chang Kyehyang
B) Jeon Soon
C) Eliza Smith
D) Vinidarius
  • 58. What was the profession of Jeon Soon, author of Sanga yorok?
A) Dietitian
B) Physician
C) Chef
D) Historian
  • 59. In what year was Sanga yorok written?
A) 1742
B) 1670
C) 1796
D) 1459
  • 60. What is the title of the Korean cookbook written around 1670 by Chang Kyehyang?
A) Yinshan Zhengyao
B) Sanga yorok
C) Wushi Zhongkuilu
D) Ŭmsik timibang
  • 61. Where was the earliest genuinely medieval recipe found?
A) A German printing press
B) An Italian collection
C) A French household book
D) A Danish manuscript
  • 62. What is the title of the first printed German cookbook from 1485?
A) Kuchenmeysterey
B) Daz buch von guter spise
C) Le Viandier
D) Llibre de Sent Soví
  • 63. Who compiled Le Viandier in the late 14th century?
A) Eliza Acton
B) Isabella Beeton
C) Guillaume Tirel
D) Carmen Aboy Valldejuli
  • 64. In what year was the Medieval French cookbook Du fait de cuisine written?
A) 1475
B) 1324
C) 1420
D) 1350
  • 65. Which Venetian mid-14th century cookbook has its 135 recipes alphabetically arranged?
A) Libro per Cuoco
B) Llibre de Sent Soví
C) The Forme of Cury
D) De honesta voluptate et valetudine
  • 66. Who wrote the popular Puerto Rican cookbook Cocina Criolla?
A) Fannie Farmer
B) Mary Stuart Smith
C) Carmen Aboy Valldejuli
D) Eliza Acton
  • 67. Who published Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management?
A) Isabella Beeton
B) Eliza Acton
C) Fannie Farmer
D) Carmen Aboy Valldejuli
  • 68. When was the Virginia Cookery Book published by Mary Stuart Smith?
A) 1845
B) 1857
C) 1885
D) 1896
  • 69. Who published The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book in 1896?
A) Fannie Farmer
B) Mary Stuart Smith
C) Eliza Acton
D) Isabella Beeton
  • 70. Approximately how many pre-printing recipe books are known to have survived in Europe?
A) About ten
B) About a thousand
C) About a hundred
D) About eighteen hundred
  • 71. In which city was Daz buch von guter spise written around 1350?
A) Venice
B) Würzberg
C) Paris
D) Boston
  • 72. Which of the following is an example of a medieval professional cookbook?
A) Taillevent's Viandier
B) The Joy of Cooking
C) American Cookery
D) Mastering the Art of French Cooking
  • 73. Who gathered recipes on Canadian food culture by visiting people and homes by region?
A) Irma Rombauer
B) Julia Child
C) Sondra Gotlieb
D) Hannah Glasse
  • 74. Where was the cookbook In Memory's Kitchen written?
A) An American community center
B) A London publishing house
C) A Parisian culinary school
D) Theresienstadt concentration camp
  • 75. Who wrote The English Huswife published in 1615?
A) Eliza Smith
B) Thomas Dawson
C) Kenelm Digby
D) Gervase Markham
  • 76. Which book is recognized as the first cookbook in Polish?
A) De honesta voluptate et valetudine
B) Ŭmsik timibang
C) Compendium ferculorum, albo Zebranie potraw
D) Arte de Cozinha
  • 77. Who wrote the Domestic Cook Book published in 1866, noted as the first known cookbook by an African American woman?
A) Mrs Beeton
B) Elena Molokhovets
C) Malinda Russell
D) Fannie Merritt Farmer
  • 78. In what year was The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book published by Fannie Merritt Farmer?
A) 1861
B) 1901
C) 1931
D) 1896
  • 79. Who authored the 1931 cookbook The Joy of Cooking?
A) Mollie Katzen
B) Alice B. Toklas
C) Irma Rombauer
D) Deborah Madison
  • 80. Which cookbook was first published in Soviet Russia in 1939 by the Institute of Nutrition?
A) Книга о вкусной и здоровой пище
B) Larousse Gastronomique
C) The Joy of Cooking
D) Le Cuisinier Royal
  • 81. What is the publication year of the Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen?
A) 1978
B) 1980
C) 1971
D) 1969
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