Complete Clue List
Across
1. Italian brandy made from wine production residues
6. Waldorf salad ingredient, along with apples and walnuts
11. Smallest US state (abbr.) is just the place for seafood
12. "Pinot ____" white wine grape variety
13. "____ mellifera", insect important in 15D
14. Exclamation for a range of emotions
16. Red male deer (alt.) is a herbivore
17. University teachers who might eat at the top table
18. Restaurant bill
21. Combining two foods, just like bacon and eggs
23. Alcoholic drink flavoured with juniper berries
25. First name of composer Stravinsky (1882-1971) who probably enjoyed his borscht
27. Weird or strange, maybe like "Green Eggs and Ham"?
28. A bundle of animal food, such as hay
29. Business supplying liquids pressed from olives or avocados
31. For the most part; the salad was ____ lettuce
33. Plum-like tropical Australian fruit
34. Kitchen blender speed measure (init.)
36. Garlic ____: kitchenware for quick extraction
37. Dining room furniture for serving food and storage
38. Operatic solos, possibly enjoyed with a glass of wine
41. Girl making first appearance in society (abbr.)
42. Picture in a cookery book
46. Covers for teapots, often knitted
48. Carefully arranged food on a dish before serving
49. "A ____ order": difficult customer requests
50. Sign up for culinary school
53. Sushi seaweed wrapper
54. Anger when your meal is slow arriving
55. Beer deliverer
57. Household animal who knows when it is feeding time
58. Respectful title in an Indian restaurant
59. Unknown; creator of many classic dishes
61. US "Peach State" (abbr.)
63. Action to stop food burning
64. Astonish
65. Information (abbr., sing.) about food for sale
66. Rich food? Marie Antoinette would have thought so
67. A nod to the sommelier after finding a wine acceptable
Down
1. Carbohydrates ranked for their effect on blood glucose (init.)
2. Sound of dismay, maybe because it Ain't Gonna Happen
3. Chef's work before the diners arrive (abbr.)
4. Sailors in this line of work might also steal food from their victims
5. Out of bed in the morning and maybe cooking porridge
6. Spanish port city; Columbus replenished ships here before 2nd and 4th voyages
7. Dish named after a person or place, such as "Peach Melba" or "Eton Mess"
8. Delicious eating fish of the family "Lotidae"
9. Shape like the 19th letter of the alphabet
10. Used with "HO" in drinking songs by practitioners of 4D
11. A fixed amount of food during times of shortage
15. Sweetens with bee fluid
19. Fee charged for converting one currency to another
20. Swell or puff, like baked pastry
22. Soft fruit grown on canes
23. Yawn, possibly after a large meal
24. Possible result from eating poorly prepared food
26. Colourful canvas seen on a yacht at sunset, according to "The Platters" (1960). Singular (3, 4)
28. Farmer of chickens, geese or turkeys?
30. Use yeast to ____ bread when baking
32. Month, sometimes with Easter food
34. Colour of 22D or ripe tomatoes
35. Group of animals, hopefully not people turning up at your party
38. Temporarily take over duties: the ____ chef
39. Loud cry, hopefully not from the kitchen
40. Small landform, sometimes with beaches and coconut palms
43. A cherry might be placed here, on a dish
44. Kitchen equipment (alt.); Edward Lewis in "Pretty Woman" would know
45. Modified a written recipe
47. Balkan country, known for Slivovitza (plum brandy)
48. Sources of fruits and vegetables
51. Very small Pacific country, formerly Pleasant Island
52. Third compartment in a ruminant's stomach, source of tripe
55. Small, sweet fruit from the ____ palm
56. Common sense
58. Daylight savings in the United Kingdom (init.)
60. Supermarket's direction lies between North and North East (init.)
62. Silver's formula on the Periodic Table
65. Internet code for Austria, the country that gave us schnitzel and strudel