this will get too specific too quickly yet here we are

• alcohol: gin
• alcoholic beverage: amaretto sour
• Alison Roman recipe: sticky soy chicken with sweet and sour pineapple
• bread: Irish brown bread
• breakfast: eggs benedict
• brunch: ham and cheese croissant
• cake: vanilla with buttercream
• coffee: vietnamese coffee
• dessert: chocolate pot de creme
• dip: buffalo chicken dip or tirokafteri
• egg preparation: poached
• espresso drink: iced french vanilla latte
• fast food item: gyro
• French pastry: croissant
• gelato flavor: stracciatella
• Greek entree: stifado
• Greek meze: stuffed zucchini flowers
• Greek pastry: tiropita
• Greek side dish: lemon potatoes
• hard cheese: parmesano reggiano
• herb: basil
• hoagie: turkey and american cheese with lettuce, oregano, and oil and vinegar
• hot dessert: sticky toffee pudding
• ice cream flavor: cookies n' cream
• Indian entree: saag paneer
• Korean entree: bibimbap
• lunch item: marinated cannellini beans
• olive: moroccan salt cured
• pasta preparation: bucatini pomodoro
• potato preparation: shoestring french fries
• poultry: duck
• salad: choriatiki
• soft cheese: chevre
• soup: french onion
• Spanish appetizer: pan con tomate
• Spanish tapa: espinacas con garbanzos
• sparkling water: peach pear
• steak cut: ny strip
• summer cookout food: cheeseburger with ketchup and pickles
• sushi: sweet potato tempura roll
• Szechuan dish: dumplings in chili oil
• Trader Joe's item: chinese-inspired salad
• tea: jasmine green
• wine: riesling
• winter meal: Irish stew