MM... FOOD Triva!

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Across
  1. 2. little fella is famished! Read about his feast in "The Very Hungry -----------".
  2. 3. cheese with a Mexican state as its namesake
  3. 8. white sauce hailing from France
  4. 11. album by rapper MF DOOM, an anagram for the eponymous rapper (two words, no space)
  5. 13. Eastern European stew made with beets
  6. 15. green sphere
  7. 16. to keep those darn physicians at arm’s length
  8. 18. "--------"
  9. 20. preferred beverage of pop royalty, Kelis
  10. 21. ------------ will be served
  11. 22. to halt the cooking process on a vegetable? Try ---------it, submerge it in ice cold water.
Down
  1. 1. sushi; consists of fish atop a bed of rice
  2. 4. it fried, with curry, or even as a cake!
  3. 5. ice cream
  4. 6. of nuts found in macarons
  5. 7. French pastry bites used to make towering croquembouches
  6. 8. snack of choice
  7. 9. base of any good soup
  8. 10. cream cone that inspired the Three Flavors -------- Trilogy as directed by Edgar Wright; European equivalent of a Nestlé Drumstick
  9. 12. rice, West African delicacy
  10. 14. snack food, tasty pastry sometimes enjoyed deep fried
  11. 17. Bell invention
  12. 19. spice blend for South Asian cooking (two words, no space)