The Gift Is Between The Squares

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Across
  1. 2. Chic people possess it, everyone else just attends it
  2. 4. In France, it’s the rarest steak. In kitchens, it’s the colour of a ribbon worth studying for
  3. 6. Like an old black-and-white film, or spaghetti that never goes out of style
  4. 9. In French cooking, it’s called the “chef’s language” — everything speaks through it
  5. 11. An elegant word for someone who loves fine food
  6. 12. Three steps and a spin — the dance of Vienna
  7. 13. A solo in opera — literally “air” in Italian
  8. 14. Austria’s capital, city of waltzes, schnitzel, and a certain chocolate cake
  9. 15. A fancy word for a nation’s style of food
  10. 16. Where you go for bargains, veggies, or mulled wine depending on the season
Down
  1. 1. Composer of the Hallelujah Chorus — yes, he could handle it
  2. 3. Something often missing in boiled British food
  3. 5. Where people sing arguments instead of shouting them
  4. 7. What happens when pots, pans, and maybe a little chaos collide
  5. 8. The American who made French cooking famous — and was played by Meryl Streep
  6. 9. What you tell after two glasses of wine — or what a book tells
  7. 10. French for sparkly romantic things in the night sky
  8. 15. It means “ribbon” in French, but when it’s blue it feeds chefs, not fashionistas