Across
- 4. toxic compounds found in the potato, e.g. solanine
- 8. Popular chain whose long drive-thru lines cause "traffic problems, police interventions, and complaints by neighboring businesses in more than 20 states" (according to Wikipedia)
- 11. Also known as René Robert Cavelier, he visited Chicago in the 1680's and now has a street named after him
- 13. American name for "eggy bread" or "poor knights"
- 14. Crisp circles
- 17. Italian counterpart to petanque
- 19. ___ bordelais, a favorite of Emma's (available at Leonidas)
- 20. Fry them twice to make tostones
Down
- 1. A chocolate croissant, properly
- 2. Jean Baptiste Point du Sable married into this Native American culture
- 3. 5th most popular McDonald's item (at least, according to Reader's Digest)
- 5. Open pastry containing jambon and, usually, fromage
- 6. Impressionist who despised the term, instead calling his painting style "realism"
- 7. He thought impressionism was "just about the least appropriate term possible" to describe his compositions
- 9. Popular holes north of the border?
- 10. Where Brest is found
- 12. Montreal is the only place in Canada where drivers cannot do this
- 13. Fairground treat
- 15. It separates Papa from Romeo
- 16. The sole ingredient in the French Canadian sweet tire d'erable
- 18. Textile that gets its name "from Nîmes," the French town from which it was originally imported