Picnic wars

3. Smuggled into India by Baba Budan, hidden in his beard.
4. Conical cooking vessel from Mediterranean lock in flavor by letting the steam fallback on the food.
8. Extinct bird hunted for meat on Mauritius.
10. These mamals have been observed gently biting pufferfish to get high.
11. Used as food and moisturizer in ancient cultures.
13. Now in her 70s, this Bangkok street chef earned a Michelin star after decades of making crab omelets and noodles by fire.
14. Aromatic root used in Thai cooking, similar to ginger.
19. Alien-looking wild edible fungus known for its foul smell.
20. Used as condoms in ancient Rome — comes from sheep, sometimes pigs.
23. Bread everyone tried baking during the pandemic.
24. Spicy tofu dish named after a pockmarked grandmother.
25. Glutinous rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaves, eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival.
26. Ancient Egyptian pyramid workers were paid in this.

1. Funky, sulphuric spice from plant resin, traditionally sourced from Afghanistan.
2. Earliest known recipe for this beverage found here.
5. Birthday guest of honor at the picnic.
6. Venetians smuggled Saint Mark’s remains under this to evade Ottoman customs.
7. Food found in ancient tombs that never spoils.
8. Pungent fruit banned on public transport in parts of Asia.
9. Spicy root traditionally grated on sharkskin.
12. Country experimenting with jellyfish as a food source to solve marine imbalance.
14. Ancient Roman fermented fish sauce.
15. Fermented corn drink made by chewing and spitting.
16. Monk who laid the foundations of modern genetics with peas.
17. Gathered under Arctic sea ice by Inuit communities.
18. Region believed to be the origin of all modern citrus fruits.
19. Taste whose evolutionary purpose remains unclear.
21. Scale used to measure the heat of chili peppers.
22. Flatbread made from teff, fermented for at least 3 days, eaten cold.
24. Umami bomb originally extracted from seaweed; falsely blamed for health problems.