| COMFORTFOOD | Dish whose ingredients include nostalgia |
| NICOISE | Salade ---, cold dish whose ingredients include hard-boiled eggs, anchovy and tuna (7) |
| APEROL | Italian aperitif whose ingredients include gentian and rhubarb (6) |
| TABBOULEH | Levantine salad whose ingredients include parsley, tomatoes, mint, onion and bulgur (9) |
| MAITAI | Cocktail whose ingredients include rum, grenadine, orgeat, lime juice and sugar (3,3) |
| CAESAR | Salad whose ingredients include romaine lettuce, anchovies and parmesan cheese (6) |
| COLADA | Pina ___ rum-based cocktail whose main ingredients include coconut milk and pineapple juice |
| OMELETTE | Entree whose ingredients may vary greatly |
| COBB | Salad whose ingredients are often plated in rows |
| CAJUN | Cuisine with [circled letters], whose ingredients are the answers to the italicized clues |
| DUMPCAKES | Desserts whose ingredients are thrown in a pan without mixing |
| BLT | Sandwich one of whose ingredients may be ordered extra crispy |
| OREO | Snack whose ingredient list ends with chocolate |
| CHOWMEIN | Dish whose name means "fried noodles" |
| SOUFFLE | Light dish whose name means "blown" in French |
| STRUDEL | Pastry dish whose name means "whirlpool" in German |
| PADTHAI | Noodle dish whose name indicates its cuisine |
| BEEFWELLINGTON | Dish whose name features an English duke (4,10) |
| MUSHRISOTTO | Italian rice dish whose texture is wrong? |
| UNADON | Japanese dish whose name means, literally, "eel bowl" |
