Jonathan Gold food quizzes

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ate pizza and saved New York City.

Mmmmmm. Doughnuts.

Is it National Taco Day? Already?

Rock ’n’ roll, some say, appeals to the baser appetites.

This week, Los Angeles Times restaurant critic Jonathan Gold tests your knowledge of icy desserts.

Just in time for back to school, a quiz that sticks to the roof of your mouth.

“When one has tasted watermelon,” wrote Mark Twain, “he knows what the angels eat.”

You can sun-dry it, wind-dry it, oven-dry it and grind it into sauce. It’s the T in your BLT.

Argue as much as you want about where the burrito was created, but when you’re out of breath, won’t you relax with our burrito quiz?

Does smoke get in your eyes?

Up to date on your calciferous treats? It may be time to bone up.

“The day is coming,” said Paul Cezanne, “when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.’’

May we be frank? You’re going tube so glad you clicked this link. Everyone’s a wiener!

It’s the cherry quiz, round two.

I cannot tell a lie . . . I did chop down the cherry quiz.

In honor of the new season of “Arrested Development” and the Bluth Banana Stand, may we present our banana quiz?

If you’ve just finished off a big bowl of pasta all’amatriciana, you’ll get at least one question right.

Spring has sprung The grass has riz Have you time for Aspara-quiz?

Roses are red Violets are blue But roses and violets Are edible too Won’t you try our flower quiz today?

Did civilization begin at the moment when the first human impaled a bit of meat on a twig and charred it over a lightning fire?

Spring: A time of rebirth. A time of renewal. A time for young love.

Don’t be a sourpuss - give our pickle quiz a try.

Even if you’re a little unsure of the answers, you might enjoy winging it on this week’s culinary quiz.

Was the sandwich indeed invented by a genteel earl averse to smearing mutton gravy on his hand of whist?

Panna cotta, bavaroise, empurpled mazamorra, chocolate mousse – we say it’s pudding, and we say to hell with it.

Getting caught up in the drama and romance of a movie plot is no reason to ignore the food onscreen.

Food and hip-hop; hip-hop and food: two dissimilar things as intriniscally linked as a combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.

Aztecs used cacao as money. Spaniards used it as a drug.

Sure, you know about Champagne and hangovers.

It’s both historical and au courant. Trivial and significant. Decorative and substantial.

The ancient Greeks made them—and served them for breakfast.

Did you know there are no hamburgers in Hamburg, Germany?

Cooking isn’t all fun and games, you know. Sometimes you have to do the math.

What do Hermano Cortez, Martha Stewart and Pliny the Younger have in common?

French fries. Chicago fries. Duck fat fries. Bacon drippings. Cheese curds and brown gravy.

Despite what they may tell you in New York, we all know there’s more to food in the Golden State than bacon-avocado cheeseburgers.

A World Series-related food quiz? No, not this one.

Does kale cure cancer? Will it make your teeth whiter and brighter?

What do the Sex Pistols, Suicidal Tendencies and the Germs have to do with food?