Today's Puzzle
Thursday, October 29
A friend recently asked my wife for one of our recipes which we hadn't made in a while. Fortunately, she was able to track it down. Unfortunately, one item in the ingredient list was specified only as "2 Tbsp"! (See left.) At first we could not figure out what was missing, but after studying other recipes, she thinks she figured it out.
First things first, though. What is this recipe even for? (This dish may not be familiar to you, so I'll allow Google for today's puzzle; it's not entirely trivial to figure out what to search for!)
Then, once you think you know what dish this is, what, in your opinion, does it need 2 Tbsp of?
Yesterday's Puzzle + Solution
What title/name is shared by the four "quartets" below? (If you don't know, look closely at the artwork! You can make an educated guess.)
Bonus Question
Whose violin concertos would make a good soundtrack for today's puzzle?
Solution
Each "quartet" is called The Four Seasons. The art is by Giuseppe Arcimboldo and Alphonse Mucha. Both the ingredients of the pizza and the "ingredients" of Arcimboldo's portraits are seasonal vegetables, fruits and flowers.
As for the bonus, perhaps you'd like to give Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons a listen?
Congratulations to yesterday's solvers Lemonade (and Allie)🎻, Charlie🎻, Parley🎻, Atticus, Yana🎻, Mr. Gregg, and Dr. Yetman🎻. Thanks to everybody who made a guess!
About This Site
Though he now teaches mathematics, Dr. (né Mr.) Shapiro's first job in a K–12 school was as a lunch monitor in Davis, CA. It was there that he originated the Puzzle of the Day, even rewarding correct answers with tickets in denominations like "15 points" (though without a clear idea of how he'd ultimately redeem these). Dr. Shapiro's favorite puzzle from this pre-professional era was "Tell me the location of the beehive on this campus."
Ten years later, Dr. Shapiro revived Puzzle of the Day at Proof School, writing each day's puzzle on a name tag. After 600 puzzles or so, he was just starting to feel normal about students reading his chest all the time when campus closed and the puzzle, like the rest of our lives, moved online. New puzzles are posted daily on school days.
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