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A chilled Martini is truly a work of art. But the chemist/photographers behind the company BevShots have taken that idea to the microscopic level. Research scientist Michael Davis, of Florida State University, crystallizes cocktails on a lab slide, then photographs them using a camera attached to a light microscope. According to Davis, the light is polarized, resulting in these wild images of, say, a Tequila Sunrise or a Margarita. Oh, and you can buy the photos to memorialize cocktail hour 24-7. (Davis also made the images into ties, in case you want to sport your Guinness at the office.)

Think you really know your drink of choice? Take our quiz after the jump and find out.

Do you know your spatchcock from your woodcock? Or your panzanella from your pan au chocolat? Our friends over at YumSugar have put together a quiz that will test your knowledge of the more esoteric side of food, from fruits and vegetables to the origins of wine. And you'll learn a thing or two in the process.

Take the quiz at YumSugar.

Are you a franchise fanatic? A connoisseur of combo meals? Take our fast food quiz and test your knowledge of burgers and beyond.

Opening the fridge, you're most proud of your collection of:
(a) mustards
(b) butters
(c) gins
(d) home-rendered fats

Your travel plans:
(a) are followed by a dig through for restaurant recommendations in the area
(b) are usually based on the quality of the food in the region
(c) revolve solely around food and restaurants
(d) come only once you've confirmed your reservations and made sure the hairy crab are biting.

Answer these and a dozen or so other question's from Australian Gourmet Traveller to find out whether you are a "food tragic" - someone whose life revolves around food to such a degree that they simply cannot get on an airplane without a baggie of organic Marcona almonds and a mini bottle of St Estèphe, and misses out on dinner party invitations because their Anton Ego-eque level of discernment frightens their friends. Cute.

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A cucumber. A pickle. They're the same thing, but are they fruits or vegetables?

Think you know your stuff? Take my little quiz here on a piece of paper and see the answers after the jump.

QUESTIONS - FRUIT OR VEGETABLE?

1. Cucumber
2. Potato
3. Bell Pepper
4. Corn
5. Tomato
6. Radish
7. Peanut
8. Acorn Squash
9. Artichoke
10. Snow Peas

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