Question

1. the ? knowledge of brillat - savarin can be found in his book the physiology of taste. (culinary)
2. the ? of cream cheese contrasts nicely with smoked salmon. (bland)

Explanation:

Question 9

We need an adjective to describe "knowledge" related to culinary. The word "culinary" is a noun, and we need to convert it to an adjective form "culinary" (wait, no, the given word is "culinary", but actually, we need to use the appropriate form. Wait, the question is about filling the blank with the correct form of the word in parentheses. For question 9, the word in parentheses is "culinary", but we need to check. Wait, maybe it's a typo? Wait, no, the correct form here is "culinary" as an adjective to describe "knowledge". Wait, no, maybe the word is "culinary" itself, but let's think. The sentence is "The ___ knowledge of Brillat - Savarin...", and the word in parentheses is "culinary". So we just use "culinary" as the adjective to modify "knowledge".

We need a noun form of "bland" to fit in the blank. The noun form of "bland" is "blandness", which refers to the quality of being bland. The sentence is "The ___ of cream cheese...", so we use "blandness" to show the quality of cream cheese that contrasts with smoked salmon.

Answer:

culinary

Question 10