Bunuel
So delicious was the food—prepared by two Michelin-starred chefs—and the wine—shipped from several famous Napa wineries—that the guests scarcely talked about anything else at the holiday gala.
(A) So delicious was the food—prepared by two Michelin-starred chefs—and the wine—shipped from several famous Napa wineries—
(B) So delicious was the food, which had been prepared by two Michelin-starred chefs, and the wine, which had been shipped from several famous Napa wineries,
(C) The food—prepared by two Michelin-starred chefs—as well as the wine—shipped from several famous Napa wineries—were so delicious
(D) The food—prepared by two Michelin-starred chefs—and the wine—shipped from several famous Napa wineries—was so delicious
(E) So delicious were the food—prepared by two Michelin-starred chefs—and the wine—shipped from several famous Napa wineries—
VERITAS PREP OFFICIAL SOLUTION:
This problem features a classic case of Subject-Verb Inversion, a sentence in which the verb precedes the subject. The verb in question is "were/was delicious." What was so delicious? The food and the wine - two items.
Answer choices A, B, D, and E each use the word "and" to connect the two items, a construction that requires the plural verb "were." Because, of those choices, A, B, and D each use the singular "was," those choices are all incorrect.
Choice C uses the modifying phrase "as well as the wine." That phrase requires a singular verb ("was"), so this choice is incorrect.
Choice E matches the plural subject with a plural verb, and is therefore correct.