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Michel Lotito
Michel Lotito, known as Monsieur Mangetout ("Mr Eat All"), was a French entertainer from Grenoble who ate metal and glass, including a whole Cessna 150 airplane between 1978 and 1980.
Mooncake (月饼)
Mooncake (月饼, yuèbǐng; bánh trung thu in Vietnam) is the round filled pastry of the Mid-Autumn Festival. The name appears in Southern Song sources; the reunion meaning is first documented in the Ming. Regional styles include Cantonese, Suzhou, and Jin; GB/T 19855-2023 governs quality.
Museum of Food and Drink
The Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD) is a Brooklyn nonprofit museum founded by Dave Arnold in 2005, with exhibits visitors can taste, touch, and smell.
Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest
Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest, is a 10-minute competitive eating event at Coney Island, NY, sanctioned by Major League Eating; Joey Chestnut holds 18 titles and the 76-dog record.
Pizza effect
Pizza effect: cultural re-enculturation coined by Agehananda Bharati (Leopold Fischer) in 1970; a cultural form exported, transformed abroad, and reimported with new prestige, reshaping the origin community's self-understanding; applied to Hinduism, yoga, Buddhism, nationalism.
Randy Santel
Randy Santel, stage name Atlas, is an American professional competitive eater from Missouri who began in 2010, has won over a thousand restaurant food challenges worldwide, and owns FoodChallenges.com.
Saltine cracker challenge
Saltine cracker challenge (saltine challenge): a food dare to eat six saltine soda crackers in 60 seconds without drinking, crumbs included. Hard because crackers absorb saliva; Guinness record is 6.
Slow Food
Slow Food is a global grassroots movement and NGO founded in Italy in 1986 by Carlo Petrini after a protest against a McDonald's near Rome's Spanish Steps; its 1989 Paris manifesto launched an international movement for "good, clean and fair" food, Presidia biodiversity projects, and eco-gastronomy in over 160 countries.
State Fair of Texas
State Fair of Texas, annual 24-day fair at Fair Park in Dallas since 1886; 501(c)(3) nonprofit; home of Big Tex, the Texas Star Ferris wheel, and the Red River Rivalry; among the largest and longest-running state fairs in the United States.
Steak and Blowjob Day
Steak and Blowjob Day, also Steak & BJ Day, is a satirical unofficial internet holiday on March 14, one month after Valentine's Day, credited to Boston radio DJ Tom Birdsey in 2002. Not an official holiday; widely criticized as sexist.
Supper
Supper is the last meal of the day in English, from Old French souper via a Germanic root for sop; historically the light evening meal when dinner was at midday, now varying by region, class, and country.
Sweetest Day
Sweetest Day, an informal American holiday on the third Saturday of October, began as 1916 Candy Day and a 1921 Cleveland candy-makers' charity giveaway, now a regional Great Lakes Valentine's Day-like gift occasion.
Table manners
Table manners: culturally specific expectations for behavior while eating, covering utensils, posture, speech, and hygiene. Acquired by socialization, codified in Europe from the 12th century (Erasmus 1530), and highly variable across cultures.
Taco Tuesday
Taco Tuesday is the American custom of Tuesday taco promotions, formerly trademarked by Taco John's (49 states, 1989) and Gregory's (New Jersey) until Taco Bell's 2023 cancellation campaign freed the phrase.
Takeru Kobayashi (小林 尊)
Takeru Kobayashi (小林 尊), born 1978 in Nagano, is a retired Japanese competitive eater, six-time Nathan's hot dog contest champion (2001–2006), innovator of the Kobayashi shake, and Netflix rival of Joey Chestnut.
Traditional food
Traditional food, also known as traditional dishes, is food from a particular culture, drawn from local resources and culturally accepted; UNESCO recognizes foodways as intangible cultural heritage.
Zermatt Neo
Zermatt Neo is a Singaporean competitive eater and YouTube creator, a former personal trainer and dietitian, ranked No. 1 by Food League Singapore in 2020, known for multi-kilogram hawker-food challenges.