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Sanjeev Kapoor (संजीव कपूर)
Sanjeev Kapoor (संजीव कपूर), Indian celebrity chef and entrepreneur, host of Khana Khazana, Asia's longest-running cookery show; founder of Wonderchef, FoodFood, and restaurants; Padma Shri awardee.
Sanka
Sanka (sans caféine) is a decaffeinated instant coffee brand created by Ludwig Roselius's Kaffee HAG, trademarked in the US in 1923, owned by Kraft Heinz, and the origin of orange as decaf's color.
Santoku
Santoku (三徳包丁, bunkabōchō): Japan's most common home kitchen knife, a 165–180 mm double-bevel all-rounder for meat, fish, and vegetables, with a flat edge, sheepsfoot tip, and push-cut technique, distinct from the longer pointed gyuto.
Saperavi (საფერავი)
Saperavi (საფერავი), meaning "to dye," is Georgia's leading teinturier red wine grape, origin Kakheti, first mentioned in Vakhtang VI's Dasturlamali; basis of Mukuzani, Napareuli, Kindzmarauli, and Akhasheni PDO wines.
Sara Lee Corporation
Sara Lee Corporation, once Consolidated Foods Corporation, was an American conglomerate selling packaged meats, bakery, coffee, and apparel, dismantled into separate companies between 2005 and 2012.
Sara Moulton
Sara Moulton, American chef, cookbook author, and TV personality; Julia Child protégé, Gourmet magazine executive chef, early Food Network star of Cooking Live, and host of PBS's Sara's Weeknight Meals since 2008.
Sarah Willingham
Sarah Willingham (born 1973), British entrepreneur and Dragons' Den investor; grew Bombay Bicycle Club into the UK's largest Indian restaurant chain, co-founded London Cocktail Club and Nightcap PLC.
Sarma Melngailis
Sarma Melngailis, American chef and founder of Manhattan raw vegan restaurant Pure Food and Wine and One Lucky Duck; convicted of grand larceny and fraud after draining the restaurant of nearly $2 million for husband Anthony Strangis, subject of Netflix's Bad Vegan.
Sashi Cheliah
Sashi Cheliah (Sashikumar Cheliah), Singapore-born Adelaide chef, won MasterChef Australia Season 10 in 2018 with a record 93/100, first Indian-origin winner; ex-Singapore STAR-unit police officer, Gaja by Sashi and Pandan Club restaurateur.
Sashimi
Sashimi (刺身), also called tsukuri or otsukuri, is the Japanese dish of raw sliced fish or seafood served without rice with garnishes and dipping sauce; first recorded in 1399, it differs from sushi by having no vinegared rice.
Satay
Satay, also spelled sate, is a Southeast Asian dish of small pieces of marinated meat grilled on skewers over charcoal, usually served with peanut sauce; it likely originated in Java.
Satriale's Pork Store
Satriale's Pork Store is the fictional Newark, New Jersey butcher shop and crew headquarters in HBO's The Sopranos, filmed at 101 Kearny Avenue in Kearny (pilot at Centanni's in Elizabeth), demolished in 2007, now a parking lot.
Sattu (सत्तू)
Sattu (सत्तू), roasted Bengal gram flour, is a staple of Bihari cuisine eaten as a cooling summer sharbat, litti stuffing, paratha filling, and sweets; protein-rich, shelf-stable, and now ODOP-recognized in Ballia.
Sauce
Sauce: a flavorful, usually thickened liquid served with food to season, moisten, or enrich it. From Latin salsa (salted); spans Chinese fermented condiments, Roman garum, French mother sauces, and modern emulsions.
Saudi Food and Drug Authority
Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA, الهيئة العامة للغذاء والدواء), Saudi Arabia's independent regulator of food, drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, pesticides, and feed; established 2003, WHO Maturity Level 4 since 2023.
Sauerbraten
Sauerbraten, or Rheinischer Sauerbraten, is Germany's marinated pot roast: beef (historically horse) soaked days in vinegar-wine spice marinade, then braised with sweet-sour raisin and gingerbread gravy; regional Franconian, Swabian, Baden, and Saxon variants differ.
Sauerkraut
Sauerkraut (German for "sour cabbage") is shredded cabbage preserved by spontaneous lactic acid fermentation with about 2% salt, started by Leuconostoc mesenteroides and finished by Lactobacillus plantarum; distinct from kimchi, which is less acidic and carbonated.
Sausage
Sausage (from Latin salsus, salted): minced seasoned meat stuffed into casings, one of the oldest processed foods, from Homer's Odyssey to fermented salami, with types, microbiology, and US standards.
Sausage roll
A sausage roll is sausage meat wrapped in puff pastry and baked, a British snack sold in bakeries, supermarkets, and takeaway shops since the early 1800s.
Sausages in Italian cuisine
Sausages in Italian cuisine (salsiccia, luganega, salami, cotechino, zampone): fresh, cured, and cooked pork sausages defined by strong regional variety, from the Roman lucanica to PDO-protected types such as Salsiccia di Calabria, distinct from the Italian-American "Italian sausage."
Sautéing
Sautéing is a dry-heat cooking method in which small pieces of food are cooked quickly in a shallow layer of hot fat over high heat, typically in a single layer.
Sauternes (wine)
Sauternes (AOC Sauternes) is a Bordeaux sweet white wine appellation, recognized 1936, on five communes including Barsac, made from Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle grapes shriveled by Botrytis cinerea noble rot and hand-picked in successive passes.
Sauvignon blanc
Sauvignon blanc is a French white wine grape, parent of Cabernet Sauvignon, known for grassy, gooseberry aromas from methoxypyrazines; key styles are Loire, Bordeaux, and Marlborough, New Zealand.
Saveloy
Saveloy: a highly seasoned, smoked, bright-red pork sausage sold ready-cooked, eaten in Britain, Australia, and New Zealand; from cervelas/cervellata (brain sausage), first recorded 1837; chip shop and takeaway staple.
Sazerac
The Sazerac is New Orleans' official cocktail (since 2008): rye whiskey or cognac, sugar, Peychaud's bitters, and an absinthe rinse with lemon peel. Attributed to apothecary Antoine Peychaud and the 1850s Sazerac House, though first documented in print in 1899.
Sazerac Company
Sazerac Company: privately held, family-owned American spirits firm founded 1850 in New Orleans, now Louisville-based, owning Buffalo Trace, Fireball, BuzzBallz, SVEDKA, 525+ brands, $6bn+ sales.
Sbarro
Sbarro is an American fast-casual restaurant chain selling New York-style pizza by the slice, founded in 1956 in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and now based in Columbus, Ohio.
Schmaltz
Schmaltz (שמאַלץ, shmalts) is rendered poultry fat, chiefly chicken, goose, or duck, the traditional cooking fat of Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine, created because lard is not kosher and butter cannot accompany meat meals.
Schnapps
Schnapps (German: Schnaps) covers European clear fruit and grain spirits, akin to eau-de-vie, and American sweetened flavored liqueurs like peach schnapps; etymology, production, ABV, and serving customs differ sharply between the two.
Schnitzel
Schnitzel, from German for "slice", is a thin breaded fried meat cutlet, best known as the Wiener Schnitzel, Austria's veal national dish; distinct from Italy's bone-in, butter-fried cotoletta alla milanese, with variants in Germany, Israel, and Argentina.