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Speculaas
Speculaas (Dutch, speculaas): a thin, crisp, spice-filled shortcrust biscuit from the Low Countries, molded in carved wooden boards for St. Nicholas (5-6 December); distinct from the cinnamon-only caramelized Belgian speculoos.
Speyside single malt
Speyside single malt: Single Malt Scotch Whisky from the River Spey region of north-east Scotland, legally defined under the Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009. Home to over half of Scotland's distilleries; light, fruity, floral, mostly unpeated style with sherry cask tradition.
Spice mix
Spice mix, also called spice blend or seasoning blend: a mixture of spices and herbs in set proportions, e.g. curry powder, garam masala, ras el hanout, berbere; covers composition, shelf life, labeling, and safety.
Spindrift Beverage Co.
Spindrift Beverage Co. is an American beverage company in Newton, Massachusetts, founded by Bill Creelman in 2010, known for sparkling water made with real squeezed fruit.
Splenda
Splenda is an American brand of low- and zero-calorie sweeteners, launched in 1991 and owned by Heartland Food Products Group, whose original sucralose-based product is about 600 times sweeter than sugar.
Sponge cake
Sponge cake (bizcocho, bizcochuelo) is a foam-type cake of flour, eggs, and sugar, leavened mainly by air whipped into eggs with 0.1–10% fat, distinct from angel food cake (whites only) and chiffon (oil).
Spoon
Spoon: a shallow bowl on a handle for scooping, stirring, serving, and measuring food. Also called cochleare in Latin. Earliest forms were shells and gourds; today made mainly of 18/10 stainless steel.
Spork
Spork: hybrid eating utensil, also called runcible spoon, combining a spoon bowl with short fork tines. Patented by Samuel W. Francis in 1874; word dates to 1909; trademarked by Van Brode Milling (1970). Distinct from the SPORK Java merge tool and FPGA scheduler.
Sports drink
Sports drink: also called carbohydrate-electrolyte or isotonic drinks. Beverages replacing fluid, electrolytes, and carbohydrate during exercise; invented as Gatorade at the University of Florida in 1965, most useful beyond about an hour of continuous exertion.
Spotted dick
Spotted dick, also known as spotted Richard or railway cake, is a British steamed suet pudding studded with currants or raisins and served hot with custard.
Spray drying
Spray drying, patented by Samuel Percy in 1872, converts liquid feeds into dry powder by atomizing droplets into hot gas within seconds; dominant in food (dairy), pharmaceuticals (ASDs, inhalables), and chemicals.
Spring roll
Spring roll (春卷, chunjuan; Japanese harumaki, Vietnamese nem/goi cuon): a Chinese rolled food of thin wheat wrapper around vegetable, meat, or sweet filling, usually deep fried, eaten at lichun and New Year, with fresh rice-paper variants in Vietnam.
Sprinkles
Sprinkles, also called jimmies, nonpareils, or hundreds and thousands, are small sugar-based confectionery decorations for cakes, cookies, and ice cream; made of sugar, starch, oil, dyes, and shellac glaze, with nonpareils dating to 17th-century France.
Sprite (drink)
Sprite: caffeine-free lemon-lime carbonated soft drink of The Coca-Cola Company, developed late 1950s, launched US February 1, 1961; competes with 7 Up and PepsiCo's Starry; variants include Sprite Zero Sugar.
Spritz (cocktail)
Spritz: Italian aperitif cocktail from Veneto, born when Austrian soldiers diluted wine (spritzen). Prosecco, bitter liqueur (Aperol, Select, Campari), soda over ice; IBA official since 2011.
Sprouted bread
Sprouted bread is bread made from whole grains allowed to germinate before milling, as in Ezekiel 4:9 and Essene bread. Sprouting raises phytase activity, reduces phytate, and may lower glycemic response, though evidence is mixed.
Sprouts Farmers Market
Sprouts Farmers Market (Nasdaq: SFM) is a Phoenix-headquartered specialty grocer of fresh, natural, and organic food, founded in 2002 in Chandler, Arizona by the Boney family, with 490 stores in 25 states as of mid-2026.
Spuds MacKenzie
Spuds MacKenzie, the "Original Party Animal," was a fictional bull terrier mascot for Bud Light, created by DDB Needham around 1982, debuted on TV in Super Bowl XXI 1987, played by female dog Honey Tree Evil Eye, retired 1989.
Squash (drink)
Squash, also known as cordial or diluting juice, is a concentrated fruit drink diluted with water before drinking, and a staple household beverage in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Commonwealth countries.
Sri Lankan cuisine
Sri Lankan cuisine is the rice-and-curry food tradition of Sri Lanka, built on coconut, spices, and native Ceylon cinnamon, shaped by Sinhalese, Tamil, Muslim, and Burgher communities plus Portuguese, Dutch, and British influences.
Sriracha (ศรีราชา)
Sriracha (ศรีราชา) is a Thai chili sauce from Si Racha, Chonburi, first made by Thanom Chakkaphak's family (Sriraja Panich, 1935); American-style sriracha is Huy Fong Foods' thicker jalapeño version created by David Tran in 1980.
Standard drink
A standard drink (alcohol unit) is a nationally defined fixed amount of pure alcohol used in drinking guidelines and surveys: US 14 g (0.6 fl oz), Canada 13.45 g, Australia 10 g, UK 8 g, WHO 10 g.
Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser
Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, aka the Star Wars hotel, was Disney World's two-night immersive role-playing stay aboard the fictional Halcyon. Opened March 1, 2022, closed September 2023 with reported $250 million losses; 100 cabins, about $6,000 per family, now being converted to Imagineering offices.
Starbucks
Starbucks, formally Starbucks Corporation, is an American multinational coffeehouse company headquartered in Seattle. Founded in 1971, it grew under Howard Schultz into a chain of more than 41,000 stores in 90 markets.
Starburst (candy)
Starburst, originally Opal Fruits, is Mars's chewy fruit candy: UK launch 1959/1960, US debut 1967 as M&M's Fruit Chewies, global Starburst rebrand in 1998.
Starch gelatinization
Starch gelatinization: irreversible loss of crystalline order in starch granules heated in water, causing swelling, birefringence loss, amylose leaching, and thickening; typically 60–80 °C, measured by DSC.
Stargazy pie
Stargazy pie is a Cornish fish pie from Mousehole in which pilchards or sardines are baked whole under a pastry crust with their heads poking through the lid. It is tied to Tom Bawcock's Eve, 23 December, and the Ship Inn.
Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant (신상출시 편스토랑)
Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant (신상출시 편스토랑) is a South Korean cooking variety show on KBS2, first aired in 2019, where celebrities compete with original recipes.
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
Steak: thick beef slice cut across the muscle fibers for high-heat cooking. Key cuts include ribeye, strip, tenderloin, and sirloin; USDA grades Prime, Choice, and Select rest on ribeye marbling, which drives tenderness, juiciness, and flavor.