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Steak 'n Shake
Steak 'n Shake, American burger chain founded 1934 in Normal, Illinois by Gus Belt, known for Steakburgers, hand-dipped milkshakes, and beef tallow fries; owned by Biglari Holdings since 2008, with kiosk ordering and about 400 US locations in 2026.
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.
Steak and kidney pie
Steak and kidney pie, a traditional British baked pie of diced beef and kidneys in gravy, related to the suet-steamed steak and kidney pudding; first recipe 1694, modern form from 1851, Mrs Beeton 1861, British Pie Awards class.
Steak Diane
Steak Diane is a pan-fried beefsteak finished with a pan sauce of shallots, mustard, Worcestershire, cream, and cognac, often flambéed tableside. Disputed origins involve Tony Clerici in 1938 London and Beniamino Schiavon of New York's Drake Hotel.
Steak frites
Steak frites, also written steak-frites, is the classic French and Belgian bistro dish of a seared beef steak (entrecôte, bavette, onglet) with crisp fried potatoes and a sauce such as béarnaise or au poivre, with contested Franco-Belgian origins.
Steak tartare
Steak tartare (tartare de bœuf) is a French dish of raw, finely chopped or minced beef seasoned and served cold with egg yolk, capers, and shallots; first written down in 1896 as Hamburg steak, its Tatar saddle origin story is folklore.
Steam beer
Steam beer, also called California Common, is an American beer style from Gold Rush-era San Francisco in which lager yeast is fermented at warm ale temperatures without refrigeration; Anchor Brewing trademarked the name.
Stefan Persson (magnate)
Stefan Persson (born 1947, Stockholm) is a Swedish retail magnate, H&M CEO 1982-1998 and chairman 1998-2020, son of founder Erling Persson. Owner via Ramsbury Invest; Sweden's richest person, about 18.6-23.6 billion USD.
Stella Artois
Stella Artois is a Belgian pilsner from Leuven, owned by AB InBev, tracing to the 1366 Den Hoorn brewery; launched as a Christmas beer in 1926, 5% or 5.2% ABV, sold in over 80 countries.
Stephanie Izard
Stephanie Izard (born 1976) is an American chef in Chicago, first woman to win Bravo's Top Chef (season 4, 2008) and 2013 James Beard Best Chef: Great Lakes winner, owner of Girl & the Goat and related restaurants.
Stephanie Land
Stephanie Land, American memoirist, author of Maid (2019) and Class (2023); Maid became a NYT bestseller and 2021 Netflix series about single-mother poverty and housecleaning.
Steve Easterbrook
Steve Easterbrook, British executive, was McDonald's president and CEO from March 2015 to November 2019, led the Turnaround Plan, was fired over employee relationships, and repaid over $105 million in a 2021 clawback settlement.
Steve Ells
Steve Ells, American chef and entrepreneur, founded Chipotle Mexican Grill in Denver in 1993, pioneered fast-casual dining, led it through the McDonald's investment and 2006 IPO, and later started Kernel and Counter Service.
Stew
Stew, a simmered dish of meat and vegetables in liquid (FooDB FOOD00724), is a heterogeneous mixture whose flavor volatiles, metabolite transfer into soup, and low-Maillard cooking role are documented by food-science studies.
Stewart Resnick
Stewart Resnick is an American billionaire businessman, chairman, president, and co-owner with wife Lynda of The Wonderful Company (Wonderful Pistachios, POM Wonderful, FIJI Water, Teleflora), a $6 billion firm, and a philanthropist behind a $750 million Caltech sustainability gift.
Sticky toffee pudding
Sticky toffee pudding, also called sticky date pudding in Australia and New Zealand, is a British baked date sponge served warm with a butter, brown sugar, and cream butterscotch sauce, popularized by the Sharrow Bay Hotel in Cumbria in the 1970s with disputed origins.
Stilton cheese
Stilton: protected English blue or white cheese, PDO since 1996, made only in Leicestershire, Derbyshire, and Nottinghamshire from pasteurised milk; named for the Cambridgeshire village where it was sold; four blue Stilton dairies remain after 2024 closures.
Stinky tofu (臭豆腐)
Stinky tofu (臭豆腐, chòu dòu fu) is a Chinese fermented tofu snack brined so microbes break protein into amino acids and hydrogen sulfide; famous fried Changsha (Huogongdian) and Beijing Qingfang versions differ by region and brine.
Stir frying
Stir frying (炒, chǎo) is a Chinese cooking technique: small-cut food cooked fast in little oil over high heat in a wok, with constant stirring; distinct from sautéing by higher heat, shorter time, and wok-based two-zone cooking.
Stock (food)
Stock (food): savory liquid from simmering bones, meat, fish, or vegetables; a fond de cuisine base for soups, sauces, and braises; distinguished from broth and bone broth by bones, unseasoned use, and gelatin body.
Stolichnaya (Столичная)
Stolichnaya (Столичная), or Stoli, a wheat-and-rye vodka brand of Soviet origin, produced in Riga, Latvia, owned by Luxembourg's SPI Group, rebranded Stoli in 2022 amid trademark disputes with Russia.
Stollen
Stollen is a dense German Christmas yeast loaf rich in butter, dried fruit, almonds, and spices; the Dresdner Christstollen is EU PGI-protected since 2010 and tied to Dresden's 1474 first record, the 1491 Butterbrief, and the 1730 giant 1.8-tonne stollen.
Stop & Shop
Stop & Shop is a Northeastern US supermarket chain founded from the 1914 Economy Grocery Company of the Rabb (Rabinovitz) family of Boston, pioneer of self-service supermarkets, owned by Ahold Delhaize since 1996.
Storage of wine
Storage of wine (wine cellaring): keeping bottled wine at about 12–14°C with stable temperature, 60–75% humidity for corks, darkness, and side-lying bottle position, so wines preserve or age in bottle rather than spoil.
Stout
Stout: dark, roasty top-fermented beer family, originally a strong porter; styles include dry Irish (Guinness), milk, oatmeal, foreign extra, and imperial stout; ABV 3.5-13%.
Stove
Stove: an enclosed device burning fuel or using electricity for cooking or heating. Covers traditional and improved biomass cookstoves, gas, electric, and induction ranges, WHO/ISO clean cooking standards, health impacts, and adoption factors.
Stracciatella (ice cream)
Stracciatella ice cream is a gelato flavor of milk (fiordilatte) base with thin dark-chocolate shards, invented by Enrico Panattoni at La Marianna, Bergamo, in 1961; distinct from the Roman soup and the Pugliese cheese of the same name.
Strained yogurt
Strained yogurt, also called Greek yogurt, labneh, or yogurt cheese, is fermented milk drained of most whey. Regional forms include labneh, chakka, torba, and Icelandic skyr; protein roughly doubles and acid whey is a byproduct.
Strawberry shortcake (dessert)
Strawberry shortcake: American dessert of sweetened strawberries, a split biscuit-style shortcake, and whipped cream; first in an American cookbook in 1847, with macerated berries forming a no-cook syrup.
Street food
Street food: ready-to-eat food and drink sold by vendors in streets and public places, also called hawker food. Covers its ancient origins, 19th-century Western spread, livelihood and food-safety roles, and regulation from Singapore hawker centers to India's 2014 Street Vendors Act.