3,831 articles
Tanqueray
Tanqueray: London dry gin founded by Charles Tanqueray in London in 1830, made from four botanicals (juniper, coriander, angelica, liquorice), now produced at Cameronbridge Distillery, Fife, and owned by Diageo after the 1898 merger with Gordon's.
Tapas
Tapas are small Spanish food portions served with a drink, free or ordered; related formats include raciones, media raciones, and Basque pintxos. Defined by the RAE, recognized in a 2018 BOE heritage resolution, with a UNESCO candidacy underway.
Tapenade
Tapenade is a Provençal spread of crushed olives, capers, and anchovies bound with olive oil; named from Provençal tapeno (caper), codified in 1880 by chef Meynier at La Maison Dorée, Marseille, in black and green versions.
Tapioca
Tapioca: starch extracted from the cassava root (Manihot esculenta), also called cassava or manioc starch; made into pearls by heating moist starch; used as thickener, in puddings, paper, textiles, and adhesives.
Tapioca pearl
Tapioca pearl (粉圓, boba): chewy ball of cassava starch, brown sugar, and water boiled until gummy; the signature topping of Taiwanese bubble tea, invented in 1980s Taiwan, with black and white varieties and popping-boba alternatives.
Taquito
Taquito (Spanish, 'little taco'), also called rolled taco, taco dorado, or flauta: a Mexican dish of small rolled tortillas, usually corn, filled with beef, chicken, or cheese and fried until crisp; word attested 1917 in New Mexico, defined 1929.
Taramasalata
Taramasalata (taramosalata, ταραμοσαλάτα) is a Greek and Turkish meze dip of salted cured fish roe (tarama) blended with bread or potato, olive oil, and lemon juice, traditionally served on Clean Monday, pale beige to pale pink unless dyed.
Tareq Salahi
Tareq Salahi, American winery owner and reality TV figure of Oasis Winery, Hume, Virginia; known for the 2009 White House state dinner gate-crashing and the family dispute that closed the winery.
Tarla Dalal (તરલા દલાલ)
Tarla Dalal (તરલા દલાલ) was an Indian cookbook author, cooking teacher, and television cook whose 170-plus vegetarian cookbooks sold over 4 million copies; she received the Padma Shri in 2007.
Tarte Tatin
Tarte Tatin: French upside-down caramelized apple tart from the Tatin sisters' hotel in Lamotte-Beuvron, Sologne; legend of accidental invention, popularized by Curnonsky and Maxim's, guarded by the Confrérie des Lichonneux.
Tartrazine
Tartrazine (E 102, FD&C Yellow No. 5, Acid Yellow 23) is a synthetic lemon-yellow azo dye used in foods, drugs, and cosmetics, with an ADI of 7.5 mg/kg bw/day, FDA batch certification, and EU labeling for intolerance reactions.
Tartufo
Tartufo (Tartufo di Pizzo) is an Italian hand-shaped gelato dessert of hazelnut and chocolate ice cream around a molten chocolate core, dusted in cocoa; invented in Pizzo, Calabria, in 1952 by Don Pippo and protected by EU PGI status.
Tata Starbucks
Tata Starbucks Private Limited, a 50:50 joint venture between Starbucks Coffee Company and Tata Consumer Products, operates Starbucks cafés in India from October 2012; 502 stores in 80 cities by March 2026, India's largest café chain by store count.
Tater tots
Tater tots: bite-sized fried potato nuggets invented in 1953 by Golden and Nephi Grigg at Ore-Ida in Ontario, Oregon, to use French fry scraps; trademarked by Ore-Ida, released 1956, sold to Heinz in 1965.
Tavel
Tavel is a commune in the Gard, southern France, between the Pont du Gard and Avignon. Ancient Tavellis on the Nîmes–Orange road, Roman villa and baths, medieval church, and a 1937 wine cooperative cellar listed as a Monument historique in 2013.
Tavern
Tavern: a historical drinking and eating establishment, from Latin taberna via Old French taverne; in England a wine-selling house distinct from alehouse and inn, in colonial America the main community gathering place, now largely a literary or licensing term.
Tavern on the Green
Tavern on the Green: landmark restaurant in New York's Central Park, housed in an 1870 Jacob Wrey Mould sheepfold converted by Robert Moses in 1934; peak under Warner LeRoy 1976–2009, bankruptcy 2009, reopened 2014 under Jim Caiola and David Salama.
Tavern-style pizza
Tavern-style pizza is a Chicago thin-crust pizza with a cracker-crisp base, toppings spread to the edges, and a cut into squares called the party cut.
Tea (meal)
Tea (meal): a meal featuring tea as the beverage, also called afternoon tea or high tea. Attributed to the Duchess of Bedford in the 1840s; in northern England, Australia, and New Zealand it means the cooked evening meal.
Tea (茶)
Tea (茶), from Camellia sinensis, is the world's most consumed drink after water. Six types (green, black, white, oolong, dark, yellow) differ by oxidation; ~7 million tonnes produced yearly, led by China and India.
Tea bag
Tea bag (also tea filter): small permeable pouch of filter paper or mesh holding 2–3 g of tea for single-cup brewing. Invented in 1901 prototype (Lawson–Molaren), popularized by Sullivan 1908; 96% of UK tea market by 2007.
Tea culture
Tea culture (茶文化), the customs, arts, and philosophy surrounding tea, originated in China: Tang-era Lu Yu's Classic of Tea systematized it, Song whisked tea and Ming loose-leaf steeping evolved it, and UNESCO inscribed China's traditional tea practices in 2022.
Tea in the United Kingdom
Tea in the United Kingdom: the national drink since its 1650s arrival from China via the Dutch East India Company. About 100 million cups are drunk daily, 97.5% from tea bags; Catherine of Braganza, smuggling, rationing, and afternoon versus high tea shaped its history.
Tea leaf grading
Tea leaf grading sorts manufactured black tea by leaf size, shape and appearance, not quality: whole leaf, broken, fannings and dust, with orthodox codes like OP and FTGFOP and separate CTC and ISO 11286 particle-size systems.
Tea processing
Tea processing converts Camellia sinensis leaves into green, white, yellow, oolong, black, or dark tea via plucking, withering, rolling, enzymatic or microbial oxidation, and drying; oxidation degree and theaflavin-thearubigin balance distinguish the types.
Tea production in Sri Lanka
Tea production in Sri Lanka, or the Ceylon Tea industry, is the country's leading export. Established in 1867, it employs nearly 1 million people and contributes about 2% of the GDP.
Teahouse
Teahouse (茶馆, chaguan; 茶室, chashitsu): an establishment where tea and refreshments are served, central to East Asian social life. Chinese teahouses date to the Song Dynasty as information and leisure hubs; Japanese chashitsu host the tea ceremony; British tearooms emerged from 1894.
Teavana
Teavana: American specialty loose-leaf tea retailer founded 1997 in Atlanta by Andrew and Nancy Mack; went public 2011; acquired by Starbucks in 2012 for $620 million; all 379 US stores closed by 2018; brand and blends survive under Starbucks ownership.
Ted Allen
Ted Allen (born 1965, Columbus, Ohio), also Edward Allen, is an American author and TV personality, Emmy-winning host of Food Network's Chopped since 2009, formerly the food and wine specialist on Queer Eye and a Top Chef judge.
Teetotalism
Teetotalism: total abstinence from all alcohol, named from "teetotal" (1825–35), the pledged movement that arose from 1830s Preston temperance and, by 1840, made temperance largely synonymous with abstinence.