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Toblerone
Toblerone is a triangular Swiss chocolate bar with honey-almond nougat, invented in 1908 in Bern by Theodor Tobler and Emil Baumann; the name joins Tobler and torrone. Owned by Mondelez since 1990, made mainly in Bern, exported to 120 countries.
Tofu
Tofu (豆腐, bean curd) is a soy milk curd food invented in Han Dynasty China over 2,000 years ago, made with coagulants like gypsum, nigari, and GDL; high in protein and calcium, it is a global plant-based staple.
Tokaji
Tokaji is the PDO-protected wine of Hungary's Tokaj region, famous for Tokaji Aszú, a noble-rot sweet wine from Furmint and five other grapes; first demarcated in 1737 and UNESCO-listed in 2002.
Tom Colicchio
Tom Colicchio (born 1962), American chef from Elizabeth, New Jersey; co-founder of Gramercy Tavern (1994) and founder of Craft (2001); owner of Crafted Hospitality; eight-time James Beard winner; head judge and executive producer of Bravo's Top Chef.
Tom Collins
Tom Collins: classic long cocktail of gin (originally Old Tom), lemon juice, sugar, and soda water over ice in a Collins glass; descended from the John Collins of Limmer's Old House, London.
Tom Kerridge
Tom Kerridge (born 1973) is an English chef-patron of The Hand and Flowers in Marlow, credited as the first pub to hold two Michelin stars, and a TV cook and author of Proper Pub Food and Pub Kitchen.
Tom kha kai (ต้มข่าไก่)
Tom kha kai (ต้มข่าไก่), or tom kha gai, is a Thai coconut milk chicken soup from central Thailand flavored with galangal, lemongrass, and kaffir lime leaves; unlike tom yum it uses coconut milk, and TasteAtlas named it the world's best chicken soup in 2023.
Tom Monaghan
Tom Monaghan (born 1937, Ann Arbor, Michigan), founder of Domino's Pizza, which he started as DomiNick's in Ypsilanti in 1960, built the 30-minute delivery chain to over 5,000 stores, owned the Detroit Tigers, and founded Legatus and Ave Maria University.
Tom Parker Bowles
Tom Parker Bowles (born 1974), also Thomas Henry Charles Parker Bowles, British food writer, critic and broadcaster, son of Queen Camilla and godson of King Charles III; Mail on Sunday restaurant critic, MasterChef judge, author of Cooking and the Crown and Full English.
Tom yum
Tom yum (ต้มยำ), also tom yum kung, is Thailand's hot-and-sour herb soup of lemongrass, galangal, and kaffir lime leaves with prawns; UNESCO-inscribed in 2024, with clear (nam sai) and creamy (nam khon) versions.
Tom yum kung (ต้มยำกุ้ง)
Tom yum kung (ต้มยำกุ้ง, Tomyum Kung) is Thailand's hot-and-sour prawn soup of lemongrass, galangal, and kaffir lime leaves, with clear (nam sai) and creamy (nam khon) versions; inscribed by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage in 2024.
Tom's Restaurant
Tom's Restaurant is a family-run Greek-American diner at 2880 Broadway in Manhattan's Morningside Heights, the exterior of Monk's Café on Seinfeld and Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner."
Tomato pulp powder
Tomato pulp powder, a dried tomato pulp ingredient (GRN 163, LycoRed, 2005, FDA no questions), used in baked goods, meats, dairy, soups, sauces, beverages, and medical foods capped at 36 mg lycopene/day.
Tomato sauce
Tomato sauce (salsa di pomodoro, sugo): sauces made primarily from tomatoes for pasta, pizza, and braised dishes. Earliest recipes 1692 Naples; first pasta use 1790; USDA grades A, B, Substandard; distinct from marinara, paste, puree.
Tonic water
Tonic water (Indian tonic water, quinine water) is a sweetened carbonated soft drink flavored with quinine from Cinchona bark. Patented by Erasmus Bond in 1858 and popularized by Schweppes, it originated in British colonial India and is now the standard gin and tonic mixer.
Tonkatsu (とんかつ)
Tonkatsu (とんかつ, pork cutlet) is a Japanese yoshoku dish: thick pork, breaded in panko and deep-fried, pioneered in 1899 at Rengatei in Ginza from French côtelette, served with cabbage, rice, and sauce.
Tonkotsu ramen (豚骨ラーメン)
Tonkotsu ramen (豚骨ラーメン), pork-bone ramen with a white cloudy broth, originated in Kurume, Fukuoka: a clear version in 1937 at Nanjing Senryō, the cloudy soup in 1947 at Sankyū, spreading to Hakata, Kumamoto, and beyond.
Tony Tan Caktiong
Tony Tan Caktiong (born 1953, Fujian, China) is the Filipino-Chinese founder and Executive Chairman of Jollibee Foods Corporation, which grew from two 1975 Manila Magnolia ice cream parlors into a 19-brand, 10,000-store restaurant group across 33 countries.
Tony the Tiger
Tony the Tiger (Tigre Toño) is Kellogg's Frosted Flakes (Frosties/Zucaritas) mascot, created by Eugene Kolkey at Leo Burnett, debuted 1952 against Katy the Kangaroo, Elmo the Elephant, and Newt the Gnu, voiced by Thurl Ravenscroft with "They're Grrreat!"
Tony's Chocolonely
Tony's Chocolonely (Tony's) is a Dutch chocolate company founded in 2005 by journalist Teun van de Keuken to make 100% slave-free chocolate, sourcing traceable Ghanaian and Ivorian cocoa via Tony's Sourcing Principles and Tony's Open Chain.
Too Good To Go
Too Good To Go is a Danish surplus-food marketplace app founded in Copenhagen in 2015, selling Surprise Bags of unsold food at about one third of retail price; 150 million registered users, 200,000 partners, 20 countries, over 500 million meals saved.
Tootsie Roll
Tootsie Roll is a chewy, cocoa-flavored candy introduced in New York City in 1896. It is known for its melt-resistant chocolate taste and individual wax-paper wrapping.
Top Chef
Top Chef: American Bravo reality cooking competition, premiered March 8, 2006, produced by Magical Elves; hosts Katie Lee, Padma Lakshmi, Kristen Kish; head judge Tom Colicchio; 29 international versions, 42 Emmy nominations.
Top Chef: All-Stars L.A.
Top Chef: All-Stars L.A. is season 17 of Bravo's Top Chef (2020), an all-returnee cast competing in Los Angeles and Tuscany, won by Melissa King, who also took Fan-Favorite.
Top Chef: Portland
Top Chef: Portland is Season 18 of Bravo's Top Chef, filmed fall 2020 in Portland, Oregon during COVID-19 with an alumni judge bubble, chef's-table Restaurant Wars, wildfire disruptions, and winner Gabe Erales; aired April 1 to July 1, 2021.
Top Chef: World All-Stars
Top Chef: World All-Stars is Bravo Top Chef's 20th season (2023), the first filmed entirely abroad, in London and Paris, with 16 winners and finalists from 11 international Top Chef versions; Buddha Lo won the $250,000 prize.
Topo Chico
Topo Chico is a carbonated mineral water bottled since 1895 at the Cerro del Topo Chico spring in Monterrey, Mexico, prized for its unusually strong carbonation.
Toro (トロ) (sushi)
Toro (トロ), fatty tuna belly used for sushi and sashimi, divides into chutoro (medium-fat, about 15–20% fat) and otoro (fattiest belly near the head). Named from torori, "melting in the mouth"; akami is the lean contrast.
Tororo (food)
Tororo (とろろ) is Japanese grated raw mountain yam (yamaimo or nagaimo), a sticky paste served over rice (tororo gohan), soba noodles, or in okonomiyaki; eaten raw for its amylase, distinct from Tororo District, Uganda.
Torta
Torta: a Mexican sandwich on a bolillo or telera roll filled with meats, cheese, avocado, and chile; also Spanish for cake or pie, Italian for a round cake, and Portuguese for pie. Regional styles include cemitas, guacamayas, and tortas ahogadas.