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Tuborg Brewery
Tuborg (Tuborgs Fabrikker), Danish brewery founded in Hellerup on 13 May 1873 by Philip W. Heyman; first beer 1875; merged with Carlsberg in 1970. Now Carlsberg's largest brand by volume, a bottom-fermented pilsner sold in about 50 countries.
Tullamore Dew
Tullamore Dew, also written Tullamore D.E.W., is a blended Irish whiskey first distilled in Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland, in 1829 and named for the town.
Tupperware
Tupperware: airtight polyethylene food containers invented by Earl S. Tupper in the 1940s and made famous by Brownie Wise's home-party direct selling; sold to Rexall in 1958, later Tupperware Brands, which filed Chapter 11 in 2024.
Turducken
Turducken: a deboned chicken stuffed inside a deboned duck inside a deboned turkey, also called a three-bird roast; associated with Louisiana Cajun cooking, Paul Prudhomme, Hebert's Specialty Meats, John Madden, and USDA 165 °F cooking guidance.
Turkish coffee
Turkish coffee (Türk kahvesi) is a brewing method, not a bean: finely ground coffee boiled unfiltered in a cezve, served with foam and settled grounds. UNESCO-inscribed 2013; distinctive phytochemical profile; studied for cardiovascular effects.
Turkish cuisine
Turkish cuisine (Türk mutfağı) is Turkey's culinary tradition, formed from Central Asian meat-and-dairy roots, Anatolian grains, and Mediterranean produce, refined in Seljuk and Ottoman kitchens, with regional variety, sofra table culture, and UNESCO-listed keşkek and Turkish coffee.
Turkish delight
Turkish delight (lokum, from rahat-ül hulküm) is a starch-and-sugar jelly confection from Ottoman cuisine, codified in Turkey with moisture ≤16% and sugar ≥80%, made famous by Hacı Bekir and exported to Europe as Turkish delight.
Turrón
Turrón (torró) is a Spanish Christmas nougat of toasted almonds, honey, sugar, and egg white. Hard Alicante and soft Jijona varieties have held EU PGI status since 1996; both are made in Jijona, Alicante, which produces about 60% of Spain's turrón.
Turtle soup
Turtle soup, historically made from green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas), was an 18th-to-20th-century European and American luxury dish; mock versions used calf's head, and the CITES Appendix I listing in 1981 ended the authentic dish.
Tuscan cuisine
Tuscan cuisine (cucina toscana) is the regional cooking of Tuscany, Italy, defined by cucina povera, saltless pane sciocco, bread soups like ribollita, bistecca alla fiorentina, Pecorino Toscano PDO, and Chianti wines.
Tutti frutti
Tutti frutti, Italian for "all fruits", names mixed-fruit confections, an 1834 New York ice cream flavor, an American brandied-fruit preserve, and Indian candied raw papaya used in bakery.
TWG Tea
TWG Tea is a Singapore luxury tea brand founded in 2008 by Taha Bouqdib under The Wellness Group, revived by OSIM's 2011 investment, with over 1,000 teas, tea salons in about 19 countries, and 1837 heritage branding now being removed.
Twin Peaks (restaurant chain)
Twin Peaks is an American sports bar restaurant chain founded in 2005 in Lewisville, Texas, with about 115 locations known for made-from-scratch food, 29-degree draft beer, and wall-to-wall televisions in a rustic lodge setting.
Twinings
Twinings (Twinings of London), British tea brand founded by Thomas Twining in 1706 at Tom's Coffee House on the Strand; owned by Associated British Foods since 1964, based in Andover, known for Earl Grey, Lady Grey, English Breakfast, and royal warrants since 1837.
Twinkie
Twinkie, Hostess snack cake of golden sponge cake with creamy filling, invented April 6, 1930 by James A. Dewar at Continental Baking in River Forest, Illinois; originally banana crème, switched to vanilla in WWII; 45-day shelf life; now owned by J.M. Smucker.
Twisted Tea
Twisted Tea is an American hard iced tea brand made by the Boston Beer Company. Launched in 2001, it is the largest selling flavored malt beverage in the United States.
Twix
Twix is a chocolate-coated biscuit bar by Mars, Incorporated. Created in 1967 in Slough, UK, it is sold as twin biscuit fingers with caramel and milk chocolate.
Twizzlers
Twizzlers, chewy twist-shaped candy made by Y&S Candies (Hershey) in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; first produced 1927, acquired by Hershey 1977; strawberry is 70% of Twists output.
Two Fat Ladies
Two Fat Ladies (BBC Two, 1996-1999): British cooking-travelogue with Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright touring Britain on a Triumph Thunderbird with sidecar (registration N88 TFL), cooking traditional high-fat British food; ended when Paterson died of lung cancer in 1999.
Tyler Florence
Tyler Florence (born 1971) is an American chef, restaurateur, and Food Network host since 1996, known for Food 911, Tyler's Ultimate, and The Great Food Truck Race, and for San Francisco restaurants Wayfare Tavern and Miller & Lux.
Types of cheese
Types of cheese: hundreds of varieties grouped into roughly 12 coagulation-based families and commercial categories such as soft-ripened, blue-veined, pasta filata, and Cheddar, distinguished by milk type, moisture, ripening microbes, and protected origins.
Types of chocolate
Types of chocolate: dark, milk, white, and ruby (Barry Callebaut, 2017), plus couverture and compound. Defined by cocoa liquor, cocoa butter, sugar, and milk solids proportions, FDA standards of identity, and processing like conching, alkalization, and tempering.
Types of restaurant
Types of restaurant: classification of food-service establishments by service model (full service, fast casual, quick service), price, format (fine dining, café, food truck, ghost kitchen), and ownership, with US industry figures.
Tyson Foods
Tyson Foods is an American multinational food company headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas. Founded in 1935 by John W. Tyson, it processes chicken, beef, pork, and prepared foods.
Tzatziki
Tzatziki (τζατζίκι), also cacık in Turkish, is a cold Greek dip of strained yogurt, grated cucumber, garlic, olive oil, and dill or mint, served as meze and with gyros or souvlaki.
U.S. history of alcohol minimum purchase age by state
History of state-set U.S. alcohol minimum purchase ages: 21 after 1933 repeal, lowered to 18-20 by 29 states in the 1970s, then restored to 21 nationwide by 1988 via the National Minimum Drinking Age Act's highway-fund penalty.
Ube halaya
Ube halaya is a Filipino dessert in which grated purple yam is slow-cooked with coconut milk, condensed milk, butter, and sugar into a thick, deeply purple jam, likely arising as a Spanish colonial-era fiesta food.
Udon
Udon (うどん) is a thick, chewy Japanese wheat noodle made from flour, salt, and water, served hot in dashi, cold with dipping sauce, or stir-fried; famous styles include Sanuki udon of Kagawa and firm Yoshida udon.
Ukrainian cuisine
Ukrainian cuisine (українська кухня): the national culinary tradition of Ukraine, known for borscht (UNESCO-listed, 70+ variants), varenyky, salo, and holubtsi, with strong regional traditions shaped by Polish, Hungarian, Turkish, and Crimean Tatar influences.
Ultra-high-temperature processing
Ultra-high-temperature (UHT) processing, or aseptic processing, heats pumpable foods like milk to about 135–150 °C for seconds, then aseptically packages them, giving commercially sterile products that keep 6–12 months unrefrigerated.