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Brooke Williamson
Brooke Williamson, American chef and restaurateur from Los Angeles, Top Chef season 14 winner and first Tournament of Champions champion, co-owner of Playa Provisions and author of Sun-Kissed Cooking.
Brown bread
Brown bread: bread darker than white bread, made with whole wheat or rye flour, or sometimes just colored. Covers definitions, Boston and Irish brown bread, history, and nutrition versus white bread.
Brown sauce
Brown sauce, also called chippy sauce when diluted, is a British dark-brown fruit-and-spice condiment with tamarind, dates and malt vinegar; HP Sauce dominates about three-quarters of the UK market.
Brown–Forman
Brown–Forman is an American spirits company founded in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1870 by George Garvin Brown and best known as the owner of Jack Daniel's, Woodford Reserve, and Old Forester.
Brunch
Brunch is a late-morning meal combining breakfast and lunch, first recorded in 1895 and popularized in the United States as a weekend occasion with dishes like eggs Benedict.
Brunello di Montalcino
Brunello di Montalcino is a DOCG red wine from Montalcino, Tuscany, made 100% from the local Sangiovese clone called Brunello; first DOCG in 1980, aged at least two years in oak, released after five years.
Brunost
Brunost (brown cheese, mysost, gjetost) is Norway's sweet caramel whey cheese, made by boiling whey with milk and cream; invented by Anne Hov in 1863, 35-40% lactose, sliced thin with an ostehøvel.
Brunswick stew
Brunswick stew: thick Southern American stew of meat (originally squirrel), corn, tomatoes, and lima beans. Virginia and Georgia both claim its origin; Georgia made it its official state stew in 2025.
Bruschetta
Bruschetta is an Italian antipasto of thick rustic bread charred over live heat, rubbed with raw garlic and dressed with olive oil; known as fettunta in Tuscany, from bruscare, related to crostini.
Bryan Voltaggio
Bryan Voltaggio, Frederick, Maryland chef, Top Chef Season 6 runner-up behind brother Michael, first chef on both Top Chef and Top Chef Masters, Tournament of Champions VII winner; restaurants include Volt, Voltaggio Brothers Steak House, and Wye Oak Tavern.
Bryn Williams
Bryn Williams, full name Bryn Dwyfor Williams, is a Welsh chef and restaurateur from Denbigh, known for Odette's in London and restaurants built on Welsh produce.
Bubba Gump Shrimp Company
Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. (Bubba Gump Shrimp Company Restaurant & Market) is a Landry's-owned casual seafood chain themed on the 1994 film Forrest Gump, founded 1996 on Cannery Row, Monterey, with roughly 21-22 U.S. and 10-16 international locations.
Bubble and squeak
Bubble and squeak is a traditional British dish of cold leftover mashed potatoes and cabbage, sometimes other roast vegetables, fried until crisp. Named for its cooking sounds, first recorded 1765–75, originally beef and cabbage; distinct from Irish colcannon and Scottish rumbledethumps.
Bubble gum
Bubble gum is chewing gum formulated with high-molecular-weight polymer gum base so it can be blown into bubbles. First commercialized as Dubble Bubble in 1928 by Walter Diemer at Fleer; typically pink, about 20% gum base.
Bubble tea (珍珠奶茶)
Bubble tea (珍珠奶茶), also called pearl milk tea or boba, is a Taiwanese 1980s drink of tea, milk, sugar, and chewy tapioca pearls, now a global beverage sold by chains like Chatime and Gong Cha.
Buc-ee's
Buc-ee's is a privately held American chain of giant travel centers, founded in Texas in 1982, known for barbecue, beaver merchandise, and the world's largest convenience store.
Buca di Beppo
Buca di Beppo: American family-style Italian-American casual-dining chain founded 1993 by Phil Roberts in a Minneapolis basement; peaked at 95 locations, filed Chapter 11 in August 2024, now owned by Main Street Capital with 40 restaurants in 13 states.
Buckfast Tonic Wine
Buckfast Tonic Wine, or Buckie, is a 15% ABV caffeinated fortified wine-based drink made by Benedictine monks at Buckfast Abbey, Devon, since 1897 and distributed by J. Chandler & Co, famous in Scotland.
Budae-jjigae (부대찌개)
Budae-jjigae (부대찌개), also spelled boodae chigae, is Korean army base stew from 1960s Uijeongbu, combining US military surplus Spam, hot dogs, and cheese with kimchi, tofu, and ramen; now a popular comfort food.
Buddhist cuisine
Buddhist cuisine covers monastic food practices from Theravada alms eating, which permits threefold-pure meat, to East Asian vegetarian temple cooking: Korean sachal eumsik, Japanese shōjin ryōri, and Chinese zhai, excluding meat and pungent vegetables.
Buddhist vegetarianism
Buddhist vegetarianism: meat abstinence practiced mainly in Mahayana communities (China, Vietnam, Korea) though not required by Pali sources; linked to ahimsa, temple food, health benefits, and an estimated 48.83 million metric tons CO2e reduction.
Buddy Valastro
Buddy Valastro (Bartolo Valastro Jr.), the Cake Boss, American baker and reality TV star who took over Carlo's Bakery in Hoboken at 17, hosted TLC's Cake Boss (2009-2020), and expanded it to about 20 locations.
Budweiser
Budweiser is an American pale lager launched in 1876 in St. Louis by Adolphus Busch and Carl Conrad, brewed with rice, first bottled and pasteurized at scale, US number-one beer from 1957, and distinct from Czech Budweiser Budvar.
Budweiser Budvar Brewery
Budweiser Budvar Brewery (Budějovický Budvar, n. p.) is the state-owned Czech brewery in České Budějovice founded 1895, brewing Budweiser Budvar lager from Saaz hops, Moravian barley, and 300 m artesian water; it disputes the Budweiser name with Anheuser-Busch and sells as Czechvar in North America.
Budweiser Clydesdales
Budweiser Clydesdales: Anheuser-Busch's Clydesdale horse teams, introduced April 1933 to celebrate Prohibition's repeal; geldings at least 18 hands with bay coats, white stockings, and blazes, famous for Super Bowl ads and the Dalmatian mascot.
Buffalo mozzarella
Buffalo mozzarella (mozzarella di bufala), notably Mozzarella di Bufala Campana PDO, is an Italian fresh pasta filata cheese from water buffalo milk, PDO-registered in 1996, made within 60 hours of milking, creamier and richer than cow's-milk mozzarella.
Buffalo Trace Distillery
Buffalo Trace Distillery, in Frankfort, Kentucky, is America's oldest continually operating bourbon distillery, formerly O.F.C. and George T. Stagg Distillery, owned by Sazerac since 1992, maker of Buffalo Trace, Blanton's, Weller, Eagle Rare, and Pappy Van Winkle.
Buffalo Wild Wings
Buffalo Wild Wings (B-Dubs, bw-3) is an American sports bar chain founded in 1982 near Ohio State as Buffalo Wild Wings & Weck; taken public in 2003, acquired by Inspire Brands for $2.9 billion in 2018, with 1,178 US sports bars and 219 BWW Go takeout stores as of late 2025.
Buffalo wing
Buffalo wing: deep-fried unbreaded chicken wing pieces tossed in hot sauce and melted butter, served with celery and blue cheese. Credited to Buffalo, New York's Anchor Bar in 1964 (Teressa Bellissimo), with rival claims by John Young's Wings 'n Things; celebrated with Chicken Wing Day since 1977.
Buffalo-style pizza
Buffalo-style pizza is Western New York's regional pie: thick, airy crust with toppings to the edges, sweet sauce, roughly triple the New York cheese load, cup-and-char pepperoni, square-cut and not folded.