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Chutney
Chutney (Hindi caṭnī, चटनी) is an Indian condiment family: fresh ground herb, fruit, or coconut pastes eaten daily, and the sweet vinegar-preserved British colonial version such as Major Grey's mango chutney.
Ciabatta
Ciabatta, Italian slipper bread invented 21 September 1982 by miller Arnaldo Cavallari in Adria, Veneto, as a sandwich rival to the French baguette; high-hydration (70–85%) lean dough, open irregular crumb, originally Ciabatta Polesana.
Cider
Cider is an alcoholic beverage made from fermenting apple juice, typically reaching 1.2–8.5% ABV. Regional use dictates whether the term refers to the fermented drink or raw juice.
Çiğ köfte
Çiğ köfte (raw meatball) is a southeastern Turkish dish of bulgur, isot pepper, and traditionally raw minced meat, now usually meatless; registered Şanlıurfa (2009) and Adıyaman meatless (2018) geographical indications, spread nationally after 2008 regulation.
Cincinnati chili
Cincinnati chili is a Mediterranean-spiced, finely ground beef sauce served over spaghetti or on coneys, created in 1922 by Macedonian brothers Tom and John Kiradjieff at Empress Chili and ordered by numbered "ways".
Cinnabon
Cinnabon is an American franchise bakery chain founded in 1985 near Seattle, known for large cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting, with nearly a thousand US locations.
Cinnamon
Cinnamon, including Ceylon or true cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum) and cassia (C. cassia, C. burmannii, C. loureiroi), is a spice from dried Cinnamomum bark, distinguished by cinnamaldehyde levels, coumarin content, and fraud-prone trade.
Cinnamon roll
Cinnamon roll, also cinnamon bun or Swedish kanelbulle: a spiral of enriched yeast dough filled with cinnamon sugar. Swedish version has cardamom and pearl sugar; American version is sweeter with cream cheese frosting; Kanelbullens dag is October 4.
Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Cinnamon Toast Crunch, sold in some markets as Cini Minis, is a General Mills breakfast cereal of cinnamon and sugar coated wheat and rice squares, introduced in 1984.
Cinzano
Cinzano is an Italian vermouth and sparkling wine brand from Pecetto and Turin, dating to a 1707 distilling license and the 1757 master distillers; owned by Campari from 1999, sold to Caffo Group 1915 in 2025.
Cioccolato di Modica
Cioccolato di Modica (Modica chocolate) is a Sicilian cold-processed chocolate of bitter cocoa paste and sugar, never conched, grainy and crumbly; first EU chocolate PGI, registered 2018.
Cioppino
Cioppino: Italian-American seafood stew from San Francisco, invented by Genoese immigrant fishermen in the late 1800s, with a tomato-and-wine broth, Dungeness crab, and shellfish; name from Ligurian ciuppin.
Circle K
Circle K is a global convenience store and fuel station chain founded in 1951 in El Paso, Texas, by Fred Hervey; owned by Alimentation Couche-Tard since 2003, it operates about 17,200 stores across 27 countries as Couche-Tard's worldwide banner.
Cîroc
Cîroc is a French ultra-premium vodka created in 2003 by Jean-Sébastien Robicquet, distilled five times from Mauzac Blanc and Ugni Blanc grapes at Maison Villevert. Owned by Diageo; promoted by Sean Combs 2007–2024; North American rights moved to a Main Street Advisors joint venture in 2025.
Citrus fiber
Citrus fiber is a functional food ingredient made from the peel and pulp left after citrus juicing, used to add fiber and replace gums and starches in clean-label foods.
Citrus fruit extract
Citrus fruit extract is a food ingredient recognized as generally recognized as safe by the FDA in 2014 as an antimicrobial and preservative in nonstandardized foods.
CKE Restaurants
CKE Restaurants Holdings owns and franchises Carl's Jr., Hardee's, Green Burrito, and Red Burrito. Founded 1941 by Carl and Margaret Karcher with a $326 hot dog cart; taken private by Apollo in 2010, now owned by Roark Capital in Franklin, Tennessee.
Clafoutis
Clafoutis, a baked French dessert from Limousin made of cherries in a flan-like egg, milk, sugar, and flour batter; also called clafouti in English. Word coined in the 19th century from clafir, 'to fill'; other fruits make a flaugnarde.
Claire Saffitz
Claire Saffitz (born 1986) is an American pastry chef, recipe developer, and author, former Bon Appétit Senior Food Editor and host of Gourmet Makes, author of Dessert Person and What's for Dessert.
Clare Smyth
Clare Smyth (born 1978, County Antrim) is a Northern Irish chef, MBE, and World's Best Female Chef 2018 who runs three-Michelin-starred Core by Clare Smyth in Notting Hill, the first British woman to win three stars.
Clarified butter
Clarified butter (ghee, Sanskrit ghrita) is butter with water and milk solids removed, leaving nearly pure butterfat; ghee is the further-browned, nutty-tasting version. Covers composition (99.6%+ fat per FAO), smoke point around 250 °C, shelf life, Sanskrit/Vedic origins, regional names like samn and smen, and the measured health evidence.
Clarissa Dickson Wright
Clarissa Dickson Wright (1947–2014), English television cook, writer and former barrister, co-star of BBC Two's Two Fat Ladies with Jennifer Paterson, first female rector of Aberdeen University.
Classification of Saint-Émilion wine
The Saint-Émilion classification (classement des crus de Saint-Émilion) is Bordeaux's only regularly revised wine ranking, created by the INAO in 1955 and re-evaluated about every decade; the 2022 edition lists 85 estates, with Figeac and Pavie as the two Premiers Grands Crus Classés A.
Clean-in-place
Clean-in-place (CIP) cleans installed process equipment without disassembly by circulating cleaning solutions; used in dairies, food plants, and pharma, with raw/pasteurized system segregation, monitored temperature, time, and concentration, and validated rinse or swab sampling.
Cleaver
Cleaver: a large rectangular-bladed knife. The Western meat cleaver (300 g–3 kg) chops through bone; the Chinese cleaver (caidao, 菜刀) is a thin chef's-knife-style slicer for vegetables and boneless meat that chips on bone.
Clement Freud
Sir Clement Freud (1924-2009), Berlin-born British writer, broadcaster, chef and Liberal MP for Isle of Ely 1973-87; grandson of Sigmund Freud, brother of Lucian; four decades on Just a Minute; accused posthumously of abuse.
Clinking glasses
Clinking glasses: striking drinking vessels together during a toast. Origin undocumented; the poison-testing legend is apocryphal, while lead crystal acoustics and trust rituals are better-supported explanations.
Clotted cream
Clotted cream (Cornish: dehen molys), also called Devonshire cream, is a thick West Country cream of at least 55% butterfat made by scalding milk; Cornish clotted cream holds PDO status since 1998.
Clove
Clove (Syzygium aromaticum), the dried flower bud of a myrtle-family tree native to five Maluku islands, is a spice and eugenol source used in food, dentistry, and perfumery, once central to the spice trade.
Club Med
Club Med (Club Méditerranée) is a French all-inclusive resort company founded in 1950 by Gérard Blitz on Majorca, now owned by China's Fosun, running 61 premium beach and ski resorts in 25 countries with over 1.4 million annual clients.