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Galen Weston
Galen Weston (W. Galen Weston, 1940–2021), British-Canadian retailer who turned Loblaw into Canada's largest grocery chain, led George Weston Limited until 2016, built Selfridges, Brown Thomas, and Holt Renfrew holdings, and founded the Weston Brain Institute; his son Galen G. Weston now leads the group.
Galen Weston Jr.
Galen Weston Jr. (Willard Galen Garfield Weston, born 1972) is the fourth-generation Canadian chairman and CEO of George Weston Limited and chairman of Loblaw, known for Choice Properties, the 2023 grocery price hearings, and the bread price-fixing settlement.
Galette
Galette: French term for flat round or freeform cakes; most notably the savory Breton buckwheat pancake (galette complète, galette saucisse) and the rustic pan-free pastry tart, plus the Epiphany galette des Rois.
Galliano (liqueur)
Galliano, also known as Liquore Galliano, is a sweet yellow Italian herbal liqueur with vanilla and anise flavors, created in 1896 by Arturo Vaccari of Livorno.
Gambero Rosso
Gambero Rosso is an Italian food and wine media company founded in 1986 in Rome, known for the Vini d'Italia guide and its Tre Bicchieri award, blind tastings of about 40,000 wines yearly, restaurant guides, and the Tre Bicchieri World Tour.
Ganache
Ganache, also called ganache montée when whipped, is a chocolate-and-cream emulsion from nineteenth-century Paris. Ratio by weight sets texture: 1:1 glaze, 2:1 truffles, 1:2 sauce; milk and white chocolate need 2.5:1 to 3:1.
Garage Beer
Garage Beer, also called Beer Flavored Beer, is a Columbus, Ohio light lager brand spun off from Braxton Brewing in 2023, co-owned by Jason and Travis Kelce and CEO Andy Sauer; 4% ABV, 95 calories, contract-brewed, ranked No. 12 among U.S. craft breweries in 2026.
Garam masala
Garam masala (गरम मसाला), a North Indian warm-spice blend of cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, and black pepper; no fixed recipe exists, added late in cooking, distinct from curry powder.
Garbage Plate
Garbage Plate: trademarked Rochester, NY dish from Nick Tahou Hots (created 1918 by Alexander Tahou), layering hot dogs or burgers over home fries, mac salad, or beans with meat hot sauce, mustard, onions, and buttered bread.
Garde manger
Garde manger is a French term meaning "keeper of the food." It was codified as a chef de partie station in Auguste Escoffier's 1903 brigade de cuisine.
Garibaldi (cocktail)
Garibaldi cocktail: an Italian highball of Campari and freshly squeezed orange juice, named for general Giuseppe Garibaldi; an IBA official drink (45 ml Campari, 120 ml juice) famous for its aerated "fluffy" juice technique revived at Dante, New York.
Garlic bread
Garlic bread, or pane all'aglio, is bread spread with garlic butter and herbs and baked or broiled. An Italian-American invention, not Italian, descended from bruschetta; documented in US recipes by the 1930s.
Gary Mehigan
Gary Mehigan is an English-born Australian chef and TV presenter, original MasterChef Australia judge 2009-2019 with Calombaris and Preston, former Fenix and Maribyrnong Boathouse owner, now host of Good Food Everyday and a frequent visitor to India.
Gary Rhodes
Gary Rhodes (1960-2019), English chef, restaurateur and TV presenter who led the 1990s revival of British cuisine, earning six Michelin stars, hosting Rhodes Around Britain, and receiving an OBE in 2006.
Gas stove
Gas stove: cooking appliance burning natural gas, LPG, or coal gas at open burners and ovens; patented by James Sharp in 1826, common in the US by 1890, used in about a third of US homes, and debated for NO2 emissions.
Gastronomy
Gastronomy, from Greek gaster (stomach), is the art and practice of good eating and its systematic study, defined by Brillat-Savarin; today it spans molecular gastronomy, sensory science, food pairing, AI-driven cooking, and sustainable food systems.
Gatorade
Gatorade (Gatorade Thirst Quencher), invented 1965 at the University of Florida by Robert Cade's team and owned by PepsiCo since 2000, is the original American sports drink, historically holding about 80% of the US sports drink market.
Gazpacho
Gazpacho: Andalusian cold soup of raw tomato, pepper, cucumber, bread, olive oil, garlic, vinegar, and salt; older bread-gruel origins, salmorejo and ajo blanco relatives, nutrition and industrial production.
Gefilte fish
Gefilte fish (Yiddish for stuffed fish) is a poached dish of ground carp, pike, and whitefish served cold as a first course at Jewish Sabbath and holiday meals.
Gelato
Gelato is the Italian-style frozen dessert made from milk, sugar, fruit, and eggs, churned with little air and served warmer than ice cream. Originating in 16th-century Tuscany, it differs from US ice cream by lower fat, lower overrun, and denser texture.
Génépi
Génépi (genepì, Génépi des Alpes) is an Alpine wormwood Artemisia plant and the sweet herbal liqueur macerated from its flowers, a French-Italian digestif protected as a geographical indication since 2014.
General Foods
General Foods Corporation, American packaged-food company formed 1929 from the Postum Company; maker of Maxwell House, Jell-O, Kool-Aid, Birds Eye, and Post cereals; acquired by Philip Morris in 1985 and merged into Kraft General Foods in 1989, distinct from unrelated firms using the same name.
General Mills
General Mills (NYSE: GIS), Minneapolis-based packaged food company founded 1866 as the Washburn-Crosby flour mill, renamed 1928. Owns Cheerios, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Blue Buffalo; FY2026 net sales $18.4 billion.
General Tso's chicken
General Tso's chicken (左宗棠鸡) is a Chinese-American deep-fried chicken dish in sweet-spicy sauce, named for Qing general Zuo Zongtang, who never ate it. Invented in Taiwan in the 1950s by Hunan chef Peng Chang-kuei, it reached New York in 1973.
Generally recognized as safe
Generally recognized as safe (GRAS) is a U.S. FDA food-law exemption under the 1958 Food Additives Amendment allowing ingredients deemed safe by qualified experts to enter food without premarket approval; notification is voluntary, with a mandatory-notice rule proposed in 2026.
Gennaro Contaldo
Gennaro Contaldo (born 1949, Minori, Amalfi Coast) is an Italian-British chef, cookbook author, and mentor of Jamie Oliver at Carluccio's Neal Street Restaurant; founder of Passione, star of Two Greedy Italians, author of Hidden Italy, and opener of the Soho restaurant BOLO.
Genoise
Genoise (génoise), a Genoa-named French sponge cake: whole eggs and sugar warmed and whipped to the ribbon stage, flour and melted butter folded in, no chemical leavening; sturdy base for tortes, bûche de Noël, and syrup-soaked layer cakes.
Geoffrey Zakarian
Geoffrey Zakarian, known as Geoff Zakarian, is an American chef, restaurateur, and television personality known for his New York restaurants Town and Country and his roles on Food Network.
Geographical indication
Geographical indication (GI): a sign, also called appellation of origin or PDO/PGI, marking products whose quality, reputation, or characteristics stem from a specific geographic origin, protected via TRIPS, sui generis systems, or trademarks.
Geographical indications and traditional specialities in the European Union
EU quality schemes protecting food, wine and spirit names: PDO, PGI, GI for spirits, and TSG for traditional products without geographic link; governed by Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, with about 4,000 registered names in eAmbrosia.