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Green papaya salad
Green papaya salad (som tam, Lao tam som/tam maak hoong, Khmer bok l'hong, Vietnamese gỏi đu đủ) is a pounded salad of shredded unripe papaya with chilies, lime, fish sauce, and fermented seasonings, of Lao origin and central to Isan and Lao cuisine, with Thai, Lao, Cambodian, and Vietnamese variants.
Green sauce
Green sauce (salsa verde, sauce verte, Grüne Soße) is a category of cold, mostly uncooked herb- or tomatillo-based sauces: Italian caper-anchovy salsa verde, Argentine chimichurri, Mexican tomatillo salsa, French herb mayonnaise, and Frankfurt's seven-herb EU-protected specialty.
Green tea
Green tea (绿茶) is unoxidized Camellia sinensis tea, fixed by steaming or pan-firing. Oldest of the six Chinese tea categories; four Chinese types, Ming-era loose-leaf shift, EGCG content, and brewing temperatures distinguish it.
Gregg Wallace
Gregg Wallace (born 1964, Peckham) is an English broadcaster and former greengrocer, founder of George Allan's Greengrocers, and longtime MasterChef judge from 2005 to 2024, dismissed in 2025 after a report substantiated 45 of 83 misconduct allegations.
Greggs
Greggs is a British bakery and food-on-the-go chain founded by John Gregg in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1939, with more than 2,700 shops selling baked goods and sandwiches.
Grenache
Grenache, also Garnacha (Spain) and Cannonau (Sardinia), is a widely planted warm-climate red grape giving soft, high-alcohol reds, GSM blends, Provence and Tavel rosés, and Banyuls/Maury fortified wines.
Grenadine
Grenadine, from French grenade (pomegranate), is a red cocktail syrup originally made from pomegranate juice and sugar; most commercial versions now use other juices, corn syrup, and coloring, per FDA guidance.
Grey Goose (vodka)
Grey Goose is a French super-premium vodka created in 1997 by Sidney Frank with cellar master François Thibault, made from Picardie winter wheat and Gensac spring water, distilled once at 40% ABV, and owned by Bacardi since 2004.
Grey Poupon
Grey Poupon is a Dijon-style mustard brand from Dijon, France, dating to the Grey and Poupon mustard houses (1866 partnership; one account says 1777), made in America since Heublein bought the formula in 1946, now a Kraft Heinz brand.
Griddle
Griddle: a flat, smooth heated cooking surface for direct-contact cooking (plancha, flat top), from Latin craticula; used for pancakes, burgers, eggs; commercial units run 200-400 F.
Grilling
Grilling: cooking food on a grate directly over high heat from charcoal, wood, or gas flames, distinct from low-indirect-heat barbecue. Covers heat transfer, HCA/PAH health risks, safe temperatures, and grill history.
Grimace Shake
Grimace Shake: McDonald's limited-time purple berry milkshake from the June 12, 2023 Grimace Birthday Meal, famous for the TikTok trend of drinkers faking death, which drove sales and Purchase Intent among TikTok users from 25% to 32%.
Grocery store
A grocery store, also known as a grocery shop, is a retail shop selling a broad range of foods, including fresh produce, canned and frozen items, and meats.
Grog
Grog is rum diluted with water, created in 1740 when Admiral Edward Vernon ordered the Royal Navy's rum ration cut with water; named for his grogram cloak, it ended with Black Tot Day in 1970.
Grolsch Brewery
Grolsch Brewery (Koninklijke Grolsch Brouwerij N.V.), Dutch brewery founded 1615 in Groenlo, now in Enschede and owned by Asahi; known for its swing-top bottle, Premium Pilsner, and 0.0% beer.
Ground beef
Ground beef (beef mince) is beef chopped fresh or frozen with at most 30% fat and no added fat, water, binders, or extenders; hamburger may add fat. Largest beef item sold by volume; cook to 160°F.
Ground meat
Ground meat, also called minced meat or mince, is meat cut into small particles by grinding or chopping. Key facts: US ground beef versus hamburger labeling, 160°F cooking standard, E. coli O157:H7 adulterant rule, worldwide dishes.
Groupe Artémis
Groupe Artémis, the Pinault family's private investment holding founded in 1992 by François Pinault; owns 42.3% of Kering, plus Christie's, CAA, Château Latour, Ponant, Le Point, and the Pinault Collection.
Growler (jug)
Growler (jug): a refillable container, usually a 64-oz glass jug, for carrying draft beer home; also called howler in 32-oz size. Originated as 1880s slang for a beer pail; revived by craft brewing; distinct from the single-use crowler can.
Grubhub
Grubhub: Chicago-founded (2004) American online food ordering and delivery platform, merged with Seamless 2013, IPO 2014 (NYSE: GRUB), bought by Just Eat Takeaway for $7.3B in 2021, sold to Wonder for $650M in 2025; about 8% U.S. market share.
Gruel
Gruel: a thin porridge of cereal boiled in water or milk, sipped rather than eaten; used historically as infant weaning food, Victorian sickroom and workhouse fare, and famine food.
Gruit
Gruit, also spelled gruyt or grut, is a mixture of herbs and spices used to flavor, bitter, and preserve beer before hops became dominant in Europe.
Grüner Veltliner
Grüner Veltliner, or Weißgipfler, is Austria's most planted white wine grape, about one third of the vineyard area. A Traminer cross with the St. Georgen variety, it is known for peppery, dry wines under DAC designations such as Weinviertel DAC.
Grupo Bimbo
Grupo Bimbo (Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. de C.V.) is the world's largest baking company, founded in Mexico City on 2 December 1945. It operates directly in 39 countries with sales over US$23 billion, brands including Bimbo, Marinela, Barcel, and Takis, and trades on the BMV as BIMBO.
Grupo Modelo
Grupo Modelo, also known as Cervecería Modelo, is a Mexican brewery founded in 1925. Part of AB InBev since 2013, it brews Corona Extra and Modelo Especial.
Gruyère cheese
Gruyère cheese (Le Gruyère AOP) is a Swiss hard raw-milk cheese from Fribourg, Vaud, Neuchâtel, Jura and Bern, PDO since 2001/2011; 55–65 cm wheels of 25–40 kg, aged 5–18 months, distinct from French holey Gruyère IGP.
Guacamole
Guacamole (Nahuatl ahuacamolli, avocado sauce) is a Mexican mashed-avocado sauce with tomato, onion, cilantro and chile, of pre-Hispanic Aztec origin, traditionally made in a molcajete and now a global Super Bowl staple.
Guar gum
Guar gum (guaran, E 412) is a galactomannan from guar bean endosperm, a cold-water-soluble thickener and stabilizer used in food, pharma, and oil fracking; India supplies 80% of world guar.
Guarana
Guarana (Paullinia cupana) is a caffeine-rich Amazonian plant domesticated by the Sateré-Maué people of Brazil, whose seeds yield a stimulating beverage and are used in energy drinks.
Gueuze
Gueuze (geuze, Oude Geuze/Gueuze Vieille) is a sparkling, bottle-refermented Belgian beer from Pajottenland and the Senne valley, a blend of one- to three-year lambics with EU traditional-speciality protection.