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Hasung Lee

Hasung Lee (이하성), nicknamed Culinary Monster, is a Korean fine-dining chef, ex-chef de cuisine of Atomix New York, and runner-up of Culinary Class Wars season 2, losing the 2026 finale to Choi Kang-rok.

Haute cuisine

Haute cuisine, also called alta cocina or grande cuisine, is the highest level of professional gastronomy, rooted in French codification by Carême and Escoffier, reshaped by nouvelle cuisine, and measured today by Michelin stars and dining guides.

Havana Club

Havana Club, Cuban rum brand created in 1934 by José Arechabala S.A.; expropriated around 1960, now made by the Pernod Ricard–Cuba Ron joint venture Havana Club International and, in the US only, by Bacardi in Puerto Rico.

Havarti

Havarti is a Danish semi-hard washed-curd cow's milk cheese with 30-60% fat in dry matter, produced since 1921, renamed from Dansk Tilsitterost in 1952 after Havarthigården, and protected as an EU PGI.

Hawaiian pizza

Hawaiian pizza, or pineapple pizza, is a ham-and-pineapple pizza created in 1962 by Sam Panopoulos at the Satellite Restaurant in Chatham, Ontario, Canada, and named for the canned pineapple brand he used, not Hawaii.

Hawker (trade)

Hawker (trade): a street seller of food or goods, itinerant or stall-based; also Spanish-American regatón. Covers colonial Lima's persecuted female regatonería, Singapore's licensing and hawker centres, and ILO informality data.

Hawker centre

A hawker centre, also known as a cooked food centre, is a sheltered food centre in Singapore where individual stalls sell affordable cooked food and drinks to the public.

Head cheese

Head cheese, also called brawn or souse, is a cold-cut terrine of braised pork head set in its own gelatin, with no dairy, made in Europe since the Middle Ages.

Health effects of tea

The health effects of tea, also called the health benefits of tea, cover how drinking green, black, and other Camellia sinensis teas affects heart disease, cancer, weight, and cognition.

Health effects of wine

Health effects of wine: ethanol plus polyphenols such as resveratrol. Covers the French paradox, uncertain cardiovascular benefits, established cancer risks, beverage-type comparisons, and current drinking guidelines.

Heart Attack Grill

Heart Attack Grill: hospital-themed novelty restaurant founded by Jon Basso ('Dr. Jon') in Arizona in 2005, famous for Bypass Burgers including the Guinness-record 9,983-calorie Quadruple Bypass; Las Vegas Neonopolis venue closed May 2026.

Heifer International

Heifer International, founded 1944 by Dan West as Heifers for Relief, is a Little Rock, Arkansas 501(c)(3) charity providing livestock and training to smallholder farmers, known for its Passing on the Gift model.

Heineken

Heineken, also known as Heineken Lager Beer, is a Dutch brewing company founded in Amsterdam in 1864 by Gerard Adriaan Heineken, best known for its flagship pale lager.

Heineken brands

Heineken brands are the beers and ciders of Heineken N.V., the Amsterdam brewer founded in 1864, whose 340-plus portfolio includes Heineken, Amstel, Tiger, Birra Moretti, Desperados, Sol, Tecate, Dos Equis, Cruzcampo, and Heineken 0.0.

Heineken N.V.

Heineken N.V., also Heineken's Bierbrouwerij Maatschappij, is a Dutch brewer founded in Amsterdam in 1864 by Gerard Adriaan Heineken; the world's second-largest beer producer, family-controlled via Heineken Holding N.V., with 340+ brands and EverGreen 2030 strategy.

Heinz 57

Heinz 57 is both the "57 Varieties" slogan coined by H.J. Heinz in the 1890s after seeing a shoe ad, despite the company selling over 60 products, and Heinz 57 Sauce, a 1911 tomato-based steak sauce.

Heinz Tomato Ketchup

Heinz Tomato Ketchup (Heinz Ketchup, Heinz catsup), the flagship condiment of H. J. Heinz/Kraft Heinz since 1876 Pittsburgh: corn-syrup-sweetened US recipe, sugar-based European recipe, 57 Varieties, ~650 million bottles a year.

Hell's Kitchen (American TV series)

Hell's Kitchen (American TV series), Fox reality cooking competition adapted from the British 2004 ITV original, premiered May 30, 2005; Gordon Ramsay eliminates chefs from red and blue teams toward a head chef prize.

Helles

Helles, also known as Hellbier, is a pale, bottom-fermented lager that originated in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, in 1894. It is characterized by its clean, bready malt flavor and is the everyday session beer of Bavaria.

Hellmann's and Best Foods

Hellmann's and Best Foods are two brand names for the same mayonnaise product line, split at the Rocky Mountains in the United States (Hellmann's east, Best Foods west). Founded from Richard Hellmann's Manhattan delicatessen in 1905 and Best Foods' San Francisco plant, both brands share the blue-ribbon logo and are owned by Unilever.

HelloFresh

HelloFresh is a German meal kit delivery company founded in Berlin in 2011 that ships pre-portioned ingredients and recipes on a subscription basis, describing itself as the world's biggest.

Hemp seed (dehulled)

Dehulled hemp seed, also called hulled hemp seed or hemp hearts, is the hulled kernel of Cannabis sativa industrial hemp seed; FDA had no questions on GRAS Notice 765 in December 2018, covering uses at 1-40% in human foods.

Hendrick's Gin

Hendrick's Gin: Scottish premium gin by William Grant & Sons, created by Lesley Gracie at Girvan (launched 1999/2000). Cucumber and rose essences added post-distillation; Bennett and Carter-Head stills; apothecary bottle; over one million cases a year.

Henri Nestlé

Henri Nestlé (Heinrich Nestle, 1814–1890), German-born Swiss pharmacist and entrepreneur in Vevey, founded Nestlé; his 1867 Farine Lactée infant cereal, gold-medaled in Paris, sold 1.1 million packages by 1875 before he sold the firm.

Henry Laporte

Henry Laporte, aka Salt Hank (@salt_hank), American food creator and self-taught chef; NYT bestselling cookbook author; founder of Salt Hank's West Village French dip shop, acquired by Wonder in 2026.

Herbal tea

Herbal tea, also called tisane, is a hot-water infusion of plants other than Camellia sinensis, usually caffeine-free; prepared by infusion, decoction, or maceration, with a small clinical evidence base and documented herb–drug interaction risks.

Herbes de Provence

Herbes de Provence (èrbas de Provença) is an unprotected commercial name for a dried herb blend typical of southern French cooking, usually thyme, rosemary, oregano, and savory; Label Rouge certification since 2003 fixes a recipe, while most herbs sold are imported.

Herman Cain

Herman Cain (1945-2020) was an American businessman, Godfather's Pizza CEO, Kansas City Fed chairman, and 2012 Republican presidential candidate known for his 9-9-9 flat tax plan; his campaign ended after sexual harassment allegations, and he died of COVID-19 after a Trump rally.

Hershey's Kisses

Hershey's Kisses are bite-sized teardrop milk chocolates first made in 1907 in Derry, Pennsylvania, hand-wrapped until 1921, trademarked in 2000, and produced at over 80 million pieces per day.

Heston Blumenthal

Heston Blumenthal, British self-taught chef behind The Fat Duck in Bray, Berkshire, a three-Michelin-star restaurant named world's best in 2005; pioneer of triple-cooked chips, flavour pairing, and multisensory cooking.