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Italian wine
Italian wine: wine produced in Italy, the world's leading producer by volume (44 mhl in 2024) and top exporter by volume, known for indigenous grape varieties, DOC/DOCG appellations, and €8 billion in annual exports.
Italian-American cuisine
Italian-American cuisine, cucina italoamericana, is the migrant food culture created by Italian immigrants in the United States, mainly southern, defined by tomato sauce, garlic, meat-rich dishes like spaghetti with meatballs and chicken parm, and industrial brands like Chef Boyardee.
Izakaya (居酒屋)
Izakaya (居酒屋), Japanese casual drinking pubs or taverns, serve beer, sake, and shochu with small shared dishes ordered in rounds. Distinguished from sushi shops and bars by drink-centered menus, otoshi seating charges, Edo-period origins, and recent record bankruptcies.
J. Kenji López-Alt
J. Kenji López-Alt, also known as James Kenji López-Alt, is an American chef and food writer whose cookbooks The Food Lab and The Wok apply food science to home cooking.
J. Lyons and Co.
J. Lyons and Co. (Joe Lyons), British caterer and food manufacturer founded 1886 by the Salmon and Gluckstein families; teashops, Corner Houses, Lyons Tea, Lyons Maid, and LEO, the world's first business computer (1951); absorbed by Allied-Lyons, head office closed 1995.
J. Willard Marriott
J. Willard Marriott (1900-1985), Utah-born founder of Marriott International, opened a nine-seat A&W root beer stand in Washington, D.C. in 1927 that became Hot Shoppes, then airline catering and the Twin Bridges hotel, growing into a global lodging company.
JAB Holding Company
JAB Holding Company S.à r.l., also JAB Holding, is a Luxembourg-based investment firm majority-owned by the Reimann family with over $70 billion AUM, spanning coffee, restaurants, petcare, and life insurance.
Jack Daniel
Jack Daniel (Jasper Newton Daniel, c. 1846-1850 to 1911) was the Tennessee distiller who founded Jack Daniel's Distillery in Lynchburg in 1866, learned charcoal mellowing from Nearest Green, and left the brand to nephew Lem Motlow.
Jack Daniel's
Jack Daniel's is a Tennessee whiskey brand from Lynchburg, Tennessee, owned by Brown-Forman since 1956. Flagship Old No. 7, 40% ABV, charcoal-mellowed through sugar maple (Lincoln County Process); founding date contested (1866 label vs 1872-1875 sources).
Jack in the Box
Jack in the Box, also Jack in the Box Inc. (NASDAQ: JACK), is a San Diego-founded American fast-food hamburger chain, a drive-thru pioneer with about 2,100 restaurants, ~90% franchised, concentrated in California and Texas, known for its all-day menu, clown mascot, the 1993 E. coli outbreak, and the 2025 sale of Del Taco.
Jack Monroe
Jack Monroe (born 1988, Melissa Hadjicostas) is a British food writer and anti-poverty campaigner whose 2012 blog A Girl Called Jack documented feeding her son on £10 a week, leading to bestselling budget cookbooks and the Vimes Boots price index.
Jacqueline Mars
Jacqueline Badger Mars (born 1939) is an American heiress holding an estimated one-third of Mars, Incorporated, granddaughter of founder Frank C. Mars; retired Mars executive, arts, education, and equestrian philanthropist.
Jacques Pépin
Jacques Pépin (born 1935, Bourg-en-Bresse) is a French-American chef, author of La Technique, and PBS cooking-show host; former chef to de Gaulle, Howard Johnson's research director, 16-time James Beard winner, and founder of the Jacques Pépin Foundation.
Jacques Torres
Jacques Torres, born 1960 in Algiers, is a French chocolatier and pastry chef called Mr. Chocolate; Meilleur Ouvrier de France 1986, Le Cirque pastry chef 1989-2000, James Beard winner, and founder of Jacques Torres Chocolate in New York.
Jaffa Cakes
Jaffa Cakes, McVitie's sponge-orange-chocolate cakes introduced in 1927 and named after Jaffa oranges; ruled legally cakes, zero-rated for VAT, in the 1991 United Biscuits tribunal.
Jägerbomb
Jägerbomb (Jag bomb, Turbojäger): bomb shot dropping a Jägermeister shot into Red Bull or another energy drink; popular from the early 2000s, ~4–8% ABV, ~190 calories, origins disputed.
Jägermeister
Jägermeister: German herbal liqueur (Kräuterlikör) from Wolfenbüttel, 35% ABV, 56 secret botanicals, created by Curt Mast 1934, launched 1935; cold-macerated, oak-aged, 117.6 million bottles sold in 2025.
Jain vegetarianism
Jain vegetarianism is the mandated lacto-vegetarian diet of Jainism, grounded in ahimsa; it forbids meat, eggs, honey, alcohol, and root vegetables like potato, onion, and garlic, which tradition holds contain many souls.
Jajangmyeon (짜장면)
Jajangmyeon (짜장면), Korean zhajiangmian noodles, is a Korean-Chinese dish of wheat noodles in black chunjang sauce with pork and onions, born in Incheon after the 1883 port opening.
Jalebi
Jalebi (जलेबी), also jilebi or jilipi, is a South Asian sweet of fermented maida batter piped into spirals, deep-fried, and soaked in sugar syrup; descended from West Asian zalabiya, with imarti (jangiri) as its urad dal relative.
Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee
Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee, also called Jamaica Blue Mountain, is a certification-mark Arabica Typica coffee grown up to 1,800 m in four Jamaican parishes, JACRA-inspected, barrel-packed, and 65-80% exported to Japan.
Jamaican cuisine
Jamaican cuisine, the cooking of Jamaica (Cuisine of Jamaica, Jamaican food), blends Taíno, African, Spanish, British, Indian, and Chinese influences; known for jerk, ackee and saltfish, patties, rum, and Blue Mountain coffee.
Jamaican patty
The Jamaican patty, also known as the Jamaican beef patty, is a baked half-moon pastry from Jamaica with a flaky yellow crust and spiced beef filling.
Jamba Juice
Jamba Juice (Jamba) is an American smoothie and juice bar chain founded as Juice Club by Kirk Perron in San Luis Obispo in 1990, franchising since 1993, public 2006, Focus Brands 2018, now GoTo Foods with 710 U.S. stores.
Jambalaya
Jambalaya, also spelled jumbalaya, is a Louisiana Creole and Cajun one-pot rice dish in which rice cooks with andouille, chicken, seafood, and the holy trinity; Creole (red) versions use tomatoes, Cajun (brown) ones do not.
James Beard
James Beard (1903–1985), "Dean of American cookery," was an American cookbook author, cooking teacher, and the first television food personality (1946); his townhouse became the James Beard Foundation, home of the James Beard Awards.
James Beard Foundation Award
The James Beard Foundation Award is an annual American culinary honor established in 1990, recognizing chefs, restaurateurs, authors, and journalists, and widely described as among the nation's most prestigious.
James Martin (chef)
James Martin, British chef and TV presenter born 1972 in Malton, North Yorkshire; former head chef at Hotel du Vin Winchester, host of BBC's Saturday Kitchen 2006-2016 and ITV's James Martin's Saturday Morning.
James Quincey
James Quincey is a British business executive who served as chief executive of The Coca-Cola Company from 2017 until March 31, 2026, and then became its Executive Chairman.
Jameson Irish Whiskey
Jameson Irish Whiskey: triple-distilled blended Irish whiskey from malted and unmalted barley, founded by John Jameson in Dublin in 1780, made at Midleton, County Cork, and owned by Pernod Ricard via Irish Distillers.