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Kenny Rogers Roasters
Kenny Rogers Roasters (KRR) is a rotisserie-chicken casual dining chain founded in 1991 by singer Kenny Rogers and former Kentucky governor John Y. Brown Jr. in Coral Springs, Florida; now Berjaya-owned and operating mainly in Asia and the Middle East.
Ketchup
Ketchup (also historically spelled catsup) is a sweet-and-tangy tomato condiment of tomatoes, vinegar, sugar, salt, and spices, derived from the Hokkien fish sauce kê-tsiap, defined by US FDA standard 21 CFR 155.194 and graded by USDA total-solids standards.
Ketchup chips
Ketchup chips are ketchup-flavoured potato chips, an iconic Canadian snack probably invented in the 1970s by Hostess (merged with Lay's in 1988), though Herr's of Pennsylvania claims an early-1980s origin; 46% of Canadians call ketchup the signature chip flavour.
Ketel One
Ketel One (KETEL 1) is a premium Dutch vodka created in 1983 by Carolus Nolet Sr., tenth generation of the Nolet family, at their 1691 Schiedam distillery; named after the Distilleerketel No. 1 copper pot still, made from winter wheat, and sold worldwide through a 2008 Diageo joint venture.
Keurig
Keurig: American single-serve coffee system and brand, founded 1992 in Waltham, Massachusetts; K-Cup pod brewers now owned by Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) after the 2018 merger; ~40 million households, patents expired 2012, K-Rounds/Alta due 2026.
Keurig Dr Pepper
Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), formed July 9, 2018 by merging Keurig Green Mountain with Dr Pepper Snapple Group, is a North American beverage company with 150+ brands including Dr Pepper, 7UP, Snapple, and Keurig brewers; it acquired JDE Peet's in 2026 and plans to split into coffee and beverage companies in 2027.
Key lime pie
Key lime pie: Florida's official state pie (2006) from the Florida Keys, made with Key lime juice, egg yolks, sweetened condensed milk, and a graham cracker crust, set by acid rather than baking, always yellow, never green.
KFC Original Recipe
KFC Original Recipe is KFC's signature fried chicken coated in Colonel Harland Sanders' secret blend of 11 herbs and spices, perfected around 1939-1940, split between two spice suppliers, and kept in a guarded vault at Louisville headquarters since 1970.
Khachapuri (ხაჭაპური)
Khachapuri (ხაჭაპური) is Georgian cheese-filled bread, from khacho (curd) and puri (bread), with about 40 regional varieties. Main types: Imeruli, Megruli, Adjaruli (boat with egg), penovani; heritage-listed 2019; ISET Khachapuri Index tracks its cost.
Khanh Ong
Khanh Ong (born 1993) is an Australian chef, presenter, author and former DJ, born in an Indonesian refugee camp to Vietnamese parents. MasterChef Australia seasons 10 (3rd) and 12 (9th), The George on Collins co-owner, Survivor Blood v Water, I'm a Celebrity 2024, author of A Gay Guy's Guide to Life Love Food.
Khoa (खोया)
Khoa (खोया), also called khoya or mawa, is the Indian heat-desiccated whole-milk product with 55-65% total solids, made in Pindi, Danedar, and Dhap varieties and used as the base of burfi, peda, and gulab jamun.
Kibbeh (كبة)
Kibbeh (كبة), also kubba, is a Middle Eastern dish family of bulgur-meat paste eaten raw, fried as stuffed torpedoes, baked in trays, or simmered; Aleppo alone claims over 70 types, with variants across Iraq, Turkey, and Cyprus.
Kids Baking Championship
Kids Baking Championship is an American reality baking competition on Food Network, premiering in 2015, in which young bakers face themed dessert challenges judged by Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli.
Kielbasa
Kielbasa (kiełbasa) is the Polish word for sausage and a family of Polish meat products, usually smoked pork with marjoram and garlic; in American English it names one smoked U-shaped sausage, unlike the broad Polish category.
Kimbal Musk
Kimbal Musk (born 1972), South African-born entrepreneur, chef, and Tesla board member, younger brother of Elon Musk; co-founded Zip2, The Kitchen restaurant group, Square Roots urban farming, and the Big Green school-garden nonprofit.
Kimchi (김치)
Kimchi (김치), Korea's fermented cabbage and radish dish seasoned with red pepper, garlic, and jeotgal; Codex-standardized since 2001, kimjang inscribed by UNESCO in 2013; distinguished from sauerkraut by lower acidity and carbonation.
Kinder Bueno
Kinder Bueno is a Ferrero chocolate snack bar launched in 1990 (some Ferrero documents say 1992): crispy wafer, hazelnut cream filling, milk chocolate coating with dark chocolate drizzle; variants include White, Dark, and ice cream lines.
Kinder Joy
Kinder Joy is a Ferrero candy sold in a plastic egg with one half holding a treat and the other a surprise toy, launched in Italy in 2001.
Kinder Surprise
Kinder Surprise (Kinder Sorpresa, kinder Überraschung) is Ferrero's 1974 chocolate egg with a toy in a plastic capsule inside, sold in over 70 countries but banned in the US, where Kinder Joy is the compliant alternative.
King cake
King cake (galette des rois, gâteau des rois) is a ring-shaped cinnamon or brioche pastry eaten from Epiphany (January 6) to Mardi Gras, famous in New Orleans with a hidden plastic baby, purple, green, and gold sugar, and over 500,000 cakes sold per Carnival season.
Kingfisher (beer)
Kingfisher is India's best-selling beer brand, a pilsner-style lager and flagship of United Breweries Limited, Heineken-controlled since 2021. Variants include Premium (1978), Strong (1999), Ultra (2009), and Zero; it held 47.3% of the Indian market in 2022 and is brewed under licence in the UK by Molson Coors.
Kipper
A kipper, also called kippered herring, is a whole herring gutted, split along the back, lightly brined, and cold smoked below 30 °C, a traditional British breakfast food.
Kir (cocktail)
Kir, also blanc-cassis, is the French aperitif of crème de cassis and dry white wine (Bourgogne Aligoté), named for Canon Félix Kir, mayor of Dijon 1945–1968; Kir Royal uses Champagne; IBA ratio 90 ml wine to 10 ml cassis.
Kirin Company
Kirin Company (Kirin Holdings, キリンホールディングス) is the Japanese beverage and pharmaceutical group descended from Japan Brewery (1885) and Kirin Brewery (1907), operating alcoholic beverages, non-alcoholic beverages and health science, and pharmaceuticals including Kyowa Kirin.
Kissel
Kissel (kisel, kisiel, kiisseli; кисель) is a viscous Eastern European dessert or drink of fruit or berry juice thickened with starch, descended from ancient fermented oat gruels; served warm or cold across Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and Finland.
Kit Kat
Kit Kat, chocolate-covered wafer bar created 1935 by Rowntree's as Chocolate Crisp, renamed 1937; owned by Nestlé since 1988, made in the US by Hershey under license; sold in 80+ countries.
Kit Kats in Japan
Kit Kats in Japan (キットカット): Nestlé's chocolate-wafer bar launched there in 1973 via Fujiya, renamed 'kitto katsu' good-luck exam gift, with 450+ flavors, regional souvenir editions since 2002, and the first KitKat Chocolatory.
Kitchen
Kitchen: the room or area for preparing, cooking, and storing food; also called fitted kitchen, commercial kitchen. Covers history from ancient Egypt to the 1926 Frankfurt Kitchen, layouts, work triangle, and ventilation.
Kitchen (Кухня) (TV series)
Кухня (Kitchen) is a Russian sitcom that aired on СТС from 22 October 2012 to 2016, six seasons and 120 episodes about chefs at the Moscow restaurant Claude Monet, starring Dmitry Nazarov, Mark Bogatyrev, and Dmitry Nagiev, produced by Yellow, Black and White.
Kitchen knife
Kitchen knife: hand-held food-preparation cutting tool. Types include chef's knife (couteau du chef), santoku, paring, bread, cleaver. Defined by blade length, edge style, flexibility; chef's knife 8–12 inches is the workhorse.