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Naengmyeon (냉면)
Naengmyeon (냉면, 冷麵), Korean cold noodles in chilled broth or spicy bibim dressing; a northern winter dish from Pyongyang and Hamheung that spread south after the Korean War, with mul and bibim styles, regional variants, and rising Seoul prices.
Nagi Maehashi
Nagi Maehashi, Australian food writer and founder of the RecipeTin Eats blog (2014), author of NYT bestseller Dinner (2022) and Tonight (2024), runs the RecipeTin Meals food bank.
Nailed It!
Nailed It! is a 2018 American baking competition series on Netflix, hosted by Nicole Byer and judged by pastry chef Jacques Torres, with a $10,000 prize.
Nanaimo bar
Nanaimo bar: Canadian no-bake three-layer dessert bar (crumb base, custard buttercream, chocolate top) named after Nanaimo, BC; first printed 1952 as "chocolate square", official recipe by Joyce Hardcastle since 1986.
Nancy Green
Nancy Green (1834-1923), born enslaved in Kentucky, was the first portrayer of Aunt Jemima, debuting at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair for R.T. Davis Milling Company; the brand was retired as a racial stereotype in 2020-2021.
Nancy Silverton
Nancy Silverton (born 1954) is a Los Angeles chef, baker, and restaurateur who founded La Brea Bakery and Campanile and co-owns the Mozza Restaurant Group.
Nando's
Nando's, a South African casual-dining chain founded in 1987 in Rosettenville, Johannesburg by Fernando Duarte and Robbie Brozin, serves flame-grilled PERi-PERi chicken; privately held (Enthoven family), over 20 countries, distinct from Portuguese or British chains.
Naomi Pomeroy
Naomi Pomeroy (1974–2024) was a self-taught American chef in Portland, Oregon, founder of Beast, winner of the 2014 James Beard Award for Best Chef: Northwest, and co-founder of the Independent Restaurant Coalition.
Napa Valley AVA
Napa Valley AVA, established January 27, 1981, is California's first American Viticultural Area and the second in the United States, containing 17 nested sub-AVAs including Howell Mountain, Oakville, and Crystal Springs of Napa Valley (2024).
Nara Smith
Nara Aziza Smith, also called Nara Smith, is a South African-German model and TikTok lifestyle creator with over 12 million followers who makes from-scratch cooking videos in couture, wrote the cookbook Homemade, and rejects the tradwife label.
Nasi campur
Nasi campur ("mixed rice"), also called nasi rames or sega campur, is an Indonesian and Malay rice dish of steamed rice with small portions of varied side dishes; the Balinese version, Nasi Bali, features grilled tuna, lawar, and satay lilit, often in banana leaf.
Nasu No Megumi Mekke
Nasu no Megumi Mekke! (那須の恵みMekke!) is a food complex at Rindo Lake Family Farm, Nasu, Tochigi, opened 2016 as a buffet and marche, now a Jersey-dairy marche with cafe.
Nathan "Nearest" Green
Nathan "Nearest" Green (c. 1820, Maryland), also called Uncle Nearest, was the first known African-American master distiller, taught Jack Daniel the Lincoln County Process, and became Jack Daniel Distillery's first master distiller, honored today by Uncle Nearest whiskey.
Nathan's Famous
Nathan's Famous, founded 1916 by Nathan Handwerker on Coney Island, is an American hot dog brand and Nasdaq-listed company (NATH) known for its July 4 eating contest and its pending $450 million acquisition by Smithfield Foods.
Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest
Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest, is a 10-minute competitive eating event at Coney Island, NY, sanctioned by Major League Eating; Joey Chestnut holds 18 titles and the 76-dog record.
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is Nigeria's federal regulator of food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, packaged water, chemicals, and detergents, established in 1992.
National dish
National dish: a country's most representative or iconic food, usually unofficial. Also called iconic national foods. Status arises by collective recognition, not law; examples include currywurst, chicken tikka masala, and rendang, while Mexico, China, India, and the US have none.
National Food Security Act, 2013
National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA), India's Right to Food Act: 2013 law entitling 67% of Indians (75% rural, 50% urban) to 5 kg monthly subsidized foodgrains at Rs 1/2/3 per kg, plus child nutrition and maternity benefits.
National Medical Products Administration
National Medical Products Administration (NMPA, 国家药品监督管理局), formerly CFDA, is China's regulator of drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics under SAMR, handling registration, approvals, inspections, and the revised device GMP effective 2026.
National Minimum Drinking Age Act
The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-363) withholds federal highway funds from states allowing alcohol purchase under 21; upheld in South Dakota v. Dole; all states complied by 1988.
National Restaurant Association
The National Restaurant Association is the restaurant-industry business association of the United States, founded by Kansas City restaurateurs in 1919 and headquartered in Washington, DC.
Native cuisine of Hawaii
Native cuisine of Hawaii: Kānaka Maoli food system built on kalo (taro) pounded into poi, ʻulu, ʻuala, pigs, and seafood within ahupuaʻa, loʻi, and loko iʻa systems; distinct from plantation-era local food.
Nattō (納豆)
Nattō (納豆) is a Japanese food of steamed soybeans fermented by Bacillus subtilis (natto bacteria), forming sticky strings; salt-free, rich in vitamin K2 and nattokinase, distinct from salted temple natto.
Neapolitan pizza
Neapolitan pizza (pizza napoletana) is the round, soft-crust pizza of Naples, protected as an EU Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (2010) and whose pizzaiuolo craft is UNESCO intangible heritage (2017), codified by the AVPN since 1984.
Nebbiolo
Nebbiolo, also called Spanna, Chiavennasca, or Prunent, is Piedmont's late-ripening red wine grape behind Barolo and Barbaresco, first attested in 1266, with Valtellina requiring at least 90%.
Necco Wafers
Necco Wafers are an American candy of small pressed-sugar disks in eight flavors, first made in 1847 by Oliver Chase and now produced by Spangler Candy.
Negroni
Negroni: Italian cocktail of equal parts gin, Campari, and sweet red vermouth, created 1919 at Caffè Casoni, Florence, for Count Camillo Negroni; IBA Unforgettables classic with Sbagliato and Boulevardier variants.
Nehi
Nehi is an American fruit-flavored soda brand introduced in 1924 in Columbus, Georgia, by Claud A. Hatcher's Chero-Cola Company; the name means "knee-high". Parent firm became Nehi Corporation in 1928, later Royal Crown Cola; now owned by Keurig Dr Pepper.
Nell Newman
Nell Newman (Elinor Theresa Newman, born 1959), daughter of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, co-founded Newman's Own Organics: The Second Generation in 1993; organic pretzels first product, independent 2001, over $50 million in royalties to charity, tenure ended 2014.
Nelson Peltz
Nelson Peltz, founder of Trian Fund Management, is an American activist investor known for the Snapple turnaround, proxy fights at Heinz, Wendy's, P&G, and Disney, and board seats including Unilever.