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Rectified spirit
Rectified spirit, also called neutral spirit or ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin, is highly purified ethanol from repeated distillation (rectification), typically 95 to 96 percent ABV, tasteless, and used as the base for vodka, gin, and liqueurs.
Red bean paste
Red bean paste (anko/an, dòushā, danpat/pat) is a sweetened paste of adzuki beans and sugar, the core filling of East Asian sweets: Japanese koshian and tsubuan wagashi, Chinese mooncakes, Korean patbingsu.
Red Bull
Red Bull is an Austrian energy drink launched April 1, 1987 by Dietrich Mateschitz with Thai partner Chaleo Yoovidhya, adapted from Krating Daeng; 13.969 billion cans were sold in 2025.
Red Bull GmbH
Red Bull GmbH, founded 1984 in Austria by Dietrich Mateschitz and Chaleo Yoovidhya, is the private Fuschl am See company behind Red Bull Energy Drink, launched 1987, sold in 178 countries, owned 51% by the Yoovidhya family and 49% by the Mateschitz heirs.
Red Leicester
Red Leicester, formerly Leicester or Leicestershire cheese, is an English hard cow's milk cheese from Leicestershire, dyed orange with annatto, milder and flakier than Cheddar. Raw milk clothbound farmhouse production died out in 1956 and was revived in 2005 at Sparkenhoe Farm.
Red Lobster
Red Lobster is an American casual dining seafood chain founded by Bill Darden in Lakeland, Florida, in 1968, known for Cheddar Bay Biscuits and Endless Shrimp; it filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May 2024 and now operates about 540 restaurants under RL Investor Holdings.
Red meat
Red meat: mammalian muscle meat (beef, pork, lamb, veal, horse, goat), classified IARC Group 2A probably carcinogenic in 2015; processed meat is Group 1; 50 g/day processed meat raises colorectal cancer risk 18%.
Red Robin
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers is an American casual dining burger chain founded in Seattle in 1969, originating as Sam's Tavern in the 1940s. Known for Bottomless Steak Fries; 475 North American locations as of fiscal 2025; Nasdaq-listed as RRGB since 2002.
Red velvet cake
Red velvet cake is an American layer cake with a mild cocoa flavor, slight tang from buttermilk and vinegar, and a red color from food coloring.
Red wine
Red wine: wine fermented on dark grape skins, colored by anthocyanins (about 500 mg/L in young wines) and structured by tannins; earliest evidence from Georgia ca. 6000 BC; WHO states no safe alcohol level.
Red-eye gravy
Red-eye gravy, or redeye gravy, is a thin Southern US breakfast sauce of country ham pan drippings deglazed with strong black coffee; it has no thickener, separates into a red-eyed appearance in the bowl, and contrasts with thick, flour-thickened sawmill gravy.
Reduced-mineral goat whey
Reduced-mineral goat whey (RMGW), a demineralized goat cheese whey powder, GRAS Notice 1211 by Crossway Foods; FDA no-questions letter Feb 4, 2025 for infant formula use up to 40% dry weight.
Ree Drummond
Ree Drummond, The Pioneer Woman, is an American blogger, cookbook author, and Food Network personality whose 2006 blog about ranch life near Pawhuska, Oklahoma grew into cookbooks, a TV show, and Pawhuska businesses.
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, the chocolate-and-peanut-butter cup candy invented by H.B. Reese in 1928 in Hershey, Pennsylvania and made by The Hershey Company since 1963; top US Halloween candy, 25 million cups made daily, classic recipe restored for coated products in 2027.
Reese's Pieces
Reese's Pieces: bite-sized peanut butter candy in orange, yellow, and brown crunchy shells, made by The Hershey Company since 1978; contains no chocolate; famous for the 1982 E.T. product placement that tripled sales.
Refried beans
Refried beans, Spanish frijoles refritos ("well-fried beans"), are cooked pinto or black beans mashed and fried in lard or oil into a firm paste; a Mexican staple whose "refried" name is a mistranslation.
Reggae Reggae Sauce
Reggae Reggae Sauce is Levi Roots' jerk BBQ sauce with Scotch bonnet and allspice, made famous by his sung 2007 Dragons' Den pitch that won £50,000 from Peter Jones and Richard Farleigh and a Sainsbury's listing.
Reinheitsgebot
Reinheitsgebot, the German Beer Purity Law, originating in the 1516 Bavarian decree of Wilhelm IV limiting beer to barley, hops, and water; nationalized in 1906, codified in the Vorläufiges Biergesetz, and limited by a 1987 ECJ ruling on imports.
Religious restrictions on the consumption of pork
Religious pork prohibitions in Judaism (Leviticus 11) and Islam (Quran 2:173), their Iron Age archaeological origins, scholarly theories from Harris to Price, and the taboo's role in marking communal boundaries.
Remoulade
Remoulade (French rémoulade) is a cold mayonnaise sauce with mustard, capers, pickles, herbs, and often anchovies; regional forms include sweet yellow Danish remoulade and red Creole remoulade of Louisiana.
Rémy Martin
Rémy Martin: French cognac house founded 1724 in Cognac; since 1927 exclusively Fine Champagne (Grande and Petite Champagne) eaux-de-vie; flagship brand of Rémy Cointreau, owner of Louis XIII; one of the four houses holding about 82% of world cognac volume.
Rendang
Rendang (randang) is a Minangkabau slow-cooked meat dish from West Sumatra, Indonesia, made with coconut milk and spices; dry Indonesian rendang differs from wetter Malaysian kalio-style versions, and CNN ranked it the world's most delicious food in 2011 and 2017.
René Redzepi
René Redzepi is a Danish chef who co-founded Noma in Copenhagen in 2003 with Claus Meyer, led New Nordic cuisine and fermentation, won five World's 50 Best titles, and stepped down in March 2026 amid abuse allegations.
Restaurant Brands International
Restaurant Brands International (RBI), formed in 2014 from the Burger King–Tim Hortons merger, is a Miami-headquartered, Canadian-incorporated franchisor of Tim Hortons, Burger King, Popeyes, and Firehouse Subs, with 33,041 restaurants and nearly $47 billion system-wide sales in 2025.
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay is a three-Michelin-starred French fine-dining restaurant at 68 Royal Hospital Road in Chelsea, London, opened in 1998 as Gordon Ramsay's first wholly owned restaurant and still his group's flagship.
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay High
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay High is a 12-seat tasting-menu restaurant on the 60th floor of 22 Bishopsgate in London, opened in 2025 and awarded a Michelin star in 2026.
Restaurant rating
Restaurant rating: evaluation of restaurants via stars or grades. Covers Michelin Stars (since 1926, food only), UK hygiene ratings 0-5, Yelp/Google consumer scores (Google averages 0.7 stars higher), fake-review FTC rule of 2024.
Restaurant: Impossible
Restaurant: Impossible, Food Network reality series hosted by Robert Irvine, saves failing US restaurants in two days with $10,000; ran 2011 to 2023, rebooted 2026 as Last Call with Aarón Sánchez and Jen Agg.
Retsina
Retsina (ρετσίνα) is a traditional Greek white or rosé wine made by adding Aleppo pine resin during fermentation; legally produced only in Greece, protected as a TSG, with Savatiano as its main grape and Attica its center.
Reuben sandwich
The Reuben sandwich is a grilled American deli sandwich of corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and Russian or Thousand Island dressing on rye. Its origin is disputed between Omaha's Blackstone Hotel (1925, Reuben Kulakofsky) and Arnold Reuben's New York deli (1914); its turkey-and-coleslaw cousin is the Rachel.