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Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend
Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend is a 2022 American unscripted cooking-competition series based on Fuji Television's format, released as eight episodes on Netflix.
Iron Crown of Lombardy
The Iron Crown of Lombardy (Corona Ferrea) is a gold and jeweled crown in the Cathedral of Monza that served for centuries as the coronation crown of the Kings of Italy.
Iron sodium citrate complex (salt anticaking agent)
Iron sodium citrate complex (iron citrate), a dark green/red iron-citrate solution used as a salt anticaking agent; GRAS Notice 1036 by Cargill, FDA no questions Oct 6, 2022, max 135 mg/kg salt.
Ironing
Ironing: pressing textiles with a heated iron to remove wrinkles via heat, moisture, and pressure. From Chinese coal pans and sadirons to Seeley's 1882 electric iron, thermostats, steam irons, and ISO 3758 care-label temperatures.
Iroquois False Face Society oratory
The Iroquois False Face Society oratory is the chanting and spoken invocation of the Haudenosaunee False Face Society, whose masked members cure sickness by blowing hot ashes.
Isaac Mizrahi
Isaac Mizrahi is an American fashion designer, performer, and television personality born in 1961 in Brooklyn, New York, who won three CFDA awards for his womenswear label.
Isaac Singer
Isaac Merritt Singer (1811–1875), American inventor and entrepreneur, patented the first commercially successful sewing machine (US Patent 8,294, August 12, 1851) and co-founded I.M. Singer & Company with Edward Clark, which became an early multinational.
Isaac Tigrett
Isaac Burton Tigrett, American entrepreneur from Jackson, Tennessee, co-founded the Hard Rock Cafe in London in 1971 with Peter Morton and founded the House of Blues in 1992; later a Sai Baba follower and hospital philanthropist.
Isabeli Fontana
Isabeli Bergossi Fontana, Brazilian model born 1983 in Curitiba, Elite Model Look finalist at 13, Valentino campaign at 16, Victoria's Secret controversy, eight Pirelli Calendars, over 50 Vogue covers, Pierre Cardin ambassador since 2023.
Ise katagami
Ise katagami (伊勢型紙) is Japanese stencil paper, hand carved and used in katazome resist-paste dyeing to pattern kimono and yukata cloth, produced for centuries in Suzuka, Mie Prefecture.
Isis King
Isis King, born 1985 in Maryland, is an American model, actress, and fashion designer known as the first openly transgender woman to compete on America's Next Top Model.
Iskra Lawrence
Iskra Lawrence (Iskra Arabella Lawrence) is a British model and body positivity advocate born in 1990, the face of Aerie's unretouched #AerieREAL campaign and founder of the brand Saltair.
Islamic clothing
Islamic clothing: dress shaped by modesty principles in Islamic law, from simple early Muslim garments through Abbasid and Fatimid luxury textiles to today's global modest-fashion industry and technical hijab and abaya design.
Islamic pottery
Islamic pottery, or Islamic ceramics, is the ceramic production of the Islamic world from the 7th century onward, spanning glazed fine wares developed in Iraq, Egypt, Iran, Syria, and Anatolia.
ISO 22000
ISO 22000 is the ISO international standard for food safety management systems, applicable to any organization in the food chain. Current edition ISO 22000:2018 with a 2024 climate action amendment; HACCP-based; not GFSI-recognized alone, unlike FSSC 22000.
ISO 3103
ISO 3103 is the ISO standard (with BS 6008:1980 as its British origin) specifying how to brew tea liquor for sensory tests: 2 g per 100 ml, boiling water, 6 minutes for black tea, standardized porcelain pots, bowls, and milk handling.
Isomaltooligosaccharides
Isomaltooligosaccharides (IMOs), glucose oligomers with alpha-1,6 linkages made from starch, are sweeteners and bulking agents in bars and shakes; recent work reclassifies them as slowly digestible carbohydrates rather than prebiotic fiber.
Israeli cuisine
Israeli cuisine: the food culture of Israel, a blend of Ashkenazi, Sephardic, Mizrahi, Palestinian-Arab and Mediterranean traditions. Key dishes include hummus, falafel, shakshuka, kugel, cholent; shaped by WIZO cookbooks, the 1950s austerity, kashrut, and appropriation debates.
Issey Miyake (三宅一生)
Issey Miyake (三宅一生), 1938–2022, Japanese designer and founder of Miyake Design Studio (1970) and the ISSEY MIYAKE brand; known for the "a piece of cloth" concept, Pleats Please garment pleating, A-POC, and the Kyoto Prize.
Ital
Ital (I-tal) is the Rastafari dietary practice from 1930s Jamaica: a largely plant-based way of eating, derived from "vital", that avoids salt, additives, and processed foods, tied to livity and distinct from veganism.
Italian beef
Italian beef: a Chicago sandwich of thin-sliced slow-roasted beef with jus, sweet peppers or giardiniera on an Italian roll; invented by Italian immigrants, famous via Al's Beef, Mr. Beef, and The Bear.
Italian cuisine
Italian cuisine (cucina italiana), the regionally diverse cooking tradition of Italy, inscribed by UNESCO on the Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative List on 10 December 2025 as 'Italian cooking, between sustainability and biocultural diversity', the first entire national cuisine so recognized.
Italian ice
Italian ice, called water ice in Philadelphia, is a dairy-free frozen dessert of water, sugar, and fruit flavoring encompassing sorbetto, granita, and slush, brought to the US by Italian immigrants.
Italian meal structure
Italian meal structure: the sequenced Italian meal (antipasto, primo, secondo, contorno, dolce) and the three daily meals, colazione, pranzo, cena, with EPIC energy data, historical timing shifts, and modern de-structuration trends.
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.
Itang
Itang is a specialized indigenous knowledge and esoteric, cryptic recitation language from the lagoon islands of Chuuk in Micronesia, formerly held by powerful political priests.
Ivy League (haircut)
The Ivy League haircut, also called the Harvard clip, is a classic men's cut with short tapered sides and a top long enough to comb and part.
Izabel Goulart
Izabel Goulart (Maria Izabel Goulart Dourado, born 1984) is a Brazilian model from São Carlos, São Paulo, a Victoria's Secret Angel 2005–2008 who walked the brand's shows through 2016, later modeling for Chanel, Givenchy, and Balenciaga, engaged to footballer Kevin Trapp.
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.