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List of Christmas dishes
Christmas dishes: festive foods and drinks served at Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, or Epiphany meals worldwide. Includes Polish Wigilia carp, British turkey and Christmas pudding, Italian panettone, Greek yiaprakia, Japanese KFC, Nigerian jollof rice, and eggnog.
List of cocktails
List of cocktails: survey of mixed drinks, from the original bittered sling to punch, daisies, sours, and equal-parts classics like the Negroni, Margarita, Old Fashioned, and Espresso Martini, with cocktail families, history, and current bar-sales rankings.
List of coffee drinks
List of coffee drinks: seven families of named coffee beverages, espresso shots, milk drinks, filter brews, iced drinks, regional specialties, dessert and alcoholic coffees, defined by base, milk ratio, temperature, and origin, with typical caffeine from about 15 to 300 mg.
List of coffee varieties
List of coffee varieties: genetically distinct types within Coffea arabica and Coffea canephora (robusta). Covers Typica and Bourbon founder lineages, Catimor and F1 hybrid breeding waves, the World Coffee Research catalog, and DNA fingerprinting of variety identity.
List of college mascots in the United States
College mascots in the United States: live animals (Ralphie, Uga, Bevo, Smokey), costumed characters, the 2005 NCAA Native American mascot policy, and recent mascot retirements and reinstatements.
List of condiments
List of condiments: a condiment is a spice, sauce, or relish added by the diner after cooking to enhance flavor. Covers salt, sweeteners, pickles, hot condiments, and compound sauces such as ketchup, soy sauce, and mayonnaise.
List of confectionery brands
List of confectionery brands: catalog of named chocolate, sugar candy, gum and mint brands (M&M'S, KitKat, Haribo, Cadbury) and their owners, mapping Mars, Ferrero, Mondelēz, Hershey and Nestlé portfolios, brand-versus-company distinctions, and documented ownership changes.
List of convenience stores
List of convenience stores: notable chains including 7-Eleven (over 86,000 stores, 19 countries), Alimentation Couche-Tard/Circle K (~17,000), FamilyMart, Wawa, QuikTrip, Buc-ee's, and Murphy USA, with origins, store counts, and satisfaction rankings.
List of countries by beer consumption per capita
Per capita beer consumption by country, ranked in liters of beer (Kirin) or pure alcohol (WHO/OWID). Czechia leads, 148.8 liters in 2024, first for 32 straight years; Namibia, Austria, Gabon, Poland follow in WHO data.
List of countries with alcohol prohibition
Alcohol prohibition: WHO defines a total ban as prohibiting production, transport, sale, and consumption. Countrywide bans persist only in a few Islamic countries; sub-national bans (Indian states, US dry counties) and early twentieth-century national prohibitions (Finland, Iceland, US, Russia) are covered.
List of countries with Burger King franchises
List of countries with Burger King franchises: markets where the Burger King chain operates, about 73 listed by BK's official site, with 19,900 restaurants as of December 31, 2025, run mostly through master franchisees such as AmRest, Restaurant Brands Europe, and the China JV with CPE.
List of countries with Jollibee outlets
Countries and territories with Jollibee outlets, the flagship brand of Jollibee Foods Corporation: 1,341 Philippine stores and 536 abroad as of 2025, led by Vietnam, the US, and the Middle East.
List of countries with KFC franchises
KFC franchises: over 34,000 restaurants in 150+ countries as of 2026, 99% franchised, largest market China with 10,000+ stores; regional entry years from Canada 1955 to India 1995, plus recent entries and re-entries.
List of cuisines
List of cuisines: inventories of the world's recognized cooking styles, defined by distinctive ingredients, techniques, and dishes. Covers regional groupings, national-cuisine debates, classification schemes, and UNESCO recognition.
List of culinary herbs and spices
Culinary herbs and spices: edible plant seasonings; herbs are leafy parts (basil, parsley, rosemary), spices come from seeds, bark, roots, buds (pepper, cinnamon, ginger, cloves). Covers definitions, substitution ratios, storage, flavor chemistry, and safety.
List of defunct department stores of the United States
The list of defunct department stores of the United States covers stores that closed, went bankrupt, or were absorbed by national chains, including Montgomery Ward, Gimbels, and Marshall Field's.
List of defunct fast-food restaurant chains
The list of defunct fast-food restaurant chains records quick-service brands that ceased to exist, such as Burger Chef and Howard Johnson's, tracing founding waves from the 1950s and later bankruptcies.
List of department stores by country
List of department stores by country: catalogs chains such as Macy's, El Corte Inglés, Falabella, Takashimaya, and Galeries Lafayette by nation, drawn from the IGDS and IADS rosters, with founding dates and recent closures.
List of department stores of the United States
Department stores of the United States: large general-merchandise retailers (NAICS 455110) such as Macy's, Dillard's, Kohl's, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Nordstrom, defined by separate merchandise departments; today much reduced by bankruptcies, off-price competition, and e-commerce.
List of desserts
Desserts: sweet end-of-meal dishes in baked, frozen, fried, steamed, and no-bake forms, classifiable into 10 categories; lists span hundreds of traditional sweets across world cuisines.
List of doughnut varieties
Doughnut varieties list: yeast-raised and cake doughnuts, filled types (jelly, Boston cream, Berliner, pączki, sufganiyot, bomboloni), and international versions like beignets, malasadas, zeppole, and kolaches, with origins and dough types.
List of dried foods
Dried foods, or dehydrated foods, are preserved by removing water; examples include jerky, raisins, powdered milk, pasta, and chuño. Drying is the oldest food preservation method, practiced since at least 12,000 BC.
List of drinks
List of drinks: a categorized reference to beverages, water, milk, juice, coffee, tea, soft drinks, sports and energy drinks, and alcohol, with hydration guidance, consumption shares, and health rankings.
List of dry communities by U.S. state
Dry communities by U.S. state: cities, towns, and counties where alcohol sales are banned, also called dry counties or local-option prohibition. Covers wet/dry/moist categories, state rules (Kansas, Tennessee, Mississippi opt-in), state-by-state examples, and research on effects.
List of eating utensils
List of eating utensils: the spoon, knife, fork, chopsticks, and hand-eating traditions, plus portable, disposable, edible, and assisted-feeding designs, with terminology, history, and museum collections documenting their evolution.
List of English dishes
List of English dishes: prepared foods characteristic of English cuisine, from fish and chips, the full English breakfast, and Sunday roast with Yorkshire pudding to sticky toffee pudding, banoffee pie, kedgeree, and chicken tikka masala, with regional items like Birmingham balti and Cornish clotted cream ice cream.
List of European cuisines
List of European cuisines: national, regional, transnational, and minority food traditions of Europe, with EU PDO/PGI protection, staple grain and potato base, and contested boundaries with Caucasian cuisines.
List of fashion designers
Fashion designers, including figures from Coco Chanel to Jonathan Anderson, create clothing, accessories, and footwear. Key facts: 32,700 US jobs, $80,960 median pay (May 2025), 327 CFDA members, creative-director turnover at luxury houses.
List of fast food restaurant chains
Fast food restaurant chains: quick-service franchise systems like McDonald's, KFC, Subway, Starbucks, and Burger King, defined by limited menus, no table service, and franchised expansion; ranked by Technomic U.S. system sales and RestaurantData outlet counts.
List of festivals in the Philippines
Philippine festivals: annual town fiestas around Catholic patron-saint feast days plus national holidays. Santo Niño festivals Sinulog (Cebu), Ati-Atihan (Kalibo), Dinagyang (Iloilo) in January; Kadayawan, MassKara, Giant Lantern Festival.