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List of seafood dishes

The list of seafood dishes is an index of dishes made with seafood, spanning hundreds of preparations across more than 100 countries, from Greek grilled octopus to fish and chips.

List of sewing stitches

List of sewing stitches: about 12 core hand stitches from running stitch to buttonhole, plus machine stitch classes 100-600 under ISO 4915 and ASTM D6193; 301 lockstitch is the most common machine stitch.

List of Skittles products

List of Skittles products: Mars candy brand (UK 1974, US 1979). Covers Original, Sour, Tropical, Wild Berry chewies, Gummies, Littles, POP'd, Dips, Gummy Crystals, discontinued varieties, and 2026 FD&C-color-free reformulation.

List of smoked foods

This list covers smoked foods, those flavored, cooked, or preserved by wood smoke, including meats such as bacon and ham, smoked fish like salmon, and smoked cheeses.

List of snack foods

List of snack foods: foods eaten during snacks, spanning chips, candy, cookies, and fruit snacks. Covers definitions (NAL, FAO), examples from Oreo (1912) and Fritos (1932) to Go-Gurt (1999), US industry growth, and WHO nutrition guidance.

List of soft drink flavors

Soft drink flavors: cola, citrus, root beer, ginger ale, cream soda, cherry, and grape as core families, plus trend-driven launches like dragon fruit, yuzu, and dirty soda.

List of soft drinks by country

Soft drinks by country: global market dominated by Coca-Cola (20.8%) and PepsiCo (10.0%), national icons like Irn-Bru, Jarritos, guaraná, Inca Kola, and ramune, and country-specific rules on sugar taxes, sweeteners, and school sales.

List of soups

List of soups: liquid dishes made by boiling meat, fish, or vegetables in stock or water. Covers clear soups (consommé, bouillon), thick soups (bisque, chowder, potage), cold and national soups (gazpacho, joumou), with etymology and history.

List of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover models

List of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover models: chronology of cover subjects from Babette March in January 1964 through Tyra Banks, Kathy Ireland, Kate Upton, Ronda Rousey, Martha Stewart, and the 2026 covers.

List of spreads

List of spreads: food spreads applied to bread or crackers, covering butter, margarine, low-fat spreads, jams, dairy and cheese spreads, nut butters, yeast extracts, and hummus, with fat contents, origins, market size, and trans fat reformulation.

List of steak dishes

Steak dishes: prepared dishes centered on a steak cut of meat. Includes Philly cheesesteak, chicken fried steak, carne asada, churrasco de picanha, bulgogi, carpetbag steak, steak au poivre, plus USDA 145°F doneness guidance.

List of stews

List of stews: stews are solid ingredients cooked slowly in liquid and served in their gravy, from Old French estuier. Covers stew vs. soup vs. braise, simmering at 85–96 °C, brown and white stews, and regional dishes such as Irish stew, feijoada, gumbo, mafé, and daal.

List of subcultures

List of subcultures: catalog of youth and cultural subcultures such as punk, goth, mods, skinheads, teddy boys and rave, with definitions, CCCS and Chicago School theory, Hebdige, Maffesoli's urban tribes, and the British postwar sequence.

List of supermarket chains in Canada

Supermarket chains in Canada: grocery banners run mainly by Loblaw, Empire (Sobeys), Metro, Costco, and Walmart, plus regional chains like Save-On-Foods and about 6,900 independent stores; the five largest hold roughly 76 to 80 percent of grocery sales.

List of supermarket chains in the United States

Supermarket chains of the United States, also called grocery chains, are multi-store food retailers; the US had 45,575 supermarkets with $1 trillion in 2025 sales, led by Walmart (~21% share), Kroger, Albertsons, and Aldi.

List of Swiss cheeses

Swiss cheeses: over 700 varieties made in Switzerland, from Emmentaler AOP and Gruyère AOP to Sbrinz, Appenzeller, Tête de Moine, and Vacherin; twelve AOP-protected cheeses, ~200,000 tonnes produced yearly, best known through fondue and raclette.

List of tea companies

List of tea companies: an inventory of tea brand owners, producers, and traders, including Unilever (Lipton, PG Tips), Lipton Teas & Infusions, Tata Consumer Products (Tetley), Twinings (1706), ITO EN, McLeod Russel, and national leaders in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and the UK.

List of tequilas

List of tequilas: catalog of CRT-certified tequila brands (marcas), about 2,750 entries in 2026 across 203 NOMs and 204 companies; two categories, five classes, notable brands Don Julio, José Cuervo, Patrón, Cascahuín, Fortaleza.

List of The Great Food Truck Race episodes

Episode and season guide for The Great Food Truck Race (American TV series, Food Network, premiered August 15, 2010), Tyler Florence's food truck competition; 19 themed seasons, $50,000 prize, lowest seller eliminated weekly.

List of toys

List of toys: an organized survey of toy types (dolls, construction sets, vehicles, games, plush, outdoor), their history from prehistoric figurines, 2025 market data, and toy safety standards.

List of types of seafood

Seafood types: fish, crustaceans, and mollusks, with echinoderms and aquatic plants in some classifications. Examples include anchovies, tuna, carp, shrimp, oysters; farmed production passed wild capture in 2022.

List of types of spoons

Types of spoons: eating, cooking, serving, measuring, and specialty spoons distinguished by bowl shape, capacity (2.5–15 ml teaspoons to soup spoons), and length (90–310 mm), plus historical, East Asian, and adaptive designs.

List of U.S. state foods

List of U.S. state foods: legislature-designated official foods, beverages, snacks, and dishes adopted as state symbols, from New Mexico's 1965 chili and refried beans to Texas's 10 state foods and Utah's Jell-O snack.

List of Unilever brands

List of Unilever brands: the portfolio of Unilever, organized under Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care, and Foods, led by 30 Power Brands (Dove, Knorr, Hellmann's, Axe, TRESemmé, Vaseline and others) generating 78% of 2025 turnover.

List of Walmart brands

List of Walmart brands: Walmart's private-label lines include Great Value (1993, grocery), Equate (health), Mainstays (home), George (apparel), onn., Ozark Trail, Sam's Choice, Ol' Roy, and 2024's bettergoods, plus licensed brands like Pioneer Woman.

List of whisky brands

List of whisky brands: named commercial whiskies by country and style, from Johnnie Walker (20.3M cases) and Jameson (10.4M cases in 2022) to Macallan, Yamazaki, Jim Beam, and independent bottlers like Gordon & MacPhail, mostly owned by Diageo, Pernod Ricard, Suntory, and Brown-Forman.

List of whisky distilleries in Scotland

List of whisky distilleries in Scotland: around 150 operating malt and grain distilleries in five legal regions plus the Islands, with Speyside densest at over 50, over 20 new distilleries since 2000, first record 1494, minimum 3 years aging.

List of wine-producing regions

Wine-producing regions: mid-latitude areas such as California, southern France, Barossa, Stellenbosch, and Mendoza, defined by terroir, protected by appellations and geographical indications, and shifting under climate change.

Lists of foods

Lists of foods: organized food classification systems grouping foods by type, use, or processing. Covers FAO/WHO GIFT's four groupings, Eurocode 2, LanguaL, WWEIA categories, and the four-group NOVA system.

Lithuanian cross-crafting

Lithuanian cross-crafting (kryždirbystė) is the Lithuanian folk tradition of making and consecrating wooden crosses and wayside shrines, a UNESCO-recognized art best seen at the Hill of Crosses.