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Pastirma
Pastirma (pastırma, basturma, basterma) is a salted, dried, pressed whole-muscle beef product coated in çemen, a fenugreek-garlic-red pepper paste, eaten raw across Turkey, Armenia, Egypt and the Balkans; ancestor of pastrami.
Pastis
Pastis is a French aniseed-flavoured aperitif spirit (40–45% ABV) legally defined by liquorice root extracts, created commercially by Paul Ricard in Marseille in 1932 after the 1915 absinthe ban, and drunk diluted one part to five parts water.
Pastitsio (παστίτσιο)
Pastitsio (παστίτσιο), sometimes called Greek lasagna, is a layered baked pasta dish of hollow tubular pasta, cinnamon-scented meat sauce, and cheese-enriched béchamel, modernized by chef Nikolaos Tselementes; Cyprus also calls it makaronia tou fournou.
Pastrami
Pastrami, also known as pastirma or pastramă, is brined, spice-rubbed, smoked, and steamed cured beef, a Romanian-derived technique brought to New York by Romanian Jewish immigrants and made iconic in Jewish delicatessen sandwiches on rye.
Pastry
Pastry, or pastry dough, is a dough of flour, usually fat, and water used to cover, encase, or constitute dishes such as pies, tarts, and croissants.
Pasty
Pasty, especially the Cornish pasty, a D-shaped baked turnover of beef, potato, swede, and onion with a side crimp; PGI-protected, made only in Cornwall since 2011, carried worldwide by Cornish miners to Mexico and Michigan.
Pat Courtney Gold
Pat Courtney Gold (1939-2022), Wasco sally bag weaver of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, revived the Wasco full-turn twine technique after a mathematics career and received the 2007 NEA National Heritage Fellowship.
Pat Sheehan (model)
Pat Sheehan, born Patricia Ann Sheehan (1931-2006), American model and actress, Miss San Francisco 1950, NBC contract player, and Playboy Playmate of the Month October 1958 with Mara Corday; married Dennis Crosby.
Patagonia, Inc.
Patagonia, Inc. is an American outdoor apparel company founded in 1973 in Ventura, California by climber Yvon Chouinard, grown from Chouinard Equipment pitons; B Corp certified, 1% of sales to environmental groups, and since 2022 owned by the Patagonia Purpose Trust and Holdfast Collective.
Patan patola
Patan patola is a double ikat silk sari and ceremonial cloth woven in Patan, Gujarat, India, where each sari takes six months to a year to complete.
Patanjali Ayurved (पतंजलि आयुर्वेद)
Patanjali Ayurved (पतंजलि आयुर्वेद), Indian FMCG and ayurvedic products company founded in Haridwar in 1997 and incorporated 2006; Ramdev-associated, 98.54% owned by Acharya Balkrishna, turnover Rs 7,413.62 crores FY2022-23.
Patch collecting
Patch collecting (badge collecting) is the hobby of acquiring, trading, and preserving embroidered cloth emblems, notably Scout council and OA patches, military insignia, NASA mission patches, and park and police patches, organized by theme.
Patchwork
Patchwork is the needlework technique of sewing small fabric pieces into a larger flat design, distinct from quilting; also called piecework or pierced work. Known for piecing over paper, crazy patchwork, Gee's Bend quilts, and modern quilting's bold, improvisational style.
Pati Jinich
Pati Jinich (Patricia Jinich), Mexico City-born Jewish Mexican chef and PBS host of Pati's Mexican Table, La Frontera, and Panamericana; former Georgetown-trained policy analyst turned New York Times bestselling cookbook author in Washington, DC.
Pâtisserie
Pâtisserie: the French craft, products, and shops of baked sweet goods, from a 14th-century word; covers history from Babylon and Carême, the CAP Pâtissier qualification, hygiene rules, and the Italian pasticceria.
Patola
Patola (singular patolu) is a double-ikat silk textile woven in Gujarat, India, in which both warp and weft threads are resist-dyed before weaving, with the finest examples made in Patan.
Patricia Southall
Patricia Southall (Pat Smith), born 1970 in Chesapeake, Virginia, is a philanthropist, minister, and author who was Miss Virginia USA 1993 and first runner-up at Miss USA 1994, later founding Treasure You and co-founding Pat & Emmitt Smith Charities.
Patrick Grant (designer)
Patrick Grant (born 1972), Scottish fashion designer, FRSA, judge on The Great British Sewing Bee since 2013; bought Savile Row tailor Norton & Sons in 2005, relaunched E. Tautz (2010 Menswear Designer of the Year), and founded Community Clothing in 2016.
Patriot Day
Patriot Day is the U.S. national observance on September 11, created by Public Law 107-89 in 2001 (36 U.S.C. § 144), honoring the 2,977 victims of the 9/11 attacks with half-staff flags and a moment of silence; since 2009 it is also the National Day of Service and Remembrance, distinct from April's Patriots' Day.
Patriots' Day
Patriots' Day is a Massachusetts and Maine state holiday on the third Monday in April commemorating the 1775 battles of Lexington, Concord, and Menotomy; established 1894, host of the Boston Marathon, distinct from September 11's Patriot Day.
Patrón
Patrón: Mexican ultra-premium tequila brand founded 1989, made at Hacienda Patrón (NOM 1492) in Jalisco using tahona and roller mills, no additives; wholly owned by Bacardi since 2018.
Patsy Ramsey
Patsy Ramsey (Patricia Ann Paugh), Miss West Virginia 1977 and wife of John Ramsey, mother of murdered child pageant queen JonBenét Ramsey; suspected but never charged, exonerated by DNA in 2008, died of ovarian cancer in 2006.
Pattachitra
Pattachitra (ପଟ୍ଟଚିତ୍ର), cloth scroll painting of Odisha and Bengal, tied to Jagannath Temple at Puri and Raghurajpur; natural pigments, tamarind-and-chalk canvas, GI-tagged, distinct from Bengal Patua Patachitra.
Pattern (sewing)
A sewing pattern is a paper template from which garment parts are traced onto fabric before cutting and sewing, sold commercially in the United States since 1854.
Patty
A patty is ground food, especially meat, formed into a flat round shape and cooked, or a small round meat pie such as the Jamaican patty, a spiced baked pastry descended from the Cornish pasty.
Paul (bakery)
PAUL is a French family-owned bakery-café chain founded in 1889 in Croix near Lille, owned by Groupe Holder, franchised since 1989, with 750+ bakeries across 45+ countries and a PAUL LE CAFÉ coffee-shop concept.
Paul Bocuse
Paul Bocuse (1926–2018), French chef of Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or near Lyon; three Michelin stars from 1965, nouvelle cuisine figure, founder of the Bocuse d'Or (1987), named Chef of the Century by Gault & Millau in 1989.
Paul Hollywood
Paul Hollywood, also known as Paul John Hollywood, is an English artisan baker and television personality, judge on The Great British Bake Off since 2010 and originator of the Hollywood handshake.
Paul Poiret
Paul Poiret (1879–1944), French couturier called the King of Fashion and Le Magnifique, freed women's dress from the corset around 1906, pioneered draping-based modern silhouettes, and built a lifestyle empire of perfume and decorative arts.
Paul Prudhomme
Paul Prudhomme (1940-2015), Louisiana chef and founder of K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen in New Orleans, popularized Cajun and Creole cuisine, invented blackened redfish, wrote bestselling cookbooks, and founded Magic Seasoning Blends.