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Raclette
Raclette: Swiss Valais dish and semi-hard cheese melted and scraped over boiled potatoes with pickled onions and gherkins; name from French racler, official since 1874, Raclette du Valais AOP since 2007.
Radcliffe, Greater Manchester
Radcliffe, Greater Manchester: a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury on the River Irwell, once a papermaking centre whose mill closed in 1998, home to Grade I listed Radcliffe Tower and now under a Bury Council regeneration framework.
Raden
Raden (螺鈿) is a decorative technique in which the iridescent inner layer of shells such as abalone is inlaid into lacquered surfaces, reaching Japan in the Nara period.
Raf Simons
Raf Simons (born 1968, Neerpelt, Belgium) is a Belgian fashion designer, founder of his 1995 eponymous menswear label, and former creative director of Jil Sander, Dior, and Calvin Klein, now Prada co-creative director.
Raggedy ann and andy
Raggedy Ann and Andy, rag doll characters created by Johnny Gruelle (Ann 1915, Andy 1920), stars of a long-running children's book series and inductees into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2002 and 2007.
Ragout
Ragout (French ragoût, from ragoûter "revive the taste") is a slow-cooked stew of meat, poultry, or game in a seasoned sauce; distinct from Italian ragù pasta sauce and used in Dutch croquettes.
Ragù
Ragù, from French ragoût, is the Italian family of slow-cooked meat sauces for pasta; the two main versions are minced-meat, lightly tomatoed ragù alla bolognese, codified in 1982 and updated in 2023, and whole-cut, tomato-rich ragù napoletano.
Rain Dove
Rain Dove (Rain Dove Dubilewski) is an American gender-nonconforming model and activist who walks both menswear and womenswear runways, calls the approach "gender capitalism", and became news in 2018 for turning over Asia Argento texts to police.
Rainbow Loom
Rainbow Loom, also called loom bands, is a rubber band bracelet crafting kit invented in 2010 by Malaysian-born engineer Cheong Choon Ng, funded with $10,000 of family savings, which reached over $40 million in 2013 sales and won a 2013 Toy of the Year Award.
Raindrop cake
Raindrop cake, Japanese mizu shingen mochi (水信玄餅), a translucent water-and-agar jelly dessert created by Kinseiken in Yamanashi in 2013, made famous by Darren Wong at New York's Smorgasburg in 2016.
Rainforest Cafe
Rainforest Cafe is a jungle-themed family restaurant chain with animatronic animals, waterfalls, and simulated thunderstorms, founded by Steven Schussler and opened first at the Mall of America in 1994.
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers is an American fast-food chain founded by Todd Graves in 1996 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, known for its limited chicken-finger menu.
Raita
Raita (रायता, Hindi rāytā) is a cold South Asian yogurt condiment mixed with cucumber, boondi, onion, mint, or fruit, served with biryani and spicy curries to cool chili heat; distinct from tzatziki, cacık, and mast-o-khiar.
Rajasthani cuisine
Rajasthani cuisine is the desert cooking tradition of Rajasthan, India, shaped by water scarcity and Rajput and Marwari cultures; signature dishes include dal bati churma, laal maas, safed maas, gatte, ker sangri, and ghevar.
Rajma (राजमा)
Rajma (राजमा) is the Hindi name for kidney beans and for the thick bean curry that is a staple comfort food of North India, served over rice as rajma chawal.
Rakia
Rakia (rakija, ракија) is the Balkans' collective fruit brandy, double-distilled at 40-50% ABV from grapes, plums or other fruit, distinct from anise-flavored Turkish rakı, with 12 Bulgarian EU-protected varieties.
Rakı
Rakı: Türkiye's national aniseed spirit, twice-distilled from grape suma with Pimpinella anisum in copper stills of 5,000 L or less, at least 40% ABV, geographically indicated since 2009, distinct from ouzo, arak, and pastis.
Raksha Bandhan
Raksha Bandhan (रक्षा बंधन), also called Rakhi, is a Hindu festival on the Shravana full moon, usually in August, when sisters tie a protective rakhi thread on brothers' wrists and receive gifts and protection vows; regional names include Narali Purnima and Avani Avittam.
Ralph Lauren Corporation
Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE: RL), founded by Ralph Lauren in 1967 and listed in 1997, is a New York-based luxury lifestyle company selling apparel, home, fragrances, and hospitality through retail, wholesale, and licensing, with $8.115 billion Fiscal 2026 revenue.
Ralphs
Ralphs (Ralphs Grocery Company) is an American supermarket chain founded in Los Angeles in 1873, now a Kroger division running about 185 Southern California stores.
Rambirambi
Rambirambi is a Swahili noun meaning condolences, words of comfort offered to people who have lost a family member; in East African funeral usage it also means money sent to help the bereaved.
Ramen (ラーメン)
Ramen (ラーメン) is a Japanese wheat-noodle soup of Chinese origin with tare, broth, noodles, and toppings; styles include shoyu, miso, shio, and tonkotsu. Key facts: first instant ramen (Nissin, 1958), record 124.21 billion instant servings in 2025, Japan 885.5 billion yen shop market.
Ramie
Ramie (苎麻, China grass) is the bast fiber of Boehmeria nivea, a nettle-family perennial cultivated in China since antiquity. One of the strongest, longest natural fibers; requires degumming; used for summer cloth, blends, and technical textiles.
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares: British Channel 4 reality series (2004-2007, five series) in which chef Gordon Ramsay rescues failing UK restaurants; parent of the Fox Kitchen Nightmares and its spin-offs.
Rana Plaza collapse
The Rana Plaza collapse was an industrial disaster in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 24 April 2013, in which an eight-storey building housing five garment factories collapsed, killing 1,135 people.
Ranch dressing
Ranch dressing is an American creamy dressing and dip made from buttermilk, mayonnaise, and herbs, and the best-selling salad dressing in the United States since 1992.
Rancidification
Rancidification is the oxidation or hydrolysis of fats and oils that produces off-flavors. Covers oxidative, hydrolytic, and microbial rancidity, measurement methods (peroxide value, TBARS, Rancimat, ESR), and prevention with antioxidants and packaging.
Rande Gerber
Rande Gerber (born 1962) is an American entrepreneur and former model, founder of the Gerber Group nightlife company and co-founder, with George Clooney and Mike Meldman, of Casamigos Tequila, sold to Diageo in 2017 for up to $1 billion; married to Cindy Crawford.
Randy Fenoli
Randy Fenoli, American bridal designer and star of TLC's Say Yes to the Dress (host since 2007), former Kleinfeld fashion director, FIT graduate, founder of Randy Fenoli Bridal (debuted 2017), two-time DEBI award winner, author of It's All About the Dress (2011).
Randy Santel
Randy Santel, stage name Atlas, is an American professional competitive eater from Missouri who began in 2010, has won over a thousand restaurant food challenges worldwide, and owns FoodChallenges.com.