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Ruslana Korshunova (Руслана Сергеевна Коршунова)
Ruslana Korshunova (Руслана Коршунова), the "Russian Rapunzel," was a Kazakhstani model of the Nina Ricci Nina campaign who died in a 2008 Manhattan fall ruled suicide, later linked to Epstein flight logs.
Russian cuisine
Russian cuisine (русская кухня): the culinary tradition of the Russian people, defined by grain dishes, soups such as shchi and borscht, fermented foods, and Russian-stove cooking, now a growing restaurant sector with 62% local-ingredient menus in 2024.
Russian dressing
Russian dressing is an American mayonnaise-ketchup condiment with horseradish, Worcestershire, and paprika; spicier and less sweet than Thousand Island, credited to Nashua, New Hampshire grocer James E. Colburn, and classic on the Reuben sandwich.
Russian jokes
Russian jokes (anekdoty, анекдот) are the brief, formulaic oral jokes of Russian-language culture, peaking as Soviet political humor in 1961-1986, marked by diglossia, meta-jokes, ethnic targets like the Chukchi, and legal suppression in modern Russia.
Russian Tea Room
The Russian Tea Room is a historic Russian-themed restaurant at 150 West 57th Street, Manhattan, founded by Russian Imperial Ballet members in 1926, famed for its bear aquarium, Fabergé egg tree, celebrity clientele, and 1999 Warner LeRoy rebuild.
Rustie Lee
Rustie Lee, British-Jamaican TV chef, presenter, singer and actress born in Portland, Jamaica, known for TV-am cookery from 1983, hosting Game for a Laugh, her Rustie's restaurant in Handsworth, UKIP candidacy, and cookbooks.
Ruth Graves Wakefield
Ruth Graves Wakefield (1903-1977), American dietitian and chef, created the Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookie at her Whitman, Massachusetts inn; her 1938 recipe and 1939 Nestlé deal, traded for one dollar and lifetime chocolate, popularized the chocolate chip cookie.
Ruth's Chris Steak House
Ruth's Chris Steak House, founded by Ruth Fertel in New Orleans in 1965, is an upscale steakhouse chain known for 1,800-degree-broiled USDA Prime steaks served sizzling in butter on 500-degree plates, franchised from 1976 and acquired by Darden Restaurants in 2023 for $715 million.
RVCA
RVCA ("rew-ka") is an American surf-skate lifestyle apparel brand founded in 2001 in Costa Mesa, California by Pat Tenore and Conan Hayes; owned since 2023 by Authentic Brands Group after Billabong and Boardriders.
Rye bread
Rye bread is bread made from rye flour (Secale cereale), often blended with wheat in North America (about 20% rye) but often 100% rye in Europe; dense, sourdough-fermented, high in fiber (~10 g/100 g), with a lower insulin response than wheat bread.
Rye whiskey
Rye whiskey is an American whiskey distilled from a mash of at least 51 percent rye grain, once the dominant American whiskey and spicier than bourbon.
Ryukyu lacquerware
Ryukyu lacquerware (琉球漆器, ryūkyū shikki) is lacquerware developed in the Ryukyu Islands, centered on Shuri in Okinawa, once produced under the Ryukyu Kingdom as tribute and trade goods.
Ryusou
Ryusou (琉装), or Uchinā-sugai, is Okinawa's traditional attire from the Ryukyu Kingdom (1429–1879): wider ventilated sleeves, a front-tied sash instead of an obi, bingata dyeing, and bashofu textiles.
S. Truett Cathy
S. Truett Cathy (1921-2014), American restaurateur, founder of Chick-fil-A; opened the Dwarf Grill in Hapeville, Georgia in 1946, invented the pressure-cooked chicken sandwich in 1961, opened the first Chick-fil-A at Greenbriar Mall, Atlanta in 1967, and kept restaurants closed on Sundays.
S.Pellegrino
S.Pellegrino (San Pellegrino) is an Italian sparkling natural mineral water from San Pellegrino Terme, Val Brembana, founded 1899, Nestlé-owned since 1998, with TDS 860 mg/L, sold in over 150 countries, and slated for the Peranel Nestlé-Platinum Equity joint venture.
S'more
S'more: North American campfire dessert of toasted marshmallow, chocolate, and graham crackers; contraction of "some more"; first printed 1925-1927 in Girl Scout publications, not by the mythical Loretta Scott Crew.
Sabrina Dhowre
Sabrina Dhowre Elba, Somali-Canadian model, actress and activist, IFAD Goodwill Ambassador since 2020, wife of Idris Elba, co-founder of S'ABLE Labs skincare and the Coupledom podcast.
Sabyasachi Mukherjee
Sabyasachi Mukherjee (সব্যসাচী মুখোপাধ্যায়), born 1974, is an Indian couturier from Kolkata and founder of the Sabyasachi luxury label (1999), known for bridal couture, the H&M Wanderlust controversy, ABFRL's 51% stake, and Met Gala dressing.
Sacagawea dollar
Sacagawea dollar, also Native American dollar: US golden-colored $1 coin issued 2000-2008 with Sacagawea obverse by Glenna Goodacre, continued 2009-present with yearly Native American reverses; manganese brass clad, mostly face value except Cheerios and mule rarities.
Sachertorte
Sachertorte: Viennese chocolate torte created in 1832 by Franz Sacher for Prince Metternich; apricot jam and chocolate glaze; subject of the 1950s-60s Sacher-Demel cake war over the 'Original Sacher-Torte' name.
Sackcloth (שַׂק)
Sackcloth (Hebrew saq, שַׂק; Greek sakkos) is coarse dark goat- or camel-hair cloth of the biblical world, used for grain sacks and, worn as a garment, to signal mourning, penitence, submission, and national crisis; attested across 19 Old Testament books and the Near East.
Sadhvi Sail
Sadhvi Satish Sail (born 2001), Indian model and entrepreneur from Karwar, Karnataka; crowned Femina Miss India World 2026 on 18 April 2026 in Bhubaneswar representing Goa, daughter of MLA Satish Sail, UBC economics graduate, set for Miss World.
Safavid silk and metal-thread textiles of Isfahan
Safavid silk and metal-thread textiles of Isfahan are luxury silk brocades and velvets woven in Isfahan from 1598 to 1722, known for gold brocade called zarbaft.
Safavid velvet
Safavid velvet is the cut and voided silk velvet woven in Iran under the Safavid dynasty, 1501 to 1722, for royal tents, garments, and gifts.
Safety pin
Safety pin: a coiled spring-wire fastener with a clasp that shields its point, invented by Walter Hunt, patented April 10, 1849 (US 6,281), sold for $400; distinct from fibulae and quick-release pins.
Safeway (UK)
Safeway was a British supermarket chain that operated independently from 1987 until Morrisons acquired it in 2004; at its height it ran more than 470 stores.
Saffron
Saffron, from Crocus sativus stigmas, is the world's most expensive spice; key compounds crocin, picrocrocin, safranal; graded by ISO 3632; Iran produces about 90%; frequently adulterated.
Sagging (fashion)
Sagging (fashion): pants worn below the waist exposing underwear, traced to beltless US prison uniforms, spread by hip-hop in the late 1980s and 1990s, later targeted by largely repealed anti-sagging ordinances.
Sailor Jerry
Sailor Jerry, born Norman Keith Collins (1911–1973), was a Honolulu tattoo artist who defined American traditional tattooing and whose name now fronts a William Grant & Sons spiced rum.
Saimin
Saimin is Hawaii's own noodle soup, created in the plantation era from Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, and other immigrant foodways. Thin egg noodles in light dashi broth with char siu, kamaboko, and Spam distinguish it from ramen.