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Shakshouka (شكشوكة)
Shakshouka (شكشوكة), also shakshuka or chakchouka, is a North African one-pan dish of eggs poached in spiced tomato-pepper sauce; carried to Israel by Maghrebi Jewish migrants in the 1950s, now a global brunch staple.
Shalwar kameez
Shalwar kameez (salwar kameez), the national dress of Pakistan: loose drawstring trousers plus a long tunic, often with a dupatta, worn by men and women across South Asia with Persian and Mughal roots and named variants like Patiala and Peshawari.
Shandong cuisine
Shandong cuisine (鲁菜, Lu cuisine), China's oldest of the Eight Great Cuisines and the only self-originated one, is the salty-umami, seafood-and-stock school of northern Chinese cooking, with Jinan, Jiaodong, Kongfu, and Boshan schools and signature techniques bao, pa, and ta.
Shandy
A shandy, also called shandygaff, is a low-alcohol drink made by mixing beer with lemonade or another soft drink, known as a Radler in Germany.
Shanghai cuisine (上海菜)
Shanghai cuisine (上海菜), or Benbang cuisine (本帮菜), is Shanghai's local cooking style known for nong you chi jiang (rich oil, red soy sauce, sweet-salty flavor), red-braising and wine-lees techniques, dishes like eight-treasure duck, and national intangible cultural heritage status since 2014.
Shanina Shaik
Shanina Shaik (born 1991, Melbourne) is an Australian model of Saudi, Pakistani, and Lithuanian descent, a Victoria's Secret runway regular since 2011, IMG-represented, mother of Zai, and Save the Children Australia ambassador.
Shanna Moakler
Shanna Moakler (Shanna Lynn Moakler, born 1975, Providence, Rhode Island) is an American model, actress, and reality TV personality; Miss USA 1995 (assumed crown), Playboy Playmate December 2001, star of Meet the Barkers with ex-husband Travis Barker, and director of Miss Nevada USA and Miss Utah USA.
Shannon Bennett
Shannon Bennett (born 1973) is an Australian chef and restaurateur, founder of Vue de Monde in Melbourne and The Belongil in Byron Bay; trained under Marco Pierre White and John Burton Race in the UK.
Sharbush
Sharbush (الشربوش, also harbush): medieval Islamic high-crowned fur-trimmed military cap worn instead of a turban, an amirs' investiture insignia under the Ayyubids and Mamluks; abolished under the Burji Mamluks, predecessor of the tarbush name.
Sharpening stone
Sharpening stone, also called whetstone: a bonded abrasive block used to hone knives, scissors, chisels, and razors. Types include water, oil, ceramic, and diamond stones, graded by grit from coarse reshaping to fine polishing.
Shashlik (шашлык)
Shashlik (шашлык, from Crimean Tatar shyshlyk, "something on a spit") is skewered meat grilled over coals, a Caucasus and Central Asian dish spread by Soviet picnic culture; also called shish kebab, khorovats, mtsvadi.
Shaun Ross (model)
Shaun Ross, born 1991 in the Bronx, is the first international male fashion model with albinism, founder of In My Skin I Win, and a 2021 debut album artist (Shift), distinct from baseball player Shawn Ross.
Shawarma
Shawarma (Arabic shawirma, from Turkish cevirme, turning) is a Levantine dish of marinated meat stacked on a vertical rotating spit, shaved as it cooks, and served in flatbread; distinct from döner and gyros in spicing and sauces.
Shawl
Shawl: a rectangular, square, or triangular drape of cloth worn over shoulders, head, or upper body, with no seams or fastenings. From Persian shal; famed Kashmir pashmina shawls, the boteh or paisley motif, and the Jacquard-loom European imitations.
Shawn Weatherly
Shawn Nichols Weatherly (born 1959) is an American actress and beauty queen, Miss USA and Miss Universe 1980 from South Carolina, later Jill Riley on Baywatch and Cadet Adams in Police Academy 3.
Shchedrivka
Shchedrivka (щедрівка), plural shchedrivky, is a Ukrainian calendar-ritual song genre sung on Generous Eve at the New Year, praising the householder and wishing harvest, livestock increase, and health.
Shchi (щи)
Shchi (щи) is the classic Russian cabbage soup, fresh or sauerkraut, cooked since the 10th century; rich or empty, stove-simmered, with 24+ varieties, served with smetana and black bread.
Shea olein
Shea olein (shea oleine), the oleic-rich liquid fraction of fractionated shea butter from Vitellaria paradoxa nuts; about 92% triglycerides, 54% oleic acid; GRAS for food use via FDA GRN 850 (BUNGE, 2020).
Sheetz
Sheetz, Inc. is a family-owned American chain of convenience stores and fuel stations founded by Bob Sheetz in Altoona, Pennsylvania in 1952, known for its made-to-order food.
Sheila Hicks
Sheila Hicks (born 1934, Hastings, Nebraska) is an American fiber and textile artist based in Paris since 1964, trained under Josef Albers at Yale, known for Minimes, fiber sculptures, and monumental commissions.
Shein
Shein (希音), also styled SHEIN, is a Singapore-headquartered global online fast-fashion retailer founded in China in 2012, using an on-demand small-batch LATR model, serving ~273 million customers in ~160 markets, and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (ticker 0625) in September 2026.
Sheldon coin grading scale
Sheldon coin grading scale: the 1-to-70 numeric scale proposed by Dr. William H. Sheldon in Early American Cents (1948) for large cents, originally a value-multiplier formula, now the industry standard used by PCGS and NGC.
Shen Shao'an
Shen Shao'an (沈绍安, courtesy name Zhongkang; 1767–1835) was a Qing dynasty lacquer artisan of Houguan County in Fuzhou who created bodiless lacquerware, reviving the ancient jiazhu dry-lacquer method.
Shepherd's pie
Shepherd's pie, also known as cottage pie, is a baked dish of cooked minced meat, traditionally lamb or mutton, topped with mashed potato instead of pastry.
Sherbet (powder)
Sherbet powder is a British effervescent candy powder of sugar, citric or tartaric acid, and sodium bicarbonate that fizzes with carbon dioxide when wet; distinct from the American frozen dessert also called sherbet.
Sherry
Sherry is the fortified wine of the Jerez-Xérès-Sherry DO in Andalusia, made mainly from Palomino, aged under flor or oxidatively in the criaderas and solera fractional-blending system, from dry Fino to sweet Pedro Ximénez.
Shetland knitting
Shetland knitting is the wool-based knitwear tradition of the Shetland Islands, known for fine lace and Fair Isle colourwork; at its 1980s peak it employed up to 2,000 home knitters.
Sheynnis Palacios
Sheynnis Palacios (Sheynnis Alondra Palacios Cornejo), Nicaraguan model crowned Miss Universe 2023 in San Salvador, the first Nicaraguan winner; previously Miss Teen Nicaragua 2016 and Miss Mundo Nicaragua 2020.
Shi Dabin
Shi Dabin (时大彬, style name Shaoshan) was a Ming dynasty potter of Yixing, Jiangsu, regarded as the founding master of the hand-formed Yixing zisha teapot.
Shibori (絞り)
Shibori (絞り, shiborizome) is Japanese resist dyeing: cloth is bound, stitched, folded, or clamped before dyeing so compressed areas stay undyed. Known in Japan since the 6th-7th centuries, with traditions such as Kyo Kanoko silk tying and Arimatsu-Narumi cotton shibori.