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Turkmen carpet
A Turkmen carpet is a hand-knotted pile carpet woven by the Turkmen tribes of Central Asia, with rows of tribal guls on a red field, inscribed by UNESCO in 2019.
Turrón
Turrón (torró) is a Spanish Christmas nougat of toasted almonds, honey, sugar, and egg white. Hard Alicante and soft Jijona varieties have held EU PGI status since 1996; both are made in Jijona, Alicante, which produces about 60% of Spain's turrón.
Turtle soup
Turtle soup, historically made from green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas), was an 18th-to-20th-century European and American luxury dish; mock versions used calf's head, and the CITES Appendix I listing in 1981 ended the authentic dish.
Tuscan cuisine
Tuscan cuisine (cucina toscana) is the regional cooking of Tuscany, Italy, defined by cucina povera, saltless pane sciocco, bread soups like ribollita, bistecca alla fiorentina, Pecorino Toscano PDO, and Chianti wines.
Tutti frutti
Tutti frutti, Italian for "all fruits", names mixed-fruit confections, an 1834 New York ice cream flavor, an American brandied-fruit preserve, and Indian candied raw papaya used in bakery.
Tweed
Tweed: textured woollen fabric, twill or herringbone weave; name from an 1830s misreading of "twill". Harris Tweed, its protected variant, is legally required to be handwoven in Scotland's Outer Hebrides under the 1993 Act and Orb mark.
Twelfth Night (holiday)
Twelfth Night, the eve of Epiphany on January 5 or 6, ends the Twelve Days of Christmas. Customs include wassailing orchards, the bean-finding Twelfth Night cake, the Lord of Misrule, and Shakespeare's play named for it.
TWG Tea
TWG Tea is a Singapore luxury tea brand founded in 2008 by Taha Bouqdib under The Wellness Group, revived by OSIM's 2011 investment, with over 1,000 teas, tea salons in about 19 countries, and 1837 heritage branding now being removed.
Twiggy
Twiggy (Dame Lesley Lawson, née Hornby, born 1949) is the English model named the Daily Express's Face of '66, the defining face of 1960s Swinging London, later an actress, singer, M&S face, and ANTM judge; not the ZZZ character or other namesakes.
Twin Peaks (restaurant chain)
Twin Peaks is an American sports bar restaurant chain founded in 2005 in Lewisville, Texas, with about 115 locations known for made-from-scratch food, 29-degree draft beer, and wall-to-wall televisions in a rustic lodge setting.
Twine
Twine is a light cordage of twisted or wound yarns, thinner than cord and rope (Cordage Institute: under 0.200 in / 5 mm), made from jute, sisal, cotton, or synthetics, used for nets, binding, and tying, with Paleolithic origins.
Twinings
Twinings (Twinings of London), British tea brand founded by Thomas Twining in 1706 at Tom's Coffee House on the Strand; owned by Associated British Foods since 1964, based in Andover, known for Earl Grey, Lady Grey, English Breakfast, and royal warrants since 1837.
Twinkie
Twinkie, Hostess snack cake of golden sponge cake with creamy filling, invented April 6, 1930 by James A. Dewar at Continental Baking in River Forest, Illinois; originally banana crème, switched to vanilla in WWII; 45-day shelf life; now owned by J.M. Smucker.
Twisted Tea
Twisted Tea is an American hard iced tea brand made by the Boston Beer Company. Launched in 2001, it is the largest selling flavored malt beverage in the United States.
Twix
Twix is a chocolate-coated biscuit bar by Mars, Incorporated. Created in 1967 in Slough, UK, it is sold as twin biscuit fingers with caramel and milk chocolate.
Twizzlers
Twizzlers, chewy twist-shaped candy made by Y&S Candies (Hershey) in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; first produced 1927, acquired by Hershey 1977; strawberry is 70% of Twists output.
Two Fat Ladies
Two Fat Ladies (BBC Two, 1996-1999): British cooking-travelogue with Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright touring Britain on a Triumph Thunderbird with sidecar (registration N88 TFL), cooking traditional high-fat British food; ended when Paterson died of lung cancer in 1999.
Tyler Florence
Tyler Florence (born 1971) is an American chef, restaurateur, and Food Network host since 1996, known for Food 911, Tyler's Ultimate, and The Great Food Truck Race, and for San Francisco restaurants Wayfare Tavern and Miller & Lux.
Types of cheese
Types of cheese: hundreds of varieties grouped into roughly 12 coagulation-based families and commercial categories such as soft-ripened, blue-veined, pasta filata, and Cheddar, distinguished by milk type, moisture, ripening microbes, and protected origins.
Types of chocolate
Types of chocolate: dark, milk, white, and ruby (Barry Callebaut, 2017), plus couverture and compound. Defined by cocoa liquor, cocoa butter, sugar, and milk solids proportions, FDA standards of identity, and processing like conching, alkalization, and tempering.
Types of restaurant
Types of restaurant: classification of food-service establishments by service model (full service, fast casual, quick service), price, format (fine dining, café, food truck, ghost kitchen), and ownership, with US industry figures.
Tyra Banks
Tyra Banks (Tyra Lynne Banks, BanX), American supermodel and media entrepreneur: first Black Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover model, Victoria's Secret Angel, creator-host of America's Next Top Model, Tyra Banks Co. CEO.
Tyrian purple (πορφύρα)
Tyrian purple (πορφύρα), also royal or imperial purple, is an ancient reddish-purple vat dye of 6,6′-dibromoindigo from murex snail hypobranchial glands; 12,000 snails yielded 1.4 g, and Diocletian's AD 301 edict priced purple silk at 150,000 denarii per pound.
Tyrolean hat
The Tyrolean hat, or Tirolerhut, is a soft felt hat from the Alpine Tyrol region, with an upturned brim and a feather, worn as part of Tracht.
Tyson Beckford
Tyson Beckford (born 1970) is an American model and actor, the first Black male supermodel. Known as the face of Ralph Lauren's 1994 Polo Sport campaign and for Zoolander, Make Me a Supermodel, and closing the Ralph Lauren F/W 26 Milan show.
Tyson Foods
Tyson Foods is an American multinational food company headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas. Founded in 1935 by John W. Tyson, it processes chicken, beef, pork, and prepared foods.
Tzatziki
Tzatziki (τζατζίκι), also cacık in Turkish, is a cold Greek dip of strained yogurt, grated cucumber, garlic, olive oil, and dill or mint, served as meze and with gyros or souvlaki.
Tzitzit (ציצית)
Tzitzit (ציצית), also tsitsiyot or tzitzis, are the ritually tied corner fringes commanded in Numbers 15 and Deuteronomy 22, worn on the tallit gadol prayer shawl and the tallit katan undergarment, with 8 strings, 5 knots, and 39 windings per corner.
Tzompantli
A tzompantli is a wooden skull rack on which Mesoamerican civilizations, most prominently the Mexica, Maya, and Toltecs, publicly displayed the skulls of war captives and sacrificial victims.
U.S. history of alcohol minimum purchase age by state
History of state-set U.S. alcohol minimum purchase ages: 21 after 1933 repeal, lowered to 18-20 by 29 states in the 1970s, then restored to 21 nationwide by 1988 via the National Minimum Drinking Age Act's highway-fund penalty.