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Blenders Pride
Blenders Pride: Indian premium blended whisky-style IMFL brand, launched 1995 by Seagram, owned by Pernod Ricard India since 2001; blend of Indian grain spirit and Chivas Brothers Scotch malts; over 50% segment share.
Blessing
A blessing is a pronouncement or invocation of divine favor upon a person, place, or undertaking, among the most widespread of religious practices and found in most major traditions.
Blessingway
Blessingway (Hózhǫ́ǫ́jí, also Hózhójí) is the central blessing ceremony of the Navajo (Diné), performed for harmony, good luck, and health rather than to cure illness.
Blini
Blini are thin pancakes of Russian and eastern European cuisine, traditionally made from buckwheat flour. They can be yeast-fermented, resulting in a sour, porous texture.
Blinkit
Blinkit (formerly Grofers) is India's largest quick-commerce platform, delivering groceries and essentials in about 10 minutes via dark stores. Founded 2013 in Gurugram, rebranded December 2021, acquired by Zomato in 2022; parent is now Eternal Ltd.
Blocking (textile arts)
Blocking (textile arts), also called wet, steam, or spray blocking, is the finishing step that wets or steams finished knitting or crochet and pins it to shape while drying, evening stitches, opening lace, and setting final measurements by fiber type.
Blood as food
Blood as food: the culinary use of animal blood in dishes like black pudding, boudin noir, morcilla, blood tofu, and dinuguan; ancient, rich in iron and protein, but religiously prohibited in Islam and Judaism and absent from American food.
Blood sausage
Blood sausage, also called black pudding (boudin noir, morcilla, Blutwurst), is a cooked sausage of animal blood, fat, and grain or onion fillers, documented since Homer's Odyssey and eaten worldwide.
Bloody Mary (cocktail)
Bloody Mary: vodka-and-tomato-juice cocktail with Worcestershire, hot sauce, and celery salt, an IBA official drink and brunch staple. Origin disputed between George Jessel (1927) and Fernand Petiot; the Canadian Bloody Caesar variant uses Clamato.
Bloomin' Brands
Bloomin' Brands, also formerly OSI Restaurant Partners, is a Tampa, Florida restaurant holding company that owns Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba's Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill, and Fleming's.
Blooming onion
Blooming onion: a whole onion cut into flower-like petals, battered, and deep-fried, trademarked by Outback Steakhouse as the Bloomin' Onion in 1988; created by co-founder Tim Gannon, with earlier versions credited to chef Jeff Glowski in New Orleans.
Blouse
Blouse: a lightweight, loose-fitting women's upper-body garment, from French workwear origins (1820s English adoption) through the 1890s shirtwaist, 1910s ready-made boom, Romanian ie, and Indian sari blouse traditions.
BLT
BLT (bacon, lettuce, and tomato): an American sandwich of crisp bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise on toasted bread, named in 1940s diners, distinct from the triple-decker club sandwich that adds turkey and a third slice of bread.
Blue and white pottery
Blue and white pottery: ceramics painted with cobalt blue pigment under a transparent glaze, also called qinghuaci (青花瓷). Originated in ninth-century Iraq, matured at Yuan Jingdezhen, and was imitated worldwide from Iznik to Delft.
Blue Bell Creameries
Blue Bell Creameries: Brenham, Texas-based private ice cream maker founded 1907 as Brenham Creamery Company, renamed 1930; sold in 24 states via direct store delivery; Kruse family-owned with Sid Bass minority stake; 2015 listeria outbreak led to $19.35 million penalties.
Blue Moon (beer)
Blue Moon (Blue Moon Belgian White), a 5.4% ABV unfiltered Belgian-style witbier with Valencia orange peel and coriander, created in 1995 by Keith Villa at Coors' Sandlot Brewery, Denver; owned by MillerCoors/Molson Coors, the largest US craft-style brand.
Blue Nun
Blue Nun is a German wine brand created in 1921 by H. Sichel Söhne of Mainz, the best-known Liebfraumilch, peaking in the 1980s with 24 million bottles yearly, now owned by Langguth and sold as Authentic White and other wines.
Blue ribbon
Blue ribbon: a blue ribbon marking first place or excellence, from the blue ribbon badge of England's Order of the Garter; also the adjective blue-ribbon for panels of selected quality.
Bob cut
Bob cut: a haircut cut to one perimeter line between the ear or jaw and the shoulders, also called bob haircut. First credited to Antoine de Paris (1909), iconic in the 1920s flapper era; variations include blunt, A-line, French, Italian, and lob.
Bob Evans Restaurants
Bob Evans Restaurants is an American family-dining chain founded in Rio Grande, Ohio; sold to Golden Gate Capital in 2017 and acquired by 4×4 Capital in February 2026, separate from Post Holdings' Bob Evans grocery brand.
Bob Mackie
Bob Mackie (Robert Gordon Mackie, 1939/1940–2026), American costume and fashion designer, the 'Sultan of Sequins,' known for dressing Cher and Carol Burnett, nine Emmys, a 2019 Tony for The Cher Show, and the Bob Mackie Barbie line.
Bob's Big Boy
Bob's Big Boy, founded by Bob Wian in Glendale, California in 1936 as Bob's Pantry, is the original restaurant of the Big Boy chain, creator of the 1937 double-decker hamburger and the checkered-overalls mascot, with its oldest surviving location in Burbank (1949).
Bobbie Brown
Bobbie Brown (Bobbie Jean Brown, born 1969) is the American model known as the Cherry Pie girl in Warrant's 1990 video, ex-wife of Jani Lane, author of Dirty Rocker Boys, and later stand-up comedian.
Bobbin
Bobbin, also called pirn or quill, is a cylindrical or tapered spool holding yarn or thread in spinning, weaving, and sewing. Covers industrial types and materials, shuttle use, bobbin batteries, winders, and 1-2 year service life.
Bobblehead
Bobblehead: a figurine with a spring-mounted oversized head that bobs when tapped, also called a nodder or wobbler. Chinese nodding figures date to the 1760s; baseball giveaways since 1960 and the 1999 Willie Mays promotion made it a collectible.
Bobby Deen
Bobby Deen, younger son of Paula Deen and brother of Jamie Deen, is an American TV cook and author. Known for Road Tasted, Not My Mama's Meals, and Holiday Baking Championship; remade Southern comfort food lighter.
Bobby Flay
Bobby Flay, American chef and Food Network personality; French Culinary Institute class of 1984; opened Mesa Grill in 1991; star of Beat Bobby Flay and Iron Chef America with 202 chefs having beaten him.
Bobo masks
Bobo masks are carved wooden and fiber masks made by the Bobo people of western Burkina Faso, embodying the spirit Dwo in initiation rites, funerals, and harvest ceremonies.
Bocio
Bocio are carved wooden power figures of the Fon and Ewe peoples of Benin and Togo, empowered with bindings and offerings to protect against harm.
Bock
Bock (Bockbier) is a strong German beer style above 16 degrees Plato and typically over 6.5% ABV, originating in Einbeck, Lower Saxony, and named by Bavarian corruption of that town's name; substyles include Maibock, Doppelbock, and Eisbock.