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Bra
Bra (brassiere): undergarment covering and supporting the breasts. From Cadolle's 1869 corselet-gorge and Crosby's 1914 Backless Brassiere patent to cup sizing, the 1979 Jogbra, and modern fit research.
Bra size
Bra size: a two-part garment label combining a band number (underbust circumference) and a cup letter (bust-minus-band difference). Also called cup size. Originated with Camp's 1932 A–D letters and Warner's 1935 alphabet bra; sizing systems differ by country and fitting accuracy is contested.
Bracelet
Bracelet: ornamental band, chain, or rigid ring worn on the wrist; also called bangle (closed rigid circle), cuff (open rigid band), or chain. Defined by construction, sizing, and ancient origins from Varna gold to Egyptian flint bangles.
Brad Leone
Brad Leone (born 1985) is an American chef and YouTube personality, former Bon Appétit test kitchen manager and host of the fermentation series It's Alive, now running his own channel, Makin' It! and Local Legends, and author of Field Notes for Food Adventure.
Braid
Braid: a narrow textile structure made by diagonally interlacing three or more strands of thread, wire, or fiber. One thread system unlike weaving; used for ropes, kumihimo cords, and composite reinforcement.
Braising
Braising (French braiser, from "ember") is a combination cooking method: sear food, then cook it covered in a small amount of liquid, partway up the food, until collagen converts to gelatin and tough cuts turn fork-tender.
Brande Roderick
Brande Roderick (Brande Nicole Roderick) is an American actress, model, and director born 1974 in Novato, California; Playboy Playmate of the Year 2001 and Leigh Dyer on Baywatch 2000-2001, later a Celebrity Apprentice contestant and director of Wineville (2024).
Brandy
Brandy, from Dutch brandewijn (burned wine), is a spirit distilled from fermented fruit juice or wine, most often grapes; includes Cognac, Armagnac, calvados, grappa, and pisco, with legal standards on distillation strength, aging, and bottling.
Brandy Alexander
Brandy Alexander: classic dessert cocktail of cognac, dark crème de cacao, and cream in equal parts, shaken and topped with grated nutmeg; brandy variant of the gin Alexander, an IBA Unforgettable.
Brandy Melville
Brandy Melville, Italian-founded teen fast fashion retailer run by CEO Stephan Marsan, sells most clothing in one XS/S size, markets only via Instagram, and faced the 2024 Brandy Hellville documentary and 2026 fitting-room closures.
Branston (brand)
Branston (brand) covers two unrelated British food brands: Branston Pickle, a sweet brown vegetable relish first made by Crosse & Blackwell in 1922, now owned by Mizkan Euro, and Branston Ltd, the Lincolnshire potato supplier founded in 1968.
Brass Monkey (cocktail)
Brass Monkey cocktail: an American drink of dark rum, vodka, and orange juice, also a 1970s-80s Heublein premix and the Beastie Boys' 1986 Licensed to Ill song subject; distinct from the malt-liquor-and-OJ version and the cold-weather slang.
Brasserie
Brasserie: French word literally meaning brewery; since the 19th century also a large café-restaurant with continuous service, broad menu, and Art deco decor, born from Alsatian breweries in Paris.
Brasserie Les Halles
Brasserie Les Halles, a French brasserie at 411 Park Avenue South, Manhattan, founded 1990 by Jose de Meirelles, Philippe Lajaunie, and Jean-Michel Diot; Anthony Bourdain was executive chef from 1998 and wrote Kitchen Confidential there; Park Avenue location closed 2016, last location 2017, site reopened as La Brasserie in 2022.
Bratwurst
Bratwurst (German: Bratwurst) is a fresh German sausage of ground pork and veal with marjoram, grilled or fried. Nearly 50 regional varieties; earliest German record 1404 in Arnstadt; Nürnberger type is EU-protected.
Braunschweiger (sausage)
Braunschweiger: a German-origin sausage named for Braunschweig. In Germany a spreadable smoked Mettwurst, in Austria a Brühwurst called Dürre, and in the US a cooked smoked liver sausage with at least 30 percent liver.
Brazier
Brazier: a receptacle for holding burning coals, used for heating rooms or cooking, from French brasier (1680s); also a kitchen term for a wide shallow braising pan (rondeau).
Brazilian Carnival
Brazilian Carnival (Carnaval brasileiro), held 47 days before Easter each February–March, combines samba school parades in Rio and São Paulo with Salvador's trio elétrico street carnival and Pernambuco's frevo and maracatu traditions.
Brazilian cuisine
Brazilian cuisine: the cooking traditions of Brazil, formed from indigenous, African and Portuguese foodways. Not one cuisine but regional kitchens: feijoada in Rio, acarajé and dendê-oil moqueca in Bahia, churrasco and picanha in the South.
Bread and Roses
Bread and Roses, also called the Lawrence Textile Strike of 1912, was a nine-week IWW-led walkout of about 20,000 immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, triggered by a 32-cent pay cut; it won a 15 percent raise and overtime pay.
Bread pudding
Bread pudding: a baked dish of bread soaked in egg, milk, and sugar custard, dating to 11th-century England as 'poor man's pudding'. Also called bread and butter pudding in Britain, with regional forms like capirotada, Wet Nelly, and pudín de pan.
Bread roll
Bread roll: small round or oblong yeast-dough bread, also called bun, bap, cob, barm, or teacake in Britain. Needs strong flour and careful shaping; faster to prove and bake than a loaf.
Breadfruit flour
Breadfruit flour, milled from dried Artocarpus altilis fruit flesh, is a gluten-free wheat flour substitute; FDA issued a no-questions GRAS letter (GRN 596) in February 2016.
Breakfast
Breakfast, the first meal of the day breaking the overnight fast, also called morning meal; defined as within 2-3 h of waking. Historically a laborer's meal, now studied for nutrient intake, energy balance, and school programs.
Breakfast cereal
Breakfast cereal: processed-grain breakfast food, hot (oatmeal) or ready-to-eat cold cereal; Battle Creek origins (Kellogg, Post), 12 manufacturing process categories, fortified, US market about $11 billion led by General Mills and WK Kellogg (Ferrero, 2025).
Breast binding
Breast (chest) binding compresses chest tissue for a flatter appearance, mainly via binders worn by transmasculine and nonbinary people. Key facts: 8-10 hour wear limits, documented risks (97.2% report some negative outcome) and mood benefits, and a history spanning China and West Africa.
Breastaurant
A breastaurant is a casual-dining restaurant featuring scantily-clad waitresses, the term being a blend of breast and restaurant and associated above all with Hooters, opened in Clearwater, Florida, in 1983.
Breeches
Breeches, also called knee breeches or britches, are men's bifurcated garments reaching the knee, standard male dress from the 16th to 18th centuries, replaced by trousers in the 1790s, surviving as riding breeches.
Breeching (boys)
Breeching, also called the breeching ceremony, was the European and American rite of passage in which a boy aged roughly two to eight exchanged infant dresses for his first breeches or trousers, marking entry into boyhood, from the sixteenth century until its decline by the 1920s.
Brennivín
Brennivín (Icelandic aquavit, nicknamed Svarti dauði or Black Death) is Iceland's signature caraway-flavored spirit, introduced by the state monopoly in 1935 after prohibition on spirits ended, bottled at 40% ABV, and now produced by Kveldúlfur Distillery under Ölgerðin.