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Bresaola
Bresaola, or Bresaola della Valtellina IGP, is salt-cured, air-dried lean beef from Valtellina, Lombardy, protected since 1996, made only in Sondrio province, very high protein, low fat, high sodium, eaten raw in thin slices.
BrewDog
BrewDog: Scottish craft beer brand founded 2007 in Fraserburgh by James Watt and Martin Dickie; funded by Equity for Punks crowdfunding (over 200,000 investors, £75m), once valued around £1-2bn, sold to Tilray Brands in 2026 for £33m.
Brewers Association
The Brewers Association is a Boulder, Colorado trade association, formed by merger in 2005, that promotes and protects small and independent American craft brewers and runs the Great American Beer Festival.
Brewery
Brewery: a facility producing beer, from industrial plants to craft microbreweries. Covers the brewing process (mashing, boiling, fermenting), industrial versus craft brewing, history from 18th-century London to Prohibition, and the 2024-2025 U.S. craft contraction.
Brewing
Brewing is the production of beer from malted barley, hops, yeast, and water via mashing, boiling, fermentation, and maturation. Covers ale versus lager yeast, Neolithic origins, and current US, EU, and global industry volumes.
Breyers
Breyers is an American ice cream brand founded in Philadelphia in 1866 by William A. Breyer, known for Natural Vanilla and black-and-white tubs and now owned by The Magnum Ice Cream Company.
Brie
Brie: French soft cow's-milk cheese with a bloomy white rind from the Brie region near Paris; Brie de Meaux and Brie de Melun hold AOC (1980) and PDO protection, made from raw milk with at least 45% fat in dry matter.
Briefs
Briefs: close-fitting, legless underpants invented as Jockey shorts by Arthur Kneibler of Cooper's Inc., first sold 19 January 1935 in Chicago; ancestors of trunks and boxer briefs, distinguished by maximum support and no thigh coverage.
Brier Hill–style pizza
Brier Hill–style pizza, also called Brier Hill pizza, is a Youngstown, Ohio regional pizza with thick breadlike crust, thick tomato sauce, bell peppers, and Romano instead of mozzarella, created by Basilicata immigrants and named via St. Anthony parish fundraisers.
Brigandine
Brigandine: European torso armor of small metal plates riveted inside a fabric or leather cover, also called brigantine or corazzina; used from the mid-14th to early 17th century, derived from the coat of plates.
Brining
Brining is the process of soaking food in a strong saltwater solution so the tissue absorbs salt, which preserves and seasons the food; sugar may be added.
Brinker International
Brinker International is a Dallas-based casual dining restaurant company that owns, operates, and franchises the Chili's Grill & Bar and Maggiano's Little Italy brands, tracing its origins to the first Chili's, founded in 1975.
Brioche
Brioche: French viennoiserie, a yeast-leavened enriched bread with high butter and egg content, soft stringy crumb. Word attested 15th century (1404); Cotgrave 1611; earliest recipe 1742; includes Brioche vendéenne PGI.
Brisket
Brisket is the beef cut from the breast or lower chest, two pectoral muscles (flat and point) per animal. Cooked low and slow for Texas barbecue, braised for Jewish holidays, or cured as corned beef; collagen converts to gelatin at 185-195°F.
Britannia Industries
Britannia Industries Limited, founded 1892 in Kolkata, is a Wadia Group Indian FMCG food company selling biscuits, bread, cakes, rusk, and dairy in over 80 countries, with over one-third of the Indian biscuit market.
British Chinese cuisine
British Chinese cuisine is the adapted Chinese cooking of the United Kingdom, served chiefly in takeaways and rooted in Cantonese dishes like chicken balls and chips with curry sauce.
British country clothing
British country clothing: rural sportswear for shooting, stalking, and country pursuits built on tweed, waxed cotton, moleskin, and corduroy rather than synthetics; includes Barbour wax jackets, estate tweeds, flat caps, and wellington boots.
British cuisine
British cuisine: the cooking traditions of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, also called UK or British food. Regional dishes, Victorian decline, wartime rationing, curry adoption, and the 1970s invention of a national cuisine distinguish it.
British Guiana 1c magenta
British Guiana 1c magenta: unique 1856 one-cent provisional stamp of British Guiana (Guyana), printed by Baum and Dallas; the sole surviving copy, initialled EDW, is the world's rarest and most valuable stamp, last sold for $8.3 million in 2021.
British Home Stores
British Home Stores (BHS), British department store chain founded 1928 in Brixton, sold clothing and homeware; bought by Philip Green in 2000 for £200m, sold for £1 in 2015, collapsed into administration April 2016 with a £571m pension deficit.
Brocade
Brocade (Italian broccato, 'embossed cloth') is a richly decorative fabric woven with supplementary, non-structural wefts, often silk with gold or silver thread; continuous or discontinuous, on draw or jacquard looms.
Broccoli haircut
Broccoli haircut, also called Zoomer perm or bussin cut: textured fringe cut with curly, often permed top and faded sides, a Gen Z teen boys' trend spread via K-pop and TikTok from 2020.
Brogue shoe
Brogue shoe: a leather shoe defined by broguing, decorative punched perforations and pinking, from Gaelic bróg. Originated in Ireland and Scotland as water-draining outdoor footwear; types include quarter, semi, full (wingtip), and longwing brogues.
Brominated vegetable oil
Brominated vegetable oil (BVO, INS 443) is bromine-modified vegetable oil once used at up to 15 ppm to stabilize citrus flavoring in beverages; the FDA revoked its food additive authorization in 2024 over thyroid safety findings.
Bronfman family
The Bronfman family: Bessarabian Jewish immigrants who arrived in Canada in 1889 and built Seagram, once the world's largest distilling firm; sold to Vivendi in 2000, with brands absorbed by Pernod Ricard and Diageo.
Brook Lee
Brook Antoinette Mahealani Lee, Miss USA 1997 and Miss Universe 1997 from Pearl City, Hawaii; the only native Hawaiian to win both titles, later a TV host.
Brooke Williamson
Brooke Williamson, American chef and restaurateur from Los Angeles, Top Chef season 14 winner and first Tournament of Champions champion, co-owner of Playa Provisions and author of Sun-Kissed Cooking.
Brooklyn Decker
Brooklyn Decker (Brooklyn Danielle Decker, born 1987) is an American model and actress, 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover model, star of Just Go With It, Battleship, and Netflix's Grace and Frankie, married to Andy Roddick.
Brothel creeper
Brothel creepers, also called creepers or beetle crushers, are suede shoes with thick crepe soles from WWII desert boots, adopted by Teddy Boys, revived by McLaren and Westwood's punk-era SEX shop, and still made by George Cox.
Brown bread
Brown bread: bread darker than white bread, made with whole wheat or rye flour, or sometimes just colored. Covers definitions, Boston and Irish brown bread, history, and nutrition versus white bread.