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Cassata
Cassata, or cassata siciliana, is Sicily's layered Easter cake of liqueur-soaked sponge, sweetened sheep's-milk ricotta with chocolate, green marzipan, white glaze, and candied fruit; modern form codified by Salvatore Gulì in 1873; name from Arabic qas'at or Latin caseus.
Cassock
Cassock, also called soutane (French), is the ankle-length clerical robe of Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican clergy, derived from the late Roman tunic, cut in Roman, Anglican, Jesuit, and cassock-alb styles, and colored by rank.
Cassoulet
Cassoulet is a slow-baked French bean casserole from the Languedoc with pork, mutton, sausage, and duck or goose confit; Castelnaudary, Carcassonne, and Toulouse each claim the authentic version.
Cast-iron cookware
Cast-iron cookware: solid cast iron skillets, Dutch ovens, and griddles, also called bare or enameled cast iron. Seasoned non-stick surface, high heat retention, induction and oven safe, adds dietary iron, needs hand care.
Castella (カステラ)
Castella (カステラ, kasutera) is a Japanese sponge cake of Portuguese origin, from pão de Castela, introduced via Nagasaki in the 16th century; made with eggs, sugar, flour and mizuame, no butter, with a crunchy zarame-sugar bottom.
Castlemaine Perkins
Castlemaine Perkins, Brisbane brewery at Milton founded 1878 by the Fitzgerald brothers, brewer of XXXX beer; XXXX Bitter launched 1924, merged with Perkins 1928, now owned by Lion/Kirin.
Casu martzu
Casu martzu (casu marzu), also called casu modde or casu fràzigu, is a Sardinian sheep milk cheese ripened by live Piophila casei larvae. Banned from EU sale since 2002, it remains a traditional PAT-listed Sardinian delicacy.
Casual wear
Casual wear is informal, comfort-focused clothing (jeans, T-shirts, sportswear) in cotton, denim, or jersey. Rooted in American sportswear of the 1910s–20s and casual Friday, it now dominates U.S. workplace dress and a large apparel market.
Cat café
Cat café: a business where visitors pay to spend time with cats. Began with Taipei's Cat Flower Garden (1998), boomed in Osaka and Tokyo, reached the US in 2014 (Cat Town, Meow Parlour). Adoption-linked, health-code constrained, and debated on cat welfare grounds.
Cat Cora
Cat Cora (born 1967), Greek American chef from Jackson, Mississippi, CIA class of 1995, first female Iron Chef on Iron Chef America (2005); founder of Chefs for Humanity, 18+ restaurants.
Cat lady
Cat lady: colloquial stereotype of a single, often older woman devoted to many cats, pejorative as "crazy cat lady". Roots in witchcraft trials, Georgian cartoons, and 1872 press; reclaimed since the 2010s by owners and celebrities like Taylor Swift.
Catalan cuisine
Catalan cuisine (cuina catalana) is the cooking of Catalonia, Spain, documented since the 1324 Llibre de Sent Soví, with dishes like pa amb tomàquet and crema catalana and a modern avant-garde restaurant movement led by Ferran Adrià.
Catalina Duque
Catalina Duque, or Catalina Duque Abréu, is a Colombian model and beauty queen from Medellín who won Señorita Colombia 2024 and was crowned Miss International 2025.
Catawba Valley Pottery
Catawba Valley pottery: alkaline-glazed stoneware tradition of Catawba and Lincoln Counties, North Carolina, made by German-descended families in groundhog kilns; revived by Burlon Craig and continued by potters such as Kim Ellington and Charlie Lisk.
Catering
Catering, also called catering service, is the business of providing prepared food, beverages, and often service staff for events, institutions, and workplaces at a location chosen by the client.
Cath Kidston
Cath Kidston, born Catherine Isabel Audrey Kidston in 1958, is an English fashion designer and author whose floral-print lifestyle brand, founded in 1993, was sold to Next in 2023.
Catriona Gray
Catriona Elisa Magnayon Gray, Filipino-Australian model and singer born 1994 in Cairns, Australia, won Miss Universe 2018 in Bangkok as the fourth Filipina titleholder, after Miss World Philippines 2016 and Bb. Pilipinas Universe 2018, and advocates education via Young Focus.
Cauldron
Cauldron (also caldron): a large deep round pot for cooking over an open fire, usually metal, often three-legged or hung from a tripod. Distinct from the flat-bottomed Dutch oven; documented from Minoan Crete and Bronze Age Europe onward.
Cava (Spanish wine)
Cava is a Spanish sparkling wine made by the traditional method, first bottled in 1872 and produced mainly in Catalonia from the grapes Macabeo, Xarel·lo, and Parellada.
Cèilidh
Cèilidh (Irish céilí), pronounced kay-lee, is a Scottish and Irish informal social gathering with folk music, singing, dancing, and storytelling; from Old Irish céilide 'visit', it now commonly means a participatory traditional dance event with sets of eight.
Celadon
Celadon (青瓷, qingci; seiji in Japanese): green-glazed ceramics colored by iron oxide fired in a reduction atmosphere. Originated in Han-dynasty Zhejiang, China; Korea's Goryeo dynasty developed kingfisher-green glazes and sanggam inlay; Longquan celadon is UNESCO-listed.
Celebrity chef
Celebrity chef: a chef famous through media such as television, cookbooks, and social media whose fame shapes culinary culture and consumer behavior; traces to Carême in the late 1700s, accelerated by the 1993 Food Network launch.
Celine (brand)
Celine (formerly Céline) is a French luxury fashion house founded in Paris in 1945 by Céline Vipiana as a children's shoe business, now LVMH-owned, led creatively by Michael Rider since January 2025 and known for the Triomphe bag and quiet-luxury style.
Cendol
Cendol (chendol, dawet, lod chong) is a Southeast Asian iced dessert of green pandan starch jelly strands with coconut milk and palm sugar, documented in Dutch East Indies records from 1859 and 1866 and a Malaysian heritage food.
Century egg (皮蛋)
Century egg (皮蛋, pidan), also called thousand-year or preserved egg, is a Chinese duck, chicken, or quail egg cured in alkaline lime, ash, salt, and clay for weeks to months, yielding dark brown gel white and green-black yolk.
Ceramic art
Ceramic art (陶艺) is artistic work in fired clay, from pottery and porcelain vessels to sculptural and conceptual pieces. Distinguished by glaze chemistry, kiln firing at 700–1350°C, Chinese porcelain priority, and the 1980s modern taoyi movement.
Cervecería Bucanero
Cervecería Bucanero is a Cuban brewery founded in 1997, owned equally by Ambev's Canadian subsidiary and a Cuban state company, and makes Cristal and Bucanero beers.
Cerveza Cristal
Cerveza Cristal is a Peruvian pale lager beer, 4.8% alcohol by volume, brewed since 1922 by the Lima brewery Backus & Johnston and sold as Peru's leading beer brand.
Cesar Chavez Day
Cesar Chavez Day, observed March 31 for César Chávez's birthday, was a state holiday in several U.S. states and a 2014 federal proclamation; in 2026 abuse allegations led California, Colorado, and others to rename or repeal it.
Ćevapi
Ćevapi (ćevapčići), from Turkish kebap, are small skinless hand-formed Balkan grilled minced-meat rolls, typically beef or beef-lamb, served in somun flatbread with raw onion and kajmak; Sarajevo, Banja Luka, and Leskovac styles differ in meat, size, and shape.