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Ceviche
Ceviche (cebiche, seviche) is a Latin American cold dish of raw fish or shellfish cured in citrus with chili, salt, and onion; Peru's version won UNESCO intangible heritage status in 2023, while Ecuador maintains an independent tomato-juice tradition.
CGIAR
CGIAR, formerly the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, is a global agricultural research partnership founded in 1971 by the World Bank, FAO, and UNDP, coordinating research centers, a multi-donor trust fund, and a 2025-30 portfolio of science programs.
Cha chaan teng (茶餐厅)
The cha chaan teng (茶餐厅, tea restaurant) is a Hong Kong restaurant type from the 1940s and 1950s combining fast service with a menu of Chinese and Western dishes.
Chaat (चाट)
Chaat (चाट, Urdu چاٹ) is a family of savory South Asian street snacks, sold by vendors across India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, blending sweet, sour, spicy, and tangy flavors.
Chablis (AOC)
Chablis (AOC), Chablis wine: northern Burgundy appellation for still white wine made only from Chardonnay on Kimmeridgian soils, with four tiers (Petit Chablis to Grand Cru), 47 label climats, and 60% exports.
Chador (چادر)
Chador (چادر), also chadar: the semicircular, sleeveless full-body cloak worn over the head by Iranian women, open at the front and held closed by hand; distinct from the maghna'eh and abaya, banned 1936, compulsory after 1979.
Chaharshanbe Suri (چهارشنبهسوری)
Chaharshanbe Suri (چهارشنبهسوری) is an Iranian fire festival held on the eve of the last Wednesday before Nowruz, centered on jumping over bonfires while chanting.
Chain stitch
The chain stitch, also known as the tambour stitch or point de chainette, is an embroidery stitch producing interlocking loops like a chain, worked since Tutankhamun's tomb textiles.
Chaleo Yoovidhya
Chaleo Yoovidhya was a Thai businessman who created the energy drink Krating Daeng in 1976 and in 1984 partnered with Dietrich Mateschitz to found Red Bull GmbH.
Chalerm Yoovidhya
Chalerm Yoovidhya (เฉลิม อยู่วิทยา), Thai businessman born 1950, eldest son of Red Bull co-founder Chaleo Yoovidhya; head of the family holding 51% of Red Bull GmbH, founder of Siam Winery, Thailand's richest per Forbes, and transferred his 2% stake to a Geneva trust in 2025.
Challah
Challah (חלה) is the braided, egg-enriched ceremonial bread of Shabbat and Jewish holidays, served as two loaves recalling double manna; the name also denotes the dough portion separated as a biblical offering, adopted from South German Sabbath bread in the Middle Ages.
Chambord (liqueur)
Chambord (Chambord Liqueur Royale de France) is a French black raspberry liqueur, 16.5% ABV, launched 1982 in the Loire Valley, made from raspberries, blackberries, blackcurrants, vanilla, honey, and cognac, and owned by Brown-Forman since 2006.
Chambourcin
Chambourcin (Joannes Seyve 26-205) is a French-American hybrid red wine grape released in 1963, grown in France and the eastern US, with mildew resistance loci Rpv3/Ren but cold-tender buds and black rot susceptibility.
Chamois leather
Chamois leather (セーム革) is soft, highly absorbent leather made from sheepskin flesh splits tanned by oxidation of marine (cod) oils, originally from Alpine chamois skin; used for drying, polishing, and filtration, defined by BS 6715 and US CS 99-1970.
Chamoy (sauce)
Chamoy is a Mexican sweet-sour-salty-spicy condiment made from pickled or dehydrated apricot, mango, plum, or tamarind with chile, salt, sugar, and vinegar, derived from Asian salted-plum preserves (umeboshi, Cantonese see-moy) and used on fruit, candy, drinks, and chamoyadas.
Champagne
Champagne: sparkling wine from the delimited Champagne AOC region of northeastern France, made by the bottle-fermented méthode traditionnelle from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Meunier; AOC since 1936, UNESCO-listed 2015, with 17 Grand Cru villages and a protected name.
Champion (sportswear)
Champion (sportswear): American athleticwear brand founded 1919 in Rochester, New York, as Knickerbocker Knitting Mills by the Feinbloom family; inventor of the hooded sweatshirt and Reverse Weave; NBA outfitter 1989-2001; owned by Authentic Brands Group since 2024.
Champurrado
Champurrado, also called atole de chocolate, is a Mexican hot drink: chocolate-flavored atole thickened with nixtamalized corn masa, sweetened with piloncillo, and whisked with a molinillo, served with tamales at posadas and Día de los Muertos.
Chanderi sari
The Chanderi saree is a sheer, lightweight handwoven saree from Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh, India, woven with silk warp, cotton weft, and gold or silver zari.
Chanel Iman
Chanel Iman Robinson, American supermodel (born Atlanta, raised Los Angeles) distinct from the Somali supermodel Iman; signed at 12, Vogue May 2007 cover, Victoria's Secret Angel, walked Dior, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, acted in Dope (2015).
Chantilly lace
Chantilly lace is a French bobbin lace from the town of Chantilly, typically black silk with a fine hexagonal ground, outlined floral motifs, and half-stitch fillings; it peaked in the 19th century before machine imitations.
Chapati (चपाती)
Chapati (चपाती), also called roti or phulka, is an unleavened whole-wheat flatbread cooked on a tawa and puffed over flame; a staple of South Asia providing about 300 kcal per 100 g.
Char siu (叉烧)
Char siu (叉烧) is Cantonese fork-roasted, honey-glazed barbecued pork, a siu mei staple developed from the older 'insert-roast' (插烧) technique. Known for shoulder-meat cuts, sweet marinade, char siu rice, and char siu bao dim sum.
Charcuterie
Charcuterie (from French chair, cuit, "cooked flesh") is the craft and trade of prepared pork products: hams, sausages, pâtés, rillettes. Covers French product categories, curing-fermentation-drying safety hurdles, and the modern board trend.
Chardonnay
Chardonnay, white wine grape of Burgundy and Champagne, a natural Pinot × Gouais blanc cross per 1999 DNA analysis; fifth most planted wine grape worldwide, ~210,000 ha in 2017, known for malolactic buttery style and Chablis-to-oaked range.
Charivari
Charivari, called rough music in English, is a European folk custom in which communities staged noisy mock serenades, banging pots and pans, to shame people over marriages deemed improper.
Charles & Keith
Charles & Keith, Singapore fashion label founded 1996 by Charles and Keith Wong, sells affordable women's shoes, bags, and accessories; nearly 700 stores in over 30 countries, Wong-family owned, sister brand Pedro.
Charles Domery
Charles Domery (Charles Domerz), c. 1778–after 1800, Polish soldier in the Prussian and French armies, captured on the Hoche in 1799 and interned at Liverpool, famous for eating 16 lbs of food daily, cats, rats, and candles.
Charles Frederick Worth
Charles Frederick Worth (1825–1895), English-born Parisian couturier, founder of the House of Worth at 7 rue de la Paix (1858), dressmaker to Empress Eugénie, credited as father of haute couture.
Charles Loloma
Charles Loloma (1921–1991) was a Hopi artist from Hotevilla, Arizona, considered the most influential Native American jeweler of the twentieth century, known for gold and varied stones.