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Charles Louis Fleischmann
Charles Louis Fleischmann (1834 or 1835–1897), Hungarian-American yeast manufacturer, founded Fleischmann Yeast Company in Cincinnati in 1868 with brother Maximilian and James Gaff, introduced compressed yeast to America, promoted it at the 1876 Centennial Exposition, and built the world's largest yeast plant in Peekskill.
Charles Shaw wine
Charles Shaw wine, or Two Buck Chuck, is Bronco Wine Company's budget varietal line sold only at Trader Joe's since 2002, launched at $1.99, reaching one billion bottles by 2016.
Charles Tyrwhitt
Charles Tyrwhitt, also known as CT Shirts, is a British menswear retailer founded in 1986 by Nicholas Wheeler as a mail-order shirt business, now selling through stores in the UK, the US, and France.
Charlie Trotter
Charlie Trotter (1959–2013) was a self-taught American chef whose Chicago restaurant Charlie Trotter's (1987–2012) pioneered tasting menus, the first US vegetarian tasting menu, and trained chefs like Grant Achatz.
Charlotte (cake)
Charlotte (cake): a molded dessert lined with ladyfingers, sponge cake, or buttered bread. First printed 1796 as baked apple charlotte; Carême's cold Bavarian-cream version became the Charlotte Russe.
Charlotte McKinney
Charlotte McKinney, American model and actress from Orlando, Florida; rose to fame in the Carl's Jr. 'Au Naturel' Super Bowl XLIX ad (February 1, 2015). Film credits include Baywatch, Flatliners, and Fantasy Island; later a stand-up comedian.
Charlotte Ronson
Charlotte Ronson (born c. 1977) is a London-born, New York-based fashion designer, twin sister of DJ Samantha Ronson and sister of Mark Ronson. She founded C. Ronson in 2000, relaunched it as Charlotte Ronson with Sanei International in 2005, and created the I Heart Ronson line for JCPenney.
Charoen Pokphand (เจริญโภคภัณฑ์)
Charoen Pokphand (เจริญโภคภัณฑ์), CP Group, a Thai conglomerate founded 1921 as a Bangkok seed shop by the Chia family, grown into eight business lines in over 21 countries, spanning agro-industry (CPF), 7-Eleven, Makro, Lotus's, and True Corporation.
Chartreuse (liqueur)
Chartreuse, French herbal liqueur of Carthusian monks, 130-plant secret recipe, green 55% and yellow 40% ABV, made since 1764 elixir and 1840 liqueurs, capped production 2021.
Chartreuse swizzle
Chartreuse swizzle: IBA official cocktail of green Chartreuse, pineapple and lime juice, and falernum, swizzled over crushed ice with mint and nutmeg. Created by Marcovaldo Dionysos in San Francisco for a 2003 Chartreuse competition; a tropical rework of the Rum Swizzle.
Chasing (metalworking)
Chasing is a metalworking technique that uses small hardened steel punches and light hammer blows to create relief and fine detail by displacing rather than removing metal.
Chastity belt
Chastity belt: a locking genital-enclosure device famous as a supposed medieval instrument. Historians including Albrecht Classen show no medieval evidence exists; surviving examples are 18th-19th-century fakes and jokes; modern consensual BDSM devices are a separate category.
Château Cheval Blanc
Château Cheval Blanc, Saint-Émilion Bordeaux estate on the Pomerol border, famed for a Cabernet Franc-led red on gravel-clay soils; Premier Grand Cru Classé A from 1955 until its 2021 withdrawal, owned by Arnault and Frère since 1998.
Château d'Yquem
Château d'Yquem, Sauternes estate in Bordeaux, France; sole Premier Cru Supérieur of the 1855 classification; LVMH majority owner since 1999; sweet botrytised wine from Sémillon and Sauvignon Blanc.
Château Lafite Rothschild
Château Lafite Rothschild is a Pauillac first growth Bordeaux estate, ranked Premier Grand Cru Classé in 1855 and owned by the Rothschild family since Baron James bought it in 1868; its 112-hectare vineyard produces the Grand Vin and second wine Carruades de Lafite.
Château Latour
Château Latour, Pauillac first growth in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification, a 96.5-hectare Pinault-owned estate near the Gironde; Cabernet-dominant Grand Vin, Les Forts de Latour, and Pauillac de Latour, released only when ready, not en primeur.
Château Margaux
Château Margaux is a wine estate in the Margaux appellation of the Médoc, France, whose red grand vin has held First Growth status since the 1855 Bordeaux Classification.
Chateau Montelena
Chateau Montelena, a Calistoga winery at the northern end of Napa Valley founded in 1882 by Alfred Tubbs and revived by Jim Barrett in 1972, won the 1976 Judgment of Paris with its 1973 Mike Grgich Chardonnay; known for Estate Cabernet Sauvignon and no-malolactic Chardonnay.
Château Mouton Rothschild
Château Mouton Rothschild is a First Growth wine estate at Pauillac in the Médoc, near Bordeaux, bought by Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild in 1853 as Château Brane-Mouton.
Château Pétrus
Pétrus (Château Pétrus) is a Pomerol, Bordeaux estate of about 11.5 hectares producing 100% Merlot on blue smectite clay; no château building, no classification, Moueix family 80% and Santo Domingo 20% since 2018, among the world's most expensive wines.
Chateaubriand (dish)
Chateaubriand: a thick center-cut beef tenderloin steak or roast, named for French writer François-René de Chateaubriand and credited to his chef Montmireil, served with béarnaise or chateaubriand sauce and château potatoes.
Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC
Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC, first French wine appellation (decree 15 May 1936), a 3,150-hectare southern Rhône appellation across five communes, producing Grenache-based reds (93%) and whites (7%) from 13 permitted grape varieties.
Chatime (日出茶太)
Chatime (日出茶太) is a Taiwanese bubble tea franchise founded in 2005 under La Kaffa International, known for pearl milk tea, with 1,400-plus stores in over 63 countries and a 2024 Gen Z-focused "Cups of Joy" rebrand.
Check (pattern)
Check (pattern): a textile grid of symmetrical crossing warp and weft stripes in two or three colors, distinct from plaid and tartan. Variants include gingham, windowpane, Tattersall, houndstooth, and buffalo check.
Cheddar cheese
Cheddar cheese: hard cow's-milk cheese from Cheddar, Somerset, made by cheddaring (stacking and turning curd); ripened via glycolysis, lipolysis, proteolysis; West Country Farmhouse Cheddar holds a PDO.
Cheerwine
Cheerwine is a cherry-flavored, non-alcoholic soft drink created in 1917 in Salisbury, North Carolina, by L.D. Peeler. A wild cherry soda, not a cola, it remains family-owned by Carolina Beverage Corporation and is famous as a barbecue pairing.
Cheese
Cheese, or natural cheese, is coagulated milk curd drained of whey and often ripened. Covers acid vs rennet coagulation, ripening microbiology (Swiss eyes, Camembert), classification, nutrition, and legal naming standards.
Cheese curd
Cheese curd, also called squeaky cheese, is fresh unpressed cheddar taken from the vat before aging; its casein-calcium protein mesh squeaks against teeth, a freshness marker fading within 24-72 hours.
Cheese fries
Cheese fries, also called cheesy chips in the UK, are French fries topped with melted American or cheddar cheese or cheese sauce. Linked to 1950s US snack bars; distinct from poutine's curds and gravy.
Cheese sandwich
Cheese sandwich: cheese between slices of bread, also called cheese toastie or, when heated, grilled cheese. Made with semi-hard cheeses like Cheddar; a Dutch daily staple and British lunchtime standard.