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Chhau masks
Chhau masks (Bengali: ছৌ মুখোশ) are the large ornate masks worn in Purulia and Seraikella Chhau dance of eastern India, made chiefly by Sutradhar artisans of Charida village, West Bengal.
Chi-Chi's
Chi-Chi's, American Tex-Mex restaurant chain founded 1975 by Marno McDermott and Max McGee in Minnesota; peaked at 200+ locations, collapsed in 2003 bankruptcy after the largest US hepatitis A outbreak, revived by Michael McDermott in 2025.
Chia Pet
Chia Pet, a Joseph Enterprises terracotta novelty planter coated with Salvia hispanica seeds that sprout as fur; relaunched 1982 by Joseph Pedott with the Ch-ch-ch-chia jingle.
Chianti
Chianti, Tuscan red wine DOCG based on Sangiovese; distinct from Chianti Classico DOCG, the historic 7-municipality zone with the Gallo Nero mark, 80-100% Sangiovese, and Annata, Riserva, and Gran Selezione tiers.
Chiara Ferragni
Chiara Ferragni (born 1987, Cremona) is an Italian fashion influencer and entrepreneur who founded The Blonde Salad blog in 2009 and the Chiara Ferragni Brand; subject of a Harvard case study, fined over the Balocco pandoro charity campaign in 2023 and cleared of aggravated fraud in 2026.
Chicago-style hot dog
Chicago-style hot dog: an all-beef frankfurter on a steamed poppy seed bun with yellow mustard, neon relish, onion, tomato, pickle spear, sport peppers, and celery salt, never ketchup; traced to Vienna Beef at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and fixed as a style between 1920 and 1950.
Chicago-style pizza
Chicago-style pizza is the family of pizzas created in Chicago, led by deep dish, invented around 1943 at Pizzeria Uno with reversed layering, plus stuffed, pan, and tavern-style thin crust.
Chicha
Chicha: fermented Latin American beverage from maize, cassava, or fruits; Quechua aqa, word documented in Spanish since 1521; central to Andean ritual, Wari state brewing, and Inca ceremony.
Chicharrón
Chicharrón: fried pork skin or pork fried in its own fat, a staple across Spain, Latin America, and the Philippines; distinct from US pork rinds, with regional forms like torrezno de Soria, llardons, and Mexican chicharrón prensado.
Chick-fil-A
Chick-fil-A is an American fast-food chicken sandwich chain founded by S. Truett Cathy, who opened the Dwarf Grill in Hapeville, Georgia in 1946; the sandwich was perfected in 1964, the first Chick-fil-A opened in Greenbriar Mall in 1967, and all locations close on Sundays.
Chicken à la King
Chicken à la King is an American dish of diced chicken in cream sauce with mushrooms, pimientos, and peppers, served on toast or pastry. Its origin is contested: Brighton Beach Hotel's chef George Greenwald, the Keene family, and cook William King are all credited.
Chicken and waffles
Chicken and waffles, an American dish with two lineages: Pennsylvania Dutch stewed chicken and gravy over a plain waffle from the 1600s, and the Harlem soul food fried chicken with sweet waffle popularized by Wells Supper Club in 1938 and Roscoe's in Los Angeles in 1975.
Chicken as food
Chicken as food: meat of the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus), the world's most consumed poultry. Over 33 billion birds (2020), 30% of global meat consumption, 165 °F safe cooking temperature, cheapest livestock meat.
Chicken curry
Chicken curry: chicken simmered in a spiced sauce; term coined by East India Company men for saucy Indian dishes; reached Japan via the Royal Navy in the 1870s; USDA 260 kcal per cup.
Chicken feet
Chicken feet (凤爪, fengzhao; phoenix claws) are poultry feet eaten for their gelatinous collagen texture, central to Cantonese dim sum, Korean dakbal, and South African walkie talkies, and a major chicken-paw export trade to China.
Chicken Kiev (Котлета по-киевски)
Chicken Kiev (котлета по-київськи, kotleta po-kyivsky) is a breaded chicken cutlet stuffed with herb butter, claimed by Ukrainian and Russian cuisine with disputed French, St Petersburg, and Kyiv origins; first printed 1913-1914, revived by Intourist in 1947, a Marks & Spencer ready meal from 1979.
Chicken McNuggets
Chicken McNuggets are McDonald's battered, twice-fried white-meat chicken pieces, developed by chef René Arend from Robert C. Baker's Cornell work and launched nationwide in 1983; US versions use no artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives.
Chicken nugget
Chicken nugget: a small breaded, fried or baked piece of chicken, also called a nuggie. Invented by Robert C. Baker at Cornell in 1963; McDonald's McNugget debuted nationwide in 1983; fat 10.9-22.7 g/100 g.
Chicken paprikash
Chicken paprikash (paprikás csirke) is a Hungarian chicken stew in an onion-paprika sauce finished with sour cream, served with nokedli dumplings; distinct from goulash, which never contains sour cream.
Chicken soup
Chicken soup (鸡汤) is a broth-based soup of simmered chicken, known as "Jewish penicillin" and a global cold remedy; endorsed by Avicenna and Maimonides, it relieves cold symptoms briefly but does not cure illness.
Chicken tikka masala
Chicken tikka masala is a British curry of tandoor-roasted marinated chicken in a spiced tomato-cream sauce, created in Britain's South Asian restaurants; origin is contested between Glasgow's Shish Mahal chef Ali Ahmed Aslam and Indian precursors like butter chicken.
Chickpea protein
Chickpea protein, from Cicer arietinum seeds (18-29% protein), is prepared as flour, concentrates, and isolates by dry or wet extraction. Tate & Lyle's chickpea protein concentrate received an FDA no-questions GRAS letter (GRN 1098, August 2023) for use levels up to 90% in specified foods.
Chiclets
Chiclets is a candy-coated chewing gum brand of small square pieces, named after chicle tree sap. Introduced by Fleer in 1904, it passed from American Chicle to Perfetti Van Melle in 2023; US production ended in 2016.
Chidimma Adetshina
Chidimma Vanessa Onwe Adetshina, Nigerian-South African law student and beauty queen; Miss Universe Nigeria 2024 winner, first runner-up at Miss Universe 2024 and Miss Universe Africa and Oceania after withdrawing from Miss South Africa 2024 in a citizenship dispute.
Chief's blanket
A chief's blanket is a finely woven wearing blanket made by Diné (Navajo) weavers of the Southwestern United States, woven wider than long and worn wrapped around the shoulders.
Chiffon (fabric)
Chiffon (fabric): a sheer, lightweight plain-weave cloth woven from fine, highly twisted alternating S- and Z-twist yarns, 30-60 g/m2, originally French silk, now mostly polyester, used for gowns, scarves, and dupattas.
Chiffon cake
Chiffon cake, an American oil-based foam cake invented by Harry Baker in the 1920s and released by General Mills in 1948 as "the first new cake in 100 years," combines whipped egg whites, baking powder, oil, and egg yolks for a tall, moist crumb.
Chikankari
Chikankari (चिकनकारी) is a delicate hand embroidery from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, begun as white-on-white work on muslin and now worked in many colors on chiffon, muslin, and silk.
Chilaquiles
Chilaquiles: Mexican dish of fried corn tortilla pieces cooked in red or green chile salsa, garnished with onion, cheese, and cream; Nahuatl name, 1831 and 1845 printed recipes, hangover-food reputation.
Child beauty pageant
Child beauty pageant: a beauty contest for child contestants, mostly girls under eight, judged on appearance and personality. US-based, unregulated, about 250,000 entrants yearly; criticized for sexualization, banned for under-13s in France since 2014.