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Eish baladi (عيش بلدي)
Eish baladi (عيش بلدي), Egyptian whole-wheat flatbread baked at high heat into a hollow pocket; Egypt's staple bread at about 70% of consumption, 248 kcal per 90 g loaf, and the backbone of the subsidized ration system.
Ekun iyawo
Ekun iyawo, meaning "bridal weeping" in Yoruba, is a form of Yoruba oral poetry in which a bride chants on the eve of her wedding as she prepares to leave her family home.
El Bulli
El Bulli was a restaurant at Cala Montjoi near Roses in Catalonia, Spain, where chef Ferran Adrià pioneered molecular gastronomy; three Michelin stars, world's best restaurant, closed in 2011.
El Celler de Can Roca
El Celler de Can Roca is a three-Michelin-star restaurant in Girona, Catalonia, Spain, opened in 1986 by the Roca brothers beside their parents' restaurant. It was named the world's best restaurant in 2013 and 2015.
Elaine Irwin
Elaine Irwin, American fashion model discovered in 1985 in Pennsylvania, Seventeen cover model, 1992 Harper's Bazaar supermodel group, married John Mellencamp 1992, returned to Ralph Lauren runways 2022-2024.
Elderflower cordial
Elderflower cordial (also elderflower syrup or squash) is a non-alcoholic sugar-syrup concentrate made from Sambucus nigra flowers with lemon and citric acid, diluted before drinking; distinct from alcoholic elderflower liqueur.
Eleanor Burns
Eleanor Burns (born 1945, Pennsylvania), founder of Quilt in a Day, American quilting teacher and author of the Log Cabin Pattern book (1978); known for strip piecing, PBS TV series since 1990, and 2012 Quilters Hall of Fame induction.
Electronic cigarette
Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette, vape, ENDS): battery-operated device heating a nicotine e-liquid into an inhaled aerosol. Invented by Hon Lik (2003) after Gilbert's 1963 patent; aids smoking cessation versus NRT but carries EVALI and youth-use risks.
Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann
Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann, also Elettra Wiedemann, born 1983 in New York, is an American model, food writer, and Mama Farm director; daughter of Isabella Rossellini, Lancôme spokesmodel from 2006, LSE biomedicine master's, founder of One Frickin Day.
Eleven Madison Park
Eleven Madison Park (EMP) is Daniel Humm's three-Michelin-star restaurant at 11 Madison Avenue, NYC; world's best restaurant 2017, fully vegan 2021–2025, reintroduced meat and fish October 2025.
Elevenses
Elevenses: British informal mid-morning break around 11 am with tea or coffee and a biscuit or snack. From dialectal 'elevens'; attested late 18th century; the Hobbits' second meal in Tolkien, unlike afternoon tea.
Eli Russell Linnetz
Eli Russell Linnetz (born 1990) is an American writer, director, and designer, founder of the Venice Beach label ERL (2018), Dior Men guest designer 2022, Karl Lagerfeld Prize winner, and Pitti Uomo 104 guest designer.
Elie Saab (ايلي صعب)
Elie Saab (ايلي صعب), born 1964 in Beirut, is a Lebanese fashion designer and founder of the ELIE SAAB haute couture house, famous for embellished red-carpet gowns, bridal wear, the 2002 Halle Berry Oscar dress, and the 2026 H&M collaboration.
Elite Model Management
Elite Model Management, founded in Paris in 1972 by John Casablancas, is an international modeling agency network behind Elite Model Look and the supermodel era, now part of Elite World Group with offices worldwide.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert (born 1969, Waterbury, Connecticut) is the American author of Eat, Pray, Love, Big Magic, The Signature of All Things, City of Girls, and the 2025 Oprah's Book Club memoir All the Way to the River, with over 25 million books sold.
Elle Evans
Elle Evans (Lindsey Gayle Evans, born 1989), American model and actress, Playboy Playmate October 2009, star of Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" video, ex-wife of Muse's Matt Bellamy; distinct from the pen name, brand, and athlete of the same name.
Elle Macpherson
Elle Macpherson (born Eleanor Gow, 1964) is an Australian supermodel nicknamed "The Body" by Time in 1986, a record five-time Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model, and founder of Elle Macpherson Intimates and the wellness brand WelleCo.
Ellesse
Ellesse (elle esse, from founder Leonardo Servadio's initials L.S.) is an Italian sportswear brand founded in Perugia in 1959, known for ski trousers, the Jet Pant, the half-ball logo, and 1980s tennis sponsorships of Chris Evert and Boris Becker; owned by Pentland since 1994.
Elsa Hosk
Elsa Hosk, Swedish model and entrepreneur (born 1988, Stockholm), former Victoria's Secret Angel (2015) who wore the 2018 Dream Angels Fantasy Bra, and founder of the Helsa fashion label sold via Revolve and Fwrd.
Elsa Schiaparelli
Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973), Italian-born Paris couturière and founder of the House of Schiaparelli (1927), famed for Surrealist collaborations with Dalí and Cocteau, rival of Coco Chanel; house closed 1954, revived under Daniel Roseberry.
Emancipation Day
Emancipation Day, also called August First Day or West India Day, commemorates the abolition of slavery. Observed August 1 for the 1834 British Slavery Abolition Act across the Caribbean and Canada, with other dates such as April 16 in Washington, D.C., August 8 in Tennessee, and Juneteenth.
Embroiderers' Guild
The Embroiderers' Guild is a British educational charity founded in 1906 by sixteen ex-students of the Royal School of Needlework, first called the Needlework Association and renamed in 1920 under Louisa Pesel. It holds an 11,000-piece collection, publishes Embroidery and Stitch, and runs UK stitch groups, scholarships, and Young Embroiderers.
Embroiderers' Guild of America
The Embroiderers' Guild of America (EGA) is a 501(c)(3) needlework education organization founded in 1958 in New York as a branch of the London guild, independent since 1970, with 220 chapters, Louisville headquarters, and teacher, judge, and Master Craftsman certification programs.
Embroidery
Embroidery, also known as bordado, is the craft of decorating fabric with needle and thread, stitched onto the surface rather than woven in, with counted-thread, freestyle, and whitework types.
Embroidery of Eastern Europe and the Balkans
Embroidery of Eastern Europe and the Balkans is the family of regional needlework traditions that decorated clothing and household textiles across Russia, Ukraine, and the Balkan lands.
Embroidery of India
Embroidery of India: regional and community needlework traditions such as zardozi, chikan, kantha, phulkari, ari chain stitch, and Banjara and Toda work, several GI-protected and now adapted by contemporary fashion and art.
Emeril Lagasse
Emeril Lagasse (born 1959, Fall River, Massachusetts) is an American chef and TV personality known for Emeril's restaurant, Essence of Emeril, Emeril Live, and the catchphrase "Bam!"
Emilio Pucci
Emilio Pucci, Marquis of Barsento (1914-1992), Italian fashion designer and Olympic skier who founded the Pucci house in 1947; famed as the Prince of Prints for kaleidoscopic Emilioform jersey designs, Braniff uniforms, and the Apollo 15 patch.
Emily Oberg
Emily Oberg, Canadian founder and visual director of Sporty & Rich, a vintage-inspired luxury sportswear brand started as a 2015 Instagram mood board; formerly Complex editorial producer and Kith Women creative lead; reported $30M revenue, no outside investors.
Emily Ratajkowski
Emily Ratajkowski (EmRata, Emily O'Hara Ratajkowski), British-born American model, actress and writer: Blurred Lines video (2013), Gone Girl, bestselling essay collection My Body (2021), Inamorata brand, High Low podcast.