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Everything bagel
Everything bagel: a bagel coated with sesame seeds, poppy seeds, dried onion, garlic, and salt, combining all classic bagel toppings. Emerged in the 1970s; David Gussin claims invention around 1980 in Queens, a disputed origin.
Evian
Evian (evian) is a premium French natural mineral water brand owned by Danone, bottled at the Cachat Spring in Évian-les-Bains after 15 years of Alpine glacial filtration; TDS 345 ppm, pH 7.2, calcium 80 mg/L, sold as spring water in the US.
Evil clown
Evil clown: horror archetype depicting clowns as sinister or murderous, rooted in trickster figures, cemented by John Wayne Gacy and Stephen King's 1986 It, tied to coulrophobia and the 2016 clown sightings panic.
Ewe kente
Ewe kente, also called kete or agbamevor, is strip-woven cloth made by the Ewe people of Ghana and Togo, distinguished from Asante kente by its figurative motifs of animals, people, and letters.
Expiration date
An expiration date is a date printed on a food package with a phrase like "use by" or "best before," mostly indicating quality rather than safety.
Eyo masquerade
The Eyo masquerade, formally known as Adamu Orisha, is a white-robed costumed figure and procession tradition of Lagos Island, Nigeria, performed chiefly at the burial rites of prominent chiefs.
Fabindia
Fabindia: Indian retail company founded in 1960 by John Bissell as a handloom export house, now a 350-plus-store chain sourcing from over 55,000 rural artisans, known for community-owned supplier companies and craft-based apparel.
Fabio Lanzoni
Fabio Lanzoni (born 1959, Milan), known as Fabio, Italian-American model famous for 400+ romance novel covers from Hearts Aflame (1987) and the I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! campaign (1994–2016).
Fabletics
Fabletics: American activewear brand founded 2013 by Kate Hudson, Adam Goldenberg, Don Ressler under TechStyle. Known for its $69.95/month VIP membership with VIP Credits, 135+ stores, and international expansion into India, UAE, and Latin America.
Fabrizio Ferrari
Fabrizio Ferrari (born 1980, Lecco) is an Italian Michelin-starred seafood chef of Al Porticciolo 84, now chef-owner of Fabri Kitchen in Seoul, professor, and Netflix Culinary Class Wars contestant; distinct from the Pavia-born 1965 namesake chef.
Facesitting
Facesitting, also called queening, is a sexual practice in which one partner sits on the other's face to receive oral sex. Covers terminology, the 2014 UK protest, STI risk, breathing risk, and consent.
Faggot (food)
A faggot is a traditional British meatball of minced meat and offal, breadcrumbs, and herbs, often wrapped in caul fat and served with gravy and peas in Wales and the Midlands.
Fair Isle (technique)
Fair Isle is a Shetland stranded colorwork knitting technique from Fair Isle island, using no more than two colors per row, geometric motifs, Shetland wool, floats under five stitches, popularized by the Prince of Wales in 1921.
Fairyland Lustre
Fairyland Lustre (仙境彩光陶瓷) is an iridescent lusterware range made on bone china by Wedgwood from late 1915, decorated to designs by Daisy Makeig-Jones with fairies, imps, and goblins in fantastic landscapes.
Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgold (Faith Willi Jones, 1930–2024), American painter, author, and activist from Harlem, best known for painted story quilts such as Who's Afraid of Aunt Jemima? and Tar Beach, the American People series, and children's books.
Fajita
Fajita ("little belt," diminutive of Spanish faja) is a Tex-Mex dish of grilled skirt steak, the diaphragm muscle, originating in 1930s South and West Texas ranch lands and popularized commercially from 1969 by Sonny Falcon, Ninfa's, and Hyatt Austin's sizzling fajitas.
Falafel (فلافل)
Falafel (فلافل), also called ta'ameya in Egypt, is a Middle Eastern fried patty of ground soaked chickpeas or fava beans with herbs and spices, sold as street food across the Arab world, disputed between Egyptian and Israeli national claims, and now a global vegan staple.
Falernum
Falernum: a sweet Barbadian rum liqueur or non-alcoholic syrup flavored with lime, clove, ginger, almond, and nutmeg, typically 11-15% ABV; a tiki cocktail staple in the Corn 'n' Oil and Three Dots and a Dash.
Fallow (restaurant)
Fallow is a modern British restaurant at 52 Haymarket, St James's, London, founded by chefs Jack Croft and Will Murray (ex Dinner by Heston Blumenthal). Known for sustainable, waste-conscious cooking, signature cod's head with sriracha butter, sister restaurants Roe and FOWL, and the 2022 Cateys Newcomer Award.
Falooda
Falooda (फ़ालूदा, فالودہ), from Persian faloodeh, is a layered South Asian cold dessert drink of milk, rose syrup, vermicelli, basil seeds, and ice cream or kulfi, popular in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
Family Day (Canada)
Family Day is a Canadian provincial statutory holiday on the third Monday of February, observed in Alberta, BC, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Saskatchewan, with Louis Riel Day, Islander Day, and Heritage Day in Manitoba, PEI, and Nova Scotia; not a federal holiday.
Family Pottery Hostel
Family Pottery Hostel (墾丁寶島窯民宿, Kenting Baodao Yao B&B) is a licensed 5-room, 18-guest pottery-themed homestay in Hengchun, Pingtung, Taiwan, run by a ceramics-loving couple offering evening pottery DIY for guests.
FamilyMart (ファミリーマート)
FamilyMart (ファミリーマート) is a Japanese convenience-store franchise chain headquartered in Tokyo, opened in 1973, known for Famichiki fried chicken, with about 25,000 stores in Japan and overseas.
Famine in India
Famine in India (अकाल): recurrent mass food shortages culminating in colonial-era famines from 1770 to the 1943 Bengal famine, with an estimated 50-100 million deaths under British rule, driven by drought plus purchasing-power collapse and policy; famine deaths eliminated in independent India.
Famous Amos
Famous Amos is an American bite-size chocolate chip cookie brand founded in 1975 by talent agent Wally Amos on Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles. He lost control in 1985; the brand passed through Keebler and Kellogg and is now owned by Ferrero.
Fan (person)
Fan (person): an individual with strong interest and emotional attachment to a celebrity, team, work, or character; word from 1889 baseball slang for fanatic; fandoms form communities, create fanworks, and shape identity.
Fandango
Fandango: a Spanish triple-time couple dance and song genre from Andalusia, documented from 1705; in flamenco a family of song forms (tarantas, mineras), and in Mexico and Brazil a community festival around music and dance.
Fandom
Fandom is a community of people with sustained emotional attachment to a cultural object, engaging in discussion, fan works, collecting, and conventions; term dates to turn of the 20th century, from 19th-century fan culture, now largely platform-mediated online.
Fanny Cradock
Fanny Cradock (Phyllis Nan Sortain Pechey, 1909-1994), English television cook, writer and restaurant critic; Britain's first celebrity TV chef, BBC Kitchen Magic 1955, Bon Viveur column, ended by the 1976 Gwen Troake broadcast.
Fanny pack
Fanny pack (bum bag, belt bag): a small zippered pouch worn on a waist strap, with 5,000-year origins in Ötzi's belt pouch, a 1980s athleisure peak, a 1990s stigma, and a 2010s revival as cross-body sling and luxury belt bag.