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Frangipane
Frangipane: almond-flavored pastry filling of butter, sugar, eggs, and ground almonds, classically two parts almond cream to one part pastry cream; filling of galette des Rois and Bakewell tart, named after the Frangipani family.
Frank's RedHot
Frank's RedHot is an American Louisiana-style cayenne pepper hot sauce first bottled in 1920 by Jacob Frank and Adam Estilette, used in the original 1964 Anchor Bar buffalo wings, now owned by McCormick and mild at about 450 SHU.
Frankie & Benny's
Frankie & Benny's is a British Italian-American casual dining chain founded in 1995 in Leicester, once The Restaurant Group's biggest brand, restructured through 2016-2023 closures and a CVA, and sold to The Big Table Group in 2023.
Frankie Rayder
Frankie Rayder, born 1975 in River Falls, Wisconsin, is an American fashion model discovered by Steven Meisel, a 1997 Paris runway debut, Victoria's Secret and Sports Illustrated work, and a 2020s comeback with Saint Laurent and Givenchy.
Franklin Clarence Mars
Franklin Clarence Mars (1883–1934), American candy maker and founder of Mars, Incorporated; created the Milky Way bar in Minneapolis in 1923, moved to Chicago in 1929, and introduced Snickers in 1930.
Frappé coffee
Frappé coffee, also called Greek frappé, is a foam-topped iced coffee made by shaking instant coffee with cold water and sugar, invented in Greece in 1957.
Frappuccino
Frappuccino is Starbucks' trademarked line of blended iced coffee and crème drinks. The name came from Boston's Coffee Connection, acquired in 1994; the drink launched nationally in 1995 and went bottled with PepsiCo in 1996.
Frasers Group
Frasers Group plc, formerly Sports Direct International, is a British FTSE 100 sports, premium, and luxury retail group founded by Mike Ashley in Maidenhead in 1982. FY26 revenue was £5,325.9m, with an almost 48% stake in Hugo Boss and a €2.7bn takeover bid.
Fred DeLuca
Fred DeLuca (1947-2015), American entrepreneur, co-founded Subway in 1965 at age 17 with $1,000 from Peter Buck; pioneered the development-agent franchising model and built the world's largest restaurant chain by store count.
Fred L. Turner
Fred L. Turner (Frederick Leo Turner, 1933-2013), McDonald's operations chief, CEO and chairman; wrote the 1958 operations manual, founded Hamburger University, and grew the chain from 15 to over 31,000 restaurants.
Fred Sirieix
Fred Sirieix (born 1972, Limoges) is a French maître d'hôtel in London, general manager of Michelin-starred Galvin at Windows, host of Channel 4's First Dates, founder of National Waiters Day and The Right Course charity.
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers is an American fast-casual restaurant chain co-founded in 2002 in Wichita, Kansas, known for thin-pressed steakburgers and freshly churned frozen custard.
Freedom Day (South Africa)
Freedom Day (South Africa), 27 April public holiday commemorating the first democratic elections of 27 April 1994 that ended apartheid; about 20 million voted, the ANC won 62.65%, and Nelson Mandela became the first Black president.
Freedom fries
Freedom fries: 2003 US renaming of french fries, coined by Neal Rowland at Cubbie's in Beaufort, North Carolina, and adopted by House cafeterias on March 11, 2003, to protest France's opposition to the Iraq invasion; reversed in 2006.
Freedom Quilting Bee
Freedom Quilting Bee, founded March 26, 1966 in Rehoboth, Wilcox County, Alabama, by over 60 Gee's Bend-area quilters with Father Francis X. Walter and first president Estelle Witherspoon; a Black women's quilting cooperative sold to Bloomingdale's, Saks, and Sears, closed in 2012, continued by Freedom Quilting Bee Legacy.
Freezer burn
Freezer burn is surface dehydration and oxidation of frozen food, also called cold drying. Ice sublimates to vapor where air reaches food, leaving grayish-brown leathery spots; it harms quality, not safety, and is prevented by airtight, moisture-vapor-proof packaging at 0 °F.
French 75 (cocktail)
French 75: classic Prohibition-era cocktail of gin or cognac, lemon juice, sugar, and Champagne, named for the WWI French 75mm field gun; first printed in 1927's Here's How, canonized in the 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book.
French ban on face covering
French ban on face covering: Law no. 2010-1192 of 11 October 2010, effective 11 April 2011, outlawing face concealment in public space with €150 fines, upheld by the Conseil constitutionnel and ECtHR in S.A.S. v France (2014).
French braid
French braid (British: French plait): a three-strand scalp braid with hair added as you go, strands crossing over the middle so it sits flat; the Dutch braid crosses under and sits raised. Not actually French in origin.
French Connection (clothing)
French Connection (FCUK) is a British fashion brand founded in London in 1972 by Stephen Marks, named after the 1971 film, known for the 1997 FCUK slogan campaign, licensing, and its 2021 return to private ownership.
French cuisine
French cuisine: the cooking and food culture of France, from regional dishes and codified techniques to the UNESCO-listed gastronomic meal (2010). 668 Michelin-starred restaurants in 2026; Nouvelle Cuisine, sustainability debates, and tourism appeal distinguish it.
French dip
French dip: American hot sandwich of sliced roast beef on a French roll served au jus, invented in early 1900s Los Angeles, not France. Philippe the Original (1918 Mathieu story) and Cole's (Garlinghouse story) both claim it; Cole's closed in 2026.
French dressing
French dressing names two products: a British/classical vinaigrette of oil, vinegar, and seasonings, and an American sweet, creamy orange dressing with ketchup or tomato ingredients; the FDA revoked its US standard of identity effective February 14, 2022.
French fries
French fries (chips in British English, pommes frites in French) are deep-fried potato batons. Origin is disputed between France and Belgium; earliest printed recipes are Parisian (1775, 1795). Global frozen-fry trade ships 10.6 billion pounds yearly, led by the EU.
French kiss
French kiss: a deep, open-mouth kiss using the tongue, also called tongue or deep kissing. Named for an Anglophone stereotype of France; French speakers say baiser avec la langue. Covers etymology, history, microbiology (80 million bacteria per kiss), and STI risk.
French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools
Law no. 2004-228 of 15 March 2004, the French headscarf ban: prohibits ostentatious religious signs (Islamic veil, kippa, oversized cross) for pupils in public schools, allowing discreet signs; in force since 2 September 2004.
French maid
French maid (フレンチメイド): eroticised fancy-dress costume derived from the 19th-century French housemaid's black-and-white uniform, named for the theatrical soubrette; fixed under the Third Republic, spread via burlesque, pin-ups, and Japanese meido culture.
French mother sauces
French mother sauces (sauces mères): the five classical bases, béchamel, velouté, espagnole, sauce tomate, and hollandaise, codified by Escoffier in the 1903 Guide Culinaire from Carême's four sauces, each generating daughter sauces like Mornay and béarnaise.
French onion soup
French onion soup (soupe à l'oignon) is a French soup of long-caramelized onions in beef stock, topped with bread and melted Gruyère or Comté, popularized 19th-century at Les Halles in Paris.
French paradox
The French paradox: low coronary heart disease death rates in France despite high saturated fat intake, attributed by Renaud and de Lorgeril's 1992 Lancet paper to red wine, now largely explained by methodological biases.