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Gasparilla Pirate Festival
Gasparilla Pirate Festival, Tampa's annual pirate invasion since 1904 hosted by Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla, named for the legendary and likely fictional pirate José Gaspar; flotilla, 4.5-mile parade, beads.
Gastronomy
Gastronomy, from Greek gaster (stomach), is the art and practice of good eating and its systematic study, defined by Brillat-Savarin; today it spans molecular gastronomy, sensory science, food pairing, AI-driven cooking, and sustainable food systems.
Gatorade
Gatorade (Gatorade Thirst Quencher), invented 1965 at the University of Florida by Robert Cade's team and owned by PepsiCo since 2000, is the original American sports drink, historically holding about 80% of the US sports drink market.
Gauge (knitting)
Gauge (knitting): stitches and rows per 4 inches (10 cm) of knitted fabric, also called tension. Set by yarn, needles, and personal tension; verified with a washed swatch; central to fit and yarn substitution, with Craft Yarn Council category ranges as reference.
Gauntlet (glove)
Gauntlet (glove): a glove with a long cuff protecting wrist and forearm, from Old French gantelet; also the steel-plated medieval armored glove whose throwing down signaled a challenge.
Gaurav Gupta
Gaurav Gupta, Indian couturier and artist, co-founded Gaurav Gupta Couture with brother Saurabh Gupta in 2005; known for sculptural sari-gowns, Paris Haute Couture Week debut in January 2023 as the second Indian designer, and 'Across the Flame' SS25 collection.
Gauze
Gauze is a thin open-weave fabric, in strict textile terms the densest leno weave with crossing warp ends, also the name for loosely woven cotton surgical dressings; from French gaze, 1560s, origin uncertain.
Gazini Ganados
Gazini Christiana Jordi Acopiado Ganados, Filipino-Palestinian beauty queen born 1995 in Dapitan; Miss Universe Philippines 2019, Miss Universe 2019 Top 20, Best National Costume winner with a Philippine eagle costume, later MGI All Stars Top 5.
Gazpacho
Gazpacho: Andalusian cold soup of raw tomato, pepper, cucumber, bread, olive oil, garlic, vinegar, and salt; older bread-gruel origins, salmorejo and ajo blanco relatives, nutrition and industrial production.
Gefilte fish
Gefilte fish (Yiddish for stuffed fish) is a poached dish of ground carp, pike, and whitefish served cold as a first course at Jewish Sabbath and holiday meals.
Gelato
Gelato is the Italian-style frozen dessert made from milk, sugar, fruit, and eggs, churned with little air and served warmer than ice cream. Originating in 16th-century Tuscany, it differs from US ice cream by lower fat, lower overrun, and denser texture.
Gelede
Gelede is a Yoruba masquerade ceremony in which masked male dancers honor the spiritual powers of women, especially elderly "our mothers"; UNESCO recognized it in 2008.
Gelede headdresses
Gelede headdresses, known in Yoruba as igi Gelede, are carved wooden helmet masks worn by male dancers in Nigeria, Benin, and Togo to honor and appease the spiritual powers of women.
Gemma Ward
Gemma Ward (born 1987) is an Australian model and actress known for her doll-like features, who appeared on American Vogue's cover at 16 in 2004.
Génépi
Génépi (genepì, Génépi des Alpes) is an Alpine wormwood Artemisia plant and the sweet herbal liqueur macerated from its flowers, a French-Italian digestif protected as a geographical indication since 2014.
General Foods
General Foods Corporation, American packaged-food company formed 1929 from the Postum Company; maker of Maxwell House, Jell-O, Kool-Aid, Birds Eye, and Post cereals; acquired by Philip Morris in 1985 and merged into Kraft General Foods in 1989, distinct from unrelated firms using the same name.
General Mills
General Mills (NYSE: GIS), Minneapolis-based packaged food company founded 1866 as the Washburn-Crosby flour mill, renamed 1928. Owns Cheerios, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Blue Buffalo; FY2026 net sales $18.4 billion.
General Tso's chicken
General Tso's chicken (左宗棠鸡) is a Chinese-American deep-fried chicken dish in sweet-spicy sauce, named for Qing general Zuo Zongtang, who never ate it. Invented in Taiwan in the 1950s by Hunan chef Peng Chang-kuei, it reached New York in 1973.
Generally recognized as safe
Generally recognized as safe (GRAS) is a U.S. FDA food-law exemption under the 1958 Food Additives Amendment allowing ingredients deemed safe by qualified experts to enter food without premarket approval; notification is voluntary, with a mandatory-notice rule proposed in 2026.
Genital modification and mutilation
Genital modification and mutilation covers non-medical and identity-related alteration of the genitalia: FGM/C (WHO-defined, four types, over 230 million affected), male circumcision and VMMC, intersex and gender-affirming surgery, and cosmetic genital surgery, whose legal and cultural treatment differs sharply.
Genital piercing
Genital piercing: jewelry placed through male or female genital tissue, including Prince Albert, ampallang, and VCH types. Covers healing times of 4 weeks to a year, infection, urethral and nerve complications, condom breakage and STI risk, adult-only laws, and the WHO FGM Type IV classification issue.
Genital tattooing
Genital tattooing, also called intimate tattooing, is permanent ink tattooing of the penis, scrotum, vulva, or surrounding skin. Evidence reaches to Paleolithic phallic art; known complications include a reported case of nonischemic priapism.
Gennaro Contaldo
Gennaro Contaldo (born 1949, Minori, Amalfi Coast) is an Italian-British chef, cookbook author, and mentor of Jamie Oliver at Carluccio's Neal Street Restaurant; founder of Passione, star of Two Greedy Italians, author of Hidden Italy, and opener of the Soho restaurant BOLO.
Genoise
Genoise (génoise), a Genoa-named French sponge cake: whole eggs and sugar warmed and whipped to the ribbon stage, flour and melted butter folded in, no chemical leavening; sturdy base for tortes, bûche de Noël, and syrup-soaked layer cakes.
Geoffrey Zakarian
Geoffrey Zakarian, known as Geoff Zakarian, is an American chef, restaurateur, and television personality known for his New York restaurants Town and Country and his roles on Food Network.
Geographical indication
Geographical indication (GI): a sign, also called appellation of origin or PDO/PGI, marking products whose quality, reputation, or characteristics stem from a specific geographic origin, protected via TRIPS, sui generis systems, or trademarks.
Geographical indications and traditional specialities in the European Union
EU quality schemes protecting food, wine and spirit names: PDO, PGI, GI for spirits, and TSG for traditional products without geographic link; governed by Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, with about 4,000 registered names in eAmbrosia.
George Calombaris
George Calombaris (Γεώργιος Δημήτριος Καλομβάρης, born 1978) is a Greek-Australian chef and restaurateur, judge of MasterChef Australia 2009–2019, founder of The Press Club and Hellenic Republic, whose MAdE group underpaid staff $7.83m and collapsed in 2020.
George Dickel
George Dickel is a brand of Tennessee whisky produced in Tullahoma, Tennessee, and owned by Diageo. It is the world's second best-selling Tennessee whisky, behind Jack Daniel's.
George Foreman Grill
George Foreman Grill: sloped double-sided electric contact grill invented by Michael Boehm, debuted 1994 via Salton Inc. with boxer George Foreman as endorser; over 100 million sold, name rights sold for $137.5 million in 1999.