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Gorgonzola

Gorgonzola PDO: Italian blue-veined cheese from pasteurized cow's milk in Lombardy and Piedmont; two styles, dolce and piccante; PDO-protected since 1955, EU-registered 1996.

Goryeo Celadon Maebyeong with Inlaid Cranes and Clouds

The Goryeo Celadon Maebyeong with Inlaid Cranes and Clouds (청자 상감운학문 매병) is a Goryeo dynasty prunus vase from the first half of the 13th century, held at the Gansong Art Museum in Seoul.

Goryeo clothing

Goryeo clothing is the dress of Korea's Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), where Chinese-style official dress coexisted with indigenous Korean dress; a century of Mongol rule reshaped elite clothing before Ming-style dress arrived in 1386.

Goryeo festivals

The Goryeo festivals of Korea's Goryeo dynasty (918–1392) were the Yeondeunghoe lantern festival and the Palgwanhoe, state Buddhist and folk rites ordered observed by King Taejo in 943.

Goryeo funerary customs

Goryeo funerary customs were the death, mourning, and burial practices of Korea's Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), combining Buddhist cremation with a distinctive two-stage funeral in which cremation preceded final interment.

Goryeo handicrafts

Goryeo handicrafts (고려 수공업) were the craft-production systems of Korea's Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), organized as state-run workshops, tribute-producing settlements called 소, and temple workshops that grew major in the late period.

Goryeo metalwork

Goryeo metalwork (고려 금속공예) is the metal craft of Korea's Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), chiefly Buddhist objects, vessels, and ornaments in bronze, silver, and gold, known for silver-inlaid incense burners and repoussé with fish-roe ring-matting.

Goryeo paper

Goryeo paper (고려지, goryeoji) is the handmade paper of Korea's Goryeo dynasty, made from paper mulberry bark and prized in Song China as the finest available.

Goryeo pottery

Goryeo pottery is the ceramic ware produced in Korea during the Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), best known for its jade-green celadon and the inlay technique sanggam.

Gose

Gose is a top-fermented German sour wheat beer with coriander and salt, originating in Goslar on the Gose River and centered in Leipzig from 1738; production ceased in 1966 and was revived from the 1980s, with ABV 4.2–4.8% and 5–12 IBU.

Got Milk?

Got Milk? is the 1993 American milk advertising campaign by Goodby Silverstein & Partners for the California Milk Processor Board, famous for the Aaron Burr commercial, Michael Bay direction, and celebrity milk mustache ads; retired 2014 for Milk Life, revived 2020.

Goth subculture

Goth subculture: a music-based youth culture from late-1970s British post-punk, also called the gothic subculture, defined by gothic rock (Bauhaus, Siouxsie), the Batcave club (1982), black Victorian-influenced fashion, and club-centered social life.

Gothic fashion

Gothic fashion is the dress of the goth subculture: black Victorian- and punk-inflected clothing born in London post-punk between 1979's "Bela Lugosi's Dead" and the 1982 Batcave club, later splitting into trad, cyber, and nu-goth variants.

Gothic Lolita (ゴシック・ロリータ)

Gothic Lolita (ゴシック・ロリータ, gosu-rori, Gothloli, EGL) is a Japanese Harajuku street fashion from the 1990s combining the modest bell-skirted Lolita silhouette with Victorian-Gothic motifs, popularized via Visual Kei, Mana, KERA, and Gothic & Lolita Bible.

Gouda cheese

Gouda: Dutch washed-curd semihard cow's-milk cheese named for the Gouda cheese market (market rights 1395), not the making town. 40–50% fat in dry matter, ripened 4 weeks to over a year; Gouda Holland PGI and Noord-Hollandse Gouda PDO are the protected names.

Goulash

Goulash (Hungarian gulyás, gulyásleves; Czech guláš; German Gulasch): paprika-seasoned beef dish from Magyar herdsmen's cooking, a soup in Hungary, a thick stew abroad, distinct from pörkölt, paprikás, and American pasta goulash.

Gourmet

Gourmet: a connoisseur of fine food and drink, from Old French groumet, a wine-taster's valet. English noun from 1820; distinguished from gourmand (quantity) and foodie (enthusiasm without knowledge).

Goya Foods

Goya Foods, Inc., American food company founded 1936 by Prudencio and Carolina Unanue in Lower Manhattan; largest Hispanic-owned food company in the US, HQ Secaucus, New Jersey, 2,500+ Latin cuisine products, family-run, 90th anniversary 2026.

Goyard

Goyard, or Maison Goyard, is a French luxury trunk maker in Paris trading since 1853, with origins in Maison Martin (1792). Known for the 1892 Goyardine chevron canvas, Carcassonne workshop trunks, and Signoles family private ownership since 1998.

Grace Coddington

Grace Coddington (born 1941) is a Welsh fashion editor, former 1960s model, and longtime American Vogue creative director alongside Anna Wintour, known for narrative spreads, The September Issue, and her memoirs and Phaidon books.

Grace Dent

Grace Dent (born 1973, Carlisle) is a British journalist and broadcaster, Guardian restaurant critic since 2017, former Evening Standard Grace & Flavour columnist, memoirist of Hungry, host of the Comfort Eating podcast, and co-host of BBC MasterChef with Anna Haugh.

Grace Elizabeth

Grace Elizabeth (Grace Elizabeth Harry Cabe, born 1997, Lake City, Florida) is an American fashion model, Victoria's Secret PINK spokesmodel, Estée Lauder face, and NOCC ambassador with over 240 runway appearances.

Grace Wales Bonner

Grace Wales Bonner, British designer of Jamaican descent, founded the London label Wales Bonner in 2014 after Central Saint Martins; won the 2016 LVMH Prize, revived the adidas Samba, and was appointed Hermès menswear creative director in October 2025.

Graham cracker

Graham cracker: thin, crisp American cookie made from graham flour, invented 1829 by Presbyterian minister Sylvester Graham as a bland anti-vice health food; now sweetened with honey and cinnamon and used in s'mores and pie crusts.

Graham Elliot

Graham Elliot (Graham Elliot Bowles), American chef and TV personality, MasterChef and Top Chef judge, youngest US four-star chef at 27, two-Michelin-star Chicago restaurant, Far Out Hospitality partner in Fort Worth, Texas.

Graham Kerr

Graham Kerr (born 1934), the Galloping Gourmet, is a London-born TV chef whose 1969–1971 syndicated show reached 200 million weekly viewers; after his wife's 1987 stroke he created the Minimax low-fat cooking style.

Grana Padano

Grana Padano, Italian PDO hard cooked cheese from raw partly skimmed cow's milk in the Po valley; older sibling of Parmigiano Reggiano, min 9 months aging, lysozyme permitted, silage allowed.

Grand Marnier

Grand Marnier: French orange liqueur created 1880 by Louis-Alexandre Marnier Lapostolle, blending cognac (51% in Cordon Rouge) with bitter bigarade orange at 40% ABV; owned by Campari since 2016.

Grand-Bassam

Grand-Bassam, first colonial capital of Côte d'Ivoire (1893–1900) on the Gulf of Guinea, a planned colonial town with the N'zima fishing village, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2012 under criteria (iii) and (iv).

Granita

Granita, a semi-frozen Sicilian dessert of water, sugar, and fruit, coffee, or almond flavoring, agitated during freezing into fine ice crystals; born from Arab sherbet and Etna snow, eaten with brioche con il tuppo.