The Oxford Companion to Food
The Oxford Companion to Food
Editor: Jaine, Tom
Publication Year: 2014
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Inc.
Price: Core Collection Only

ISBN: 978-0-19-967733-7
Category: Food, Drink, Nutrition
Image Count:
190
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Thousands of entries provide coverage on every possible food, its history, cultural significance, and culinary usage.
This book is found in the following Credo Collections:
Table of Contents
- Alan Davidson: A Tribute
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Acknowledgements for the Second Edition
- Introduction
- Contributors
- Notes on Using this Companion
- The Oxford Companion to Food A–Z
- A
- aardvark
- abalone
- abalone mushroom
- Aberdeen angus
- Aberdeen rowies
- Abernethy biscuits
- acacia and wattle
- acai
- Accum Friedrich Christian (1769–1838)
- acerola
- acetic acid
- achar (also acar, achard)
- achocha
- acid/alkali balance
- acidophilus milk
- acids
- acitrón
- acorns
- Acton Eliza (1799–1859)
- additives
- adlay
- adobo
- adulteration
- advieh
- adzuki bean
- aemono
- afghan
- Afghanistan
- African pear
- afternoon tea
- agami
- agar-agar
- agaric
- agar wood
- agave
- agemono
- agneau pascal
- agnolotti
- agouti
- agriculture and food
- agrodolce
- ahuautli
- aigre-doux
- aïoli
- aji-no-moto
- ajmud
- ajo blanco
- ajowan
- akebia
- akee (or ackee)
- à la
- albacore
- Albania
- albatross
- albumen
- alcohol
- alegar
- alexanders
- alfalfa
- alfonsino
- Algeria
- alginates
- aligote
- alkali
- alkanna
- alla
- allemande sauce
- allgood
- alligator
- allioli
- allspice
- almond
- almondette
- altitude
- aluminium
- amanita
- amaranth
- amaretti
- amasi
- ambarella
- ambergris
- amberjack
- ambigu
- ambrosia
- amchur
- amelou
- American cheeses
- American cookbooks
- American cookery
- American oyster
- amino acids
- ampalaya
- amra/imra
- anardana
- anchovy
- andouille and andouillette
- angel fish
- angel food cake
- angelica
- angel's hair
- angel shark
- angler-fish
- Anglo-Indian cookery
- Anglo-Saxon food
- Angola and Mozambique
- anguilles au vert
- anise (or aniseed)
- aniseed balls
- anjan
- annatto
- anorexia nervosa
- Antarctica
- anteaters
- antelope
- anthropology and food
- antipasto
- ants
- anzac biscuit
- aoudad
- aphrodisiacs
- Apicius
- appa(m)
- Appenzell (or Appenzeller)
- Appert Nicolas (1749–1841)
- appetite
- apple
- applejack
- apricot
- apricot jelly fungus
- aquaculture
- Arab cuisine
- Arabian food
- arabic gum
- Arbroath smokie
- arbutus
- archaeology of food
- Archestratus
- archil
- Arctic cookery
- areca palm
- arepa
- argan oil
- Argentina
- arhar
- ark-shell
- armadillo
- Armenia
- aroma
- arracacha
- arrowhead (or arrowleaf)
- arrowroot
- arroz fermentado
- art, food in
- artichoke
- arugula
- arum
- asafoetida
- asari
- ash
- Ashanti pepper
- ashcake
- ash-keys
- asiago
- Asian restaurants
- asparagus
- asparagus pea
- asphodel
- aspic
- aşure
- atemoya
- Athenaeus
- Atkins diet
- atole (or atolli)
- aubergine
- au bleu
- aurochs
- Australasian ‘salmon’
- Australia
- Australian peach
- Austria
- autoclave
- autolysis
- avgolémono
- Avicenna
- avocado (or avocado pear)
- awo-nori
- axayacatl
- ayran (also eyran, airan)
- azarole (or azerole)
- Azerbaijan
- Aztec food
- azuki beans
- B
- baba
- babaco
- baba ghanoush
- babassa oil
- babka
- Babylonian cookery
- bacalao
- bacon
- bacteria
- badger
- bael
- bagel
- baguette
- Bahian cuisine
- bailer shell
- baked Alaska
- baked beans
- Bakewell tart (or Bakewell pudding)
- baking
- baking powder
- baking soda
- baklava
- baldpate
- Balearic Islands
- Balkan food and cookery
- ballottine
- balm
- balouza
- balsam
- balsam apple and pear
- balsamella
- balsamic vinegar
- Balti
- balut
- bamboo
- bamboo fungus
- banana
- banana flower
- banana leaf
- Banbury cakes
- Bangladesh
- banketbakkerij
- bannock
- banoffi pie (banoffee pie)
- banquet
- banteng
- baobab
- baozi
- bap
- bara brith
- barb
- Barbados cherry
- Barbados gooseberry
- barbary pear
- barbecue
- barbel
- barberry
- Barcelona nut
- bar clam
- bard
- barfi
- barking deer
- bar-le-duc
- barley
- barley breads
- barley sugar
- barm
- barm brack (or barn brack)
- barnacle
- barracouta
- barracuda
- barramundi
- basal metabolic rate
- basbousa
- basella (or Ceylon spinach, also called vine spinach or Malabar nightshade, Basella rubra)
- basil
- basoondi
- Basque gastronomic societies or txokos,
- bass
- basting
- batalia pie
- batavia
- batfish
- Bath chap
- Bath cheese
- Bath oliver
- bats
- Battenberg cake
- batter
- bauhinia
- Baumé scale
- Bavarian cream
- bavarois or bavaroise
- bavette
- bawd bree
- bay leaf
- beach plum
- bean
- bean clam/shell
- bean curd
- bean paste or sauce
- bean sprouts
- bear
- bearberry
- Beard James Andrew (1903–85)
- béarnaise sauce
- beaten biscuits
- Beaufort
- beaver
- beccafico
- béchamel
- Bedfordshire clanger
- Bedouin food
- bedstraw
- beech nut
- beef
- beefeater
- beef olives
- beefsteak fungus (also called ox-tongue fungus)
- beer
- beestings
- beet
- Beeton Isabella (1836–65)
- beetroot
- beignet
- Belarus
- Belgium
- belimbing asam
- belle-Hélène
- belleric
- bellflower root
- bell pepper
- Bel Paese
- Bengal sweets
- Benin
- Benin pepper
- benni seed
- beno
- bento
- berberis
- bercy, sauce
- bere meal
- bergamot
- bergamot orange
- berlingot
- berry
- Berwick cockles
- besan flour
- bestilla
- betel nut
- Betty (or Brown Betty)
- bhaji(a)
- bibingka
- bicarbonate of soda
- biffin
- biga
- bigarade
- big-eye
- bighorn
- bignay
- bigos
- biko
- bilberry
- bilimbi
- billfish
- biltong
- Bindenfleisch
- birch sugar
- bird pepper
- Birdseye Clarence Robert (1886–1956)
- bird's nest
- biriani
- biriba
- Birnbrot
- biscotte
- biscuit
- biscuit varieties
- bishop's weed
- bison
- bisque
- bistort
- bistro
- bitter berries
- bitter cucumber
- bitter gourd (or bitter cucumber)
- bitter herbs
- bitterleaf
- bittern
- bivalves
- blaa (originally blaad, also spelled blah and bla)
- blacang (also spelled blachan),
- black beans
- black-berried nightshade
- blackberry
- blackbird
- black bread
- blackbuck
- black bun
- black caraway
- blackcock
- black cumin
- black-eyed bean or pea
- Black Forest gateau
- black grouse
- black pepper
- black pudding
- blackstrap
- blaeberry
- blanch
- blancmange
- bland
- blanquette
- bleak
- bleu
- blewit
- blini
- bloater
- blood
- blood sausages
- bloody clam
- bloomer
- blowfish (or pufferfish),
- blueberry
- blue cheeses
- blue crab
- bluefish
- blue-mouth
- blue vinney (or vinny)
- blusher
- boar
- bobolink (sometimes spelled bobalink),
- bobotie
- bobwhite
- bocadilla
- Bockwurst
- bodi bean
- bog-butter
- bog myrtle (or sweet gale)
- boil
- boiled sweets
- bois de Panama
- bolete (or boletus)
- Bolivia
- bollito misto
- Bolognese sauce
- bolon
- Bombay duck
- bombe
- bonavist(a) bean
- bonbon
- bone
- bonefish
- bone marrow
- boniato
- bonito
- bonnag
- borage
- bordelaise sauce
- börek
- borlotti bean
- borshch
- Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Boston baked beans
- Boston (brown) bread
- bottle gourd
- bottling
- botulism
- bouchée
- boudin
- boudin blanc
- boudoir biscuits
- bouffi
- bouillabaisse
- bouillon
- boulanee
- bouquet garni
- bourbon
- bourride
- Boursin
- boutargue
- Bovril
- box
- boxty
- boysenberry
- boza
- brack
- bracken
- bracket fungi
- Bradley Martha
- Bradley Richard
- brains
- braise
- bramble
- bran
- brandade
- brandy snaps
- brasserie
- brassica
- Bratwurst
- brawn
- Brazil
- Brazil nuts
- bread
- breadcrumbs
- breadfruit
- breadnuts
- bread ovens
- bread puddings
- bread sauce
- breakfast
- breakfast cereals
- bream
- brèdes
- Bremener Osterklaben
- bresaola
- Brési
- brewis
- brick cheese
- Brie
- brill
- Brillat-Savarin Jean Anthelme (1755–1826)
- brine
- brinjal
- brioche
- briq (brik) à l’œuf
- brisket
- brisling
- brittle
- broa
- broad bean
- broccoli
- broil
- brooklime
- brose
- broth
- brownies
- browning
- brown sauce (bottled)
- brown sauces
- brunch
- Brunei
- bruschetta
- brush turkey
- Brussels sprouts
- BSE
- bubble and squeak
- bûche de Nöel
- buck
- buckling
- buckwheat
- Buddha's hand
- Buddhism and food
- buffalo
- buffaloberry
- buffalo-fish
- buffet
- bug
- bulbs
- bulgar/bulgur
- Bulgaria
- bulimia
- bullace
- bullock's heart
- bullseye
- bulrush
- bummalow
- bun
- bunchberry
- Bündnerfleisch (sometimes known as Bindenfleisch)
- bunting
- buran
- burbot
- burdock
- burghul
- Burkina Faso
- Burma
- burnet
- burnt cream
- burrini
- Burundi
- Buryat food
- bush butter (tree),
- bushmeat
- bushpig
- bustard
- butter
- butter bean
- buttercup squash
- buttered eggs
- butterfish
- butterfly fish
- butterfly pea (also called anjan or anchan)
- butterie (rowie)
- buttermilk
- butter nut
- butternut squash
- butterpit
- butterscotch
- butty
- Byzantine cookery
- C
- cabbage
- cabbage palm
- cabinet pudding
- caboc
- cacao
- cacciatora
- cachou
- caciocavallo
- caciotta
- cacti
- cactus pear
- Caerphilly
- Caesar salad
- Caesar's mushroom
- café
- cainito
- Cajun food
- cake
- cake-making
- calabash
- calabaza
- calabrese
- calamansi (or kalamansi or calamondin/kalamondin)
- calamint
- calamondin
- calathea
- calcium
- calf
- California roll
- calipash
- calipee
- calissons
- callaloo (or calalú, calulu, caruru, etc.)
- calmar
- calories
- calsones
- caltrop
- calumpang nut
- calzone
- camas
- Cambodia
- Cambridge cheese
- cambuca
- cambuci
- camel
- Camembert
- Cameroon
- camomile
- campylobacter
- Canada
- canapé
- Canary Islands
- candied chestnuts
- candied fruit
- candied violets
- candlenut
- candy
- candyfloss
- cane rat
- cane sugar
- canistel
- cannellini beans
- cannelloni
- cannibalism
- canning
- Canning, Lady
- cannolo (or cannoli, the plural form more familiar in N. America)
- Canola oil
- Cantal
- cantharides
- canvasback
- Cape gooseberry
- capelin
- capelli d'angelo capellini
- caper
- capercaillie (sometimes given as capercailzie)
- capillaire
- capirotada (also capirottata and other variant spellings),
- capitaine
- capon
- capsicum
- captain's biscuit
- capulin
- capybara
- carambola
- caramel
- caraway
- carbohydrates
- carbonade and carbonado
- cardamom
- cardinal
- cardoon
- Carême Antonin (1783–1833)
- Caribbean
- caribou
- carissa and karanda
- carling
- carnival foods
- carob
- carom seeds
- carp
- carpet-shell
- carrageen
- carré
- carré d'agneau
- carrot
- casein
- cashew
- cassabanana
- cassareep
- cassata
- cassava
- casserole
- cassia
- cassoulet
- Catalan cookery
- catalogna
- cataplana
- catawissa
- catchup
- catechu
- caterpillar
- catfish
- catfish eel
- cats
- catsup
- cat-tail
- cattle
- caudle
- caul
- cauliflower
- cauliflower fungus (or cauliflower mushroom),
- Cavalcanti Ippolito (Duke of Buonvicino) (1787–1859)
- caviar
- cavolo nero
- cavy
- cawl
- cayenne pepper
- celeriac
- celery
- cellulose
- cendré
- Central Africa
- Central African Republic
- Central America
- Central Asian Republics
- cep
- cephalopods
- cereals
- ceriman
- cervelas and cervelat
- cervelat
- Cervio Vincenzo (c.1510–c.1580)
- ceviche
- Ceylon
- Ceylon spinach
- Chad
- chafing dish cookery
- challah (or challa or chollah)
- champ
- champedak
- champignon
- chanal
- chañar
- channa
- chanterelle
- chantilly
- chapati
- chapote
- char (also known as Arctic char, and sometimes spelled charr, which purists prefer as the original version)
- charcoal biscuit
- charcuterie
- chard
- chard cabbage
- charlock
- charlotte
- charqui
- chartreuse
- chateaubriand
- chaud-froid
- chaya
- chayote
- Chechnya
- Checkerberry
- Cheddar
- cheeks
- cheese
- cheese, fruit
- cheesecake
- chef
- chelation
- chequer
- cherimoya
- cherry
- cherry laurel
- cherry plum
- cherrystone
- chervil
- Cheshire
- Chester
- chestnut
- chèvre
- chewing gum
- chia
- chicharrones
- chicken
- chicken of the woods
- chicken tikka masala
- chickling pea or vetch
- chickpea
- chickweed
- chicle
- chicory and endive
- chiffon cake
- chih-li
- chiku (ciku)
- Child Julia (1912–2004),
- Chile
- chili con carne
- chilli
- China
- China root
- Chinese artichoke
- Chinese boxthorn
- Chinese broccoli
- Chinese cabbage
- Chinese chives
- Chinese date
- Chinese gooseberry
- Chinese kale (or Chinese broccoli),
- Chinese keys
- Chinese lantern
- Chinese leaves
- Chinese olive
- Chinese parsley
- Chinese spinach
- Chinese water chestnut
- Chinese wolfberry
- chinquapin
- chipolata
- chips and crisps
- chiton
- chitterling(s)
- chives
- chłodnik
- chlorophyll
- chocolate
- chocolate sauce
- choerek (or choereg, choereq, churekg etc.—the name has seemingly innumerable transcriptions)
- chokeberry
- chokecherry
- choko
- cholent
- cholesterol
- chop
- chop suey
- chorizo
- Chorley cakes
- choubritsa (ciubritsa)
- choucroute
- chouquettes or petits choux,
- chow-chow
- chowder
- chow mein
- Christianity and food
- Christmas foods
- Christmas pudding
- christophene
- chrysanthemum
- chuck and chuck wagon
- chufa
- chuño and tunta
- churro
- chutney
- ciabatta
- cicadas
- cider
- cigale
- cigarette russe
- cilantro
- cima
- cinnamon
- çiorba
- citron
- citronella
- citrus fruits
- civet
- clabber
- clafoutis
- clam
- clambake
- clapbread
- clapshot
- clarification
- clary
- classical Greece
- classical Rome
- clay
- cleavers
- clementine
- climate
- clitocybe mushrooms
- clootie dumpling
- clostridium
- clotted cream
- cloudberry
- cloud ear
- clove
- clove gilliflowers
- clover and melilot
- clovisse
- club fungus
- club sandwich
- cluster bean
- coagulation
- coalfish
- cobbler
- cobia
- cob nut
- Coburg/cob
- cobweb-caps
- coca
- Coca-Cola
- cochineal
- cocido
- cock
- Cockaigne, Land of (or Cockayne, Land of)
- cock-a-leekie
- cockatoo
- cockchafer
- cockerel
- cockle
- cock's comb
- cocoa
- coco de mer (sea-coconut)
- cocona
- coconut
- coconut crab
- coconut ice
- coconut milk/cream
- cocoyam
- cod
- cœur
- coffee
- coffee house
- coffin (coffyn)
- cola (or kola)
- colbert
- colcannon
- cole
- Cole Mrs Mary (fl.1788–91)
- coleslaw
- coley
- collagen
- collar
- collards
- college pudding
- colloid
- collop
- colocasia
- colomba
- Colombia
- colombo
- colostrum
- colour and cooking
- colouring of food
- coltsfoot
- Columbian exchange
- Colwick cheese
- colza
- comber
- comfit
- comfrey
- composition of foods
- compote
- Comté (cheese)
- conch
- conchiglie
- condiment
- coney
- confectionery
- confetti
- confit
- congee
- conger eel
- Congo
- congo pea
- conjuror
- connective tissue
- consommé
- convenience foods
- cook
- cooked cheeses
- cookery: skill, art, or science?
- cookery schools
- cookie
- cooking
- coon
- Cooper,
- coot
- coppa (cup)
- copper
- copra
- coq au vin
- coquina
- coquito
- coral cod, coral trout
- coral fish
- coral fungus
- cordial
- cordon bleu
- cordyceps
- coriander
- corkwing
- cormorant
- corms
- corn
- corn breads
- corncrake
- corned beef
- cornel (cornelian cherry)
- cornflour
- cornhusker
- Cornish pasty
- Cornish split
- corn pone
- corn salad
- cornstarch
- corn syrup
- Corrado, Vincenzo
- costmary
- costus
- cotechino
- Cotherstone
- cotignac d'Orléans
- cottage cheese
- cottage loaf
- cottage pie
- cotton candy
- cottonseed oil
- cottontail
- coulibiac
- coulis
- Coulommiers
- coumarin
- country captain
- courgette
- court bouillon
- couscous
- couverture
- Coventry godcakes
- cow
- cowage (cowitch)
- cowberry
- cow hair
- cowpea
- cowslip
- crab
- crab, common
- crabapple
- cracked wheat
- cracker
- crackling
- cracknel
- crack seed
- crake
- cranachan
- cranberry
- cranberry tree
- crane
- crawfish
- crayfish
- cream
- cream cheese
- cream of tartar
- cream of wheat
- cream puff
- crécy
- crème
- crème brûlée
- crème caramel
- crème fraîche
- creole food
- crêpes
- crépinette
- cress
- crevally or crevalle
- cricket
- crimping
- crispbread
- croaker
- Croatia
- crocodile
- croissant
- crookneck
- croquant
- croquembouche
- croque-monsieur
- croquette
- crosne
- crostata
- croustade
- crouton
- crowberry
- crowdie
- crubeens
- cruller
- crumble
- crumpet
- crustaceans
- crystallize
- crystallized flowers
- Cuba
- cubeb
- cucumber
- cucurbits
- cudbear
- cuisine
- cuitlacoche
- culantro
- culatello
- culinary ashes
- culinary mythology
- culinary terminology
- Cullen skink
- cullis
- Cumberland sauce
- cumin seed or cumin (sometimes cummin)
- cup cake
- cup fungi
- curassow
- curd (or curds)
- curd cheese
- curdling
- cured foods
- curlew
- currants
- curry
- curry leaf
- curry powder
- curuba
- cusk
- cusk eel
- custard
- custard apple
- cutlery
- cutlet
- cuttlefish
- cycads
- cyclamates
- cymling
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- D
- dab
- dacquoise
- dafina
- dagé
- Dagestan and Chechnya
- daikon
- dal (or dhal),
- dame blanche
- damper
- damson
- dandelion
- dangleberry
- Danish cheeses
- Danish pastries
- dariole
- dasheen
- dashi
- date
- date palm flower
- date plum
- date-shell
- daube
- daun salam
- David Elizabeth (1913–92)
- Davidson's plum
- deer
- deerberry
- deglazing
- Deipnosophists
- demi-glace
- denaturation
- dende oil
- Denmark
- de Nola, Ruperto
- dentex
- Derby
- desiccated coconut
- desserts
- devil
- Devil's food cake
- dewberry
- dextran
- dextrin
- dextrose
- dhansak
- dibs
- diet
- dietary laws
- dietary supplements
- Digby Sir Kenelm (1603–65)
- digestion
- digestive
- dika nut
- dik dik
- dill
- dill pickle
- di Messisbugo, Christoforo
- dim sum
- diner
- dinner
- dinuguan
- diplomat pudding
- distillation
- dittander
- divinity
- djevrek
- Djibouti
- Dobostorte
- dock
- dock pudding
- Dods, Mistress Margaret
- dog
- dog cockle
- dogfish
- doggy bag (or doggie bag)
- dogwood
- doigt de Zénobie
- Dolly Varden
- dolma
- dolphin
- dolphin fish
- domiati
- doner kebab (or döner kebabı or even, in Canada, Donair),
- donkey
- doogh
- dormouse
- dosa
- dotterel
- dou-fu
- dough
- doughnut (also donut),
- doum palm
- dove
- dragée
- dragonfly
- dragon's eye
- dripping
- drisheen
- dromedary
- drops
- drop scone (or dropped scone)
- drugs and food
- drum
- drumsticks
- drupe
- drying
- Dublin Bay prawn
- duck
- duff
- dugong and manatee
- duku and langsat
- dulse
- dum
- Dumas Alexandre père (1802–70)
- dumpling
- Dundee cake
- Dungeness crab
- Dunlop
- duqqa
- durian
- dur(r)a
- duxelles
- dyspepsia
- E
- ears
- earth-eating
- earth nut
- earth oven
- earthworms
- East Africa
- Easter foods
- eat
- Eccles cakes
- échaudé
- éclair
- E. coli
- écrevisse
- Ecuador
- Edam
- edamame bean
- eddo
- eel
- eel-pout
- egg
- eggah
- egg-lemon sauce
- eggplant
- egusi
- Egypt
- Egyptian bean
- eishta
- eland
- elder
- elderberry and elderflower
- elecampane
- elephant
- elephant garlic
- elephant's foot yam
- elevenses
- elk
- elvers
- emblic or emblic myrobalan
- Emmental
- emmer
- empanada
- emperors
- emping
- emu
- emulsion
- enchilada
- endive
- England
- English cookery books
- enokitake
- ensaimada
- ensete
- entrecôte
- entrée, entremets
- enzymes
- epazote
- epicure
- ergot
- eringo root
- Eritrea
- escabeche
- escalope
- escargots
- escarole
- Escoffier Auguste (1846–1935)
- espagnole
- essence
- essential oils
- Estonia
- estouffade
- Ethiopia
- Ethiopian mustard
- etiquette
- étouffée (étuvée)
- Etruscan food
- eugenia fruits
- eulachon
- Eve's pudding
- Explorateur
- extracts
- eyes
- F
- fadge
- Faeroe Islands
- fagara
- faggot
- fairings
- fairy food
- fairy ring mushroom
- fajitas
- falafel (occasionally spelled felafel)
- false morels
- famine
- fan shells
- farce
- farfel
- farina
- farinha
- farl
- Farley John
- Farmer Fannie (1857–1915)
- farmers’ markets
- farro
- fast food
- fasting
- fat hen
- fat rascals
- fats and oils
- fat-tailed sheep
- fattoush
- fatty acids
- fava bean
- feasts
- fecula
- feet
- feijoa
- feijoada
- fennel
- fenugreek
- fermentation
- ferns
- fesenjan
- feta
- fettuccine
- fibre
- fiddlehead
- fiddler crab
- field mushroom
- field pea
- fig
- figgy pudding
- figpecker (or beccafico)
- filbert
- filé
- filet mignon
- filho
- film and food
- filo
- fines herbes
- finger-lime
- Finland
- finnan haddock
- fiore sardo
- firethorn or pyracantha
- firni (phirni)
- fish
- fish and chips
- Fisher M. F. K. (Mary Frances Kennedy) (1908–92)
- fish pastes and fish paste products
- fish sauce
- fish sausages
- fisnogge
- fitweed or culantro,
- five grains of China
- five spices
- flädli
- flageolet
- flambé
- flame
- flan
- flaounes
- flapjack
- flatbreads
- flatfish
- flathead
- flat lobster
- flatware
- flavour
- flavourings
- flitch
- floating island
- flocculation
- florentine
- flounder
- flour
- flowers
- flummery
- fly agaric
- flying fish
- flying fox
- flying squid
- focaccia or fougasse
- foie gras
- fondant
- fondue
- fonio
- fontina
- food chain (or food web)
- food history
- food poisoning
- foodways
- foo-foo (fufu)
- fool
- foot
- foraging
- forcemeat
- Forfar bridies
- Forme of Cury(e)
- fouace, fougasse
- four humours
- fourme
- fraise (or frawsey or froise)
- France
- francolin
- frangipane
- frankfurter
- freekeh (also fereek)
- freezing
- French bean
- French bread
- French cookbooks
- French dressing
- french fries
- French Guiana
- French toast
- friandise
- fricandeau
- fricassée
- frigate mackerel (or bullet mackerel),
- frittata
- fritter
- frog
- fromage frais or fromage blanc
- frostfish
- frosting
- fructose
- fruit cake
- fruit cheeses
- fruit jelly
- fruit pastes, cheeses, butters
- fruit salad
- fruit soups
- frumenty
- frying
- fudge
- fugu
- fulmar
- Ful mudammes (or medames)
- fumet
- funeral food
- funghi porcini
- fungus
- funistrada
- funnel cap
- funori
- furrow shell
- fusilier
- fusion food
- Futurist meals
- fuzzy melon
- G
- Gabon
- gabon nut
- gache
- gadwall
- gaeng
- gage
- galactose
- galangal (or galingale),
- galantine
- gale, sweet
- Galen (ad 129–99)
- galette
- galingale
- gallimaufrey (gallimaufry, and other variant spellings),
- Gambia
- game
- gammelost
- gammon
- gandaria
- gaper
- garam masala
- garbanzo
- garbure
- gardening and food
- garden mace
- garfish
- garibaldi
- garlic
- garoupa
- garum
- gastronomy
- gateau
- gâteau marjolaine
- gaufre
- gaur
- gaz
- gazelle
- gazpacho
- gefilte fish
- geitost
- gelatin (sometimes gelatine)
- gem
- gender/sex and food
- genetics and food
- genip
- genipap
- Genoa cake
- Génoise
- geoduck
- geophagy
- Georgia
- geranium
- German cheeses
- German cookery books
- German regional cookery
- Germany
- gevrek
- Ghana
- ghatti
- ghee
- gherkin
- ghorayebah
- giant clam
- giblets
- gigot
- gilt-head bream
- gimblette
- gingelly
- ginger
- ginger biscuits
- gingerbread
- ginkgo
- ginkgo fish
- ginseng
- giraffe
- girdle
- girolle
- gizzard
- gjetost
- glace (de viande) and demi-glace
- glacé fruits
- Glasse Hannah (1708–70)
- glasswort
- glaze
- gliko or glyko,
- globalization
- Gloucester cheese
- glucose
- gluten
- gnetum
- gnocchi
- gnu
- Goa
- Goa bean
- goat
- goatfish
- goat nut
- goat's milk cheeses
- gobo
- gobstopper
- goby
- godwit
- gold and silver leaf
- golden needles
- golden syrup
- good King Henry
- goose
- gooseberry
- goosefoot
- goose-necked barnacle
- Goosnargh cakes
- goraka
- gorgonzola
- Gouda
- Gouffé Jules (1807–77)
- goulash
- gourd
- gourmand
- gourmet
- goutweed
- governor's plum
- graham bread
- grains of paradise
- grains of Selim
- gram
- gram flour
- grana
- granadilla
- granita
- grape
- grapefruit
- grass
- grasscutter
- grasshopper
- grass pea
- gratin, gratiner
- grating cheeses
- gravlaks or gravlax
- gravy
- grayling
- Greece
- green bean
- green cheese
- greengage
- Greenland
- green peppercorns
- greensauce
- gremolada
- grenadine
- grey mullet
- griddle
- griddle breads
- Grigson Jane (1928–90)
- grill
- grillons
- Grimod de la Reynière Alexandre-Balthazar-Laurent (1758–1837)
- grisette
- griskins
- grissini
- groats and grits
- ground cherry
- ground elder
- ground hog
- groundnuts
- ground-pig
- grouper
- grouse
- grubs
- gruel
- grumichama
- grunt
- Gruyère
- guacamole
- Guam
- guamá
- guanaco
- guanciale
- guarana
- guar bean
- guascas (or huascas)
- guava
- gudgeon
- guépinie
- gugelhupf
- guillemot
- Guinea
- Guinea Bissau
- guinea-fowl
- Guinea pepper
- guinea pig
- guitarfish
- gulab
- gulab jamun
- gulaman
- Gulf States
- gull
- gulls’ eggs
- gum
- gum arabic
- gumbo
- gums
- gum tragacanth
- gur
- gur cake
- gurnard
- Guyana, Surinam, Guyane
- gwyniad
- gypsy mushroom
- gyro
- gyuvech
- H
- habanero
- hackberry
- haddock
- haggis
- hairmoss or hairweed,
- hairy tatties
- Haiti
- hake
- halal
- haleem (or halim)
- half-beak
- halibut
- hallucinogenic mushrooms
- halo-halo (literally ‘mix-mix’)
- haloumi
- halva
- ham
- hamaguri
- hamanatto
- hamburger
- Hamburg parsley
- hamin(e)
- hammerhead shark
- hand cheeses
- hangop
- hapuku
- hard/hardshell clam
- hard tack
- hardtail
- hare
- haricot bean
- harissa
- hartebeest
- Hartley Dorothy (1893–1985)
- hartshorn
- harusame
- hash
- haslet (or harslet)
- hasty pudding
- Hausa potato
- haute cuisine
- Havarti
- havercake
- Hawaii
- Hawick balls
- hawksbill turtle
- hawthorn
- hazel-hen
- hazelnut
- head
- head cheese
- heart
- heartnut
- heart of palm
- heart shell
- heat and its transmission
- hedge garlic
- hedgehog
- hedgehog fungus
- Heinz Henry J. (1844–1919)
- hemicellulose
- hemp
- hen/chicken breeds
- hen clam
- hen of the woods
- herb
- herbal, herbalists
- herbal teas
- hermit crab
- heron
- herring
- hickory nuts
- hierba santa
- high-bush cranberry
- high tea
- hijiki
- hilbeh (or hulba or halba),
- Hindle Wakes
- Hinduism and food
- Hippocrates
- hippopotamus
- hochepot
- hoe cake
- Hogmanay
- hog plum
- hogweed
- hoja santa (also hierba santa and many other versions),
- hoka
- hoki
- Hokkaido
- hollandaise
- hominy
- honey
- honeyberry
- honey cake
- honeydew
- honey fungus
- hopper
- hoppin’ John
- hop shoots
- horchata
- horehound
- hornazo
- Horn of Africa
- horn of plenty
- horn-shell
- hors d’œuvres
- horse bean
- horse chestnut
- horse gram
- horse mackerel
- horsemeat
- horse mushroom
- horse mussel
- horseradish
- horseradish tree
- horseshoe crabs
- hospitality
- hotchpotch sometimes hodgepodge,
- hot cross buns
- hot dog
- hotels and inns
- hotpot
- hough
- houting
- HP sauce
- huacatay
- huauzontle
- huckleberry
- huffkins
- huff paste
- huitlacoche
- humbug
- hum(m)us
- hundreds and thousands
- Hungary
- hurry scurry
- hush puppy
- huss
- hutspot
- hyacinth bean
- hydrogenation or ‘hardening’ of fats,
- hydrolysis
- hydropathic pudding
- hyssop
- I
- ice
- ice cream
- ice cream bean
- ice cream cone
- ice cream soda
- ice cream sundae
- ice fish
- Iceland
- Iceland moss
- iceplant
- icing
- idli
- iguana
- ilama
- illipe nut
- imbu (or umbu)
- imitation foods
- impala
- Inca food
- Inca wheat or quihuicha
- India
- Indian almond (or tropical almond)
- Indian fig or pear
- Indian pepper
- Indian sweets
- Indian whiting
- Indonesia
- injera
- ink cap
- inkfish
- insects as food
- Internet and food
- intestines
- Inuit cookery
- iodine
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Ireland and the potato
- Irish moss
- Irish stew
- Irn-Bru
- iron
- irradiation
- isinglass
- Israel
- Italian cookery books
- Italy
- itriya
- Ivory Coast
- ivy gourd
- J
- jaboticaba
- jack
- jack bean
- jackfruit
- jack-knife clam
- jack rabbit
- jaggery
- Jains and food
- jalebi
- jam
- Jamaica
- Jamaica pepper
- Jamaica sorrel
- jambalaya
- jambolan
- jambon
- jambonneau
- jambu
- Jansson's temptation
- Japan
- Japanese clam
- Japanese culinary terms
- Japanese ‘plum’
- Japanese tea ceremony
- jap nuggets
- japonais
- Jarlsberg
- Java almond
- Java olive
- Java plum
- Jedburgh/Jeddart snails
- jelly
- jellybabies
- jelly beans
- jellyfish
- jelly fungus
- jelly roll
- jerky
- Jerusalem artichoke
- Jewish cookery
- Jewish dietary laws
- Jew's mallow
- jiaozi
- jicama
- jobfish
- Job's tears
- John Dory
- johnny cake
- jojoba
- jollof rice
- Jordan
- joshpara
- jostaberry
- journalism
- jug
- jujube
- jujubes
- jumbles
- juneberry
- juniper
- junket
- junsai
- K
- kabocha
- kachori (kachauri)
- kadayif
- kaffir
- kahawai
- kaiseki
- kaʾk
- kaki
- kale
- kamaboko
- kampyo
- Kamut
- kanaka pudding
- kangaroo apple
- kangaroos
- kapok-tree fruit
- karabij
- karaka
- karamelli
- karanda
- karela
- kasha
- kashk and kishk
- kashkaval
- Kashmir
- kasutera (sometimes spelled castera)
- katsuobushi
- kaymak
- Kazakhstan
- kebab
- kecap
- kedgeree
- kedrouvie nut
- kefalotyri
- kefir
- kei apple
- kelp
- kemiri
- kenari
- kenc(h)ur
- Kendal mint cake
- Kenney-Herbert Colonel (‘Wyvern’)
- Kentucky wonder beans
- Kenya
- keora
- kepayang
- kermes
- keshkul-e-fuqara
- ketambilla
- ketchup
- kewra (essence)
- kheer
- khichri
- khing sot
- Khmer Republic
- khoresht
- khoshab
- khoya
- khubz
- khus-khus
- kibbeh
- kickshaw
- kid
- kidney bean
- kidneys
- kimch'i
- king boletus
- king crab
- kingfish
- kingklip
- king mushroom
- kinilaw
- kinkajou
- kinugoshi
- kipper
- Kirghizia
- kisel
- kishk
- kısır
- kisses
- kitchen and kitchen equipment
- Kitchiner Dr William
- kiwano
- kiwi
- kiwi fruit (or Chinese gooseberry),
- knäckebröd
- knackwurst
- knafeh
- kneidlach
- Knödel
- knot
- knotweed or knotgrass
- kochojang (kocho chang, kochuzang)
- kofta
- kohlrabi
- koji
- kokam
- kolokotes
- kona crab
- konbu (often given as kombu),
- konbucha
- konjac
- konnyaku
- Korea
- korma
- kosher food
- Kosovo
- koumiss or kumiss
- krakelingen
- kreplach
- krill
- krupuk
- kubili nuts
- Kuchen
- Kuchenmeisterei
- kudu
- kudzu
- kugel
- kugelhopf
- kuku
- kulcha
- kulfi
- kulich
- kumquat
- kunafa(h)
- kushuri
- kvass
- L
- laban
- lablab bean
- labneh
- labskaus
- La Chapelle Vincent
- Lachsschinken (salmon ham),
- lactic acid
- lactose intolerance
- Ladakh
- laddu
- ladikanee
- ladyfingers
- ladyfish
- laevulose
- lagoon crab
- laksa
- laksa leaf
- lamb
- Lamb Patrick
- lambropsomo
- lamb's lettuce
- lamington
- lamprey
- Lancashire
- Lancashire hotpot
- land crabs
- langouste
- langoustine
- langsat
- langue de chat
- lanzone(s)
- Laos
- lapwing
- lard
- larding
- lardy cake
- lark
- larvae
- lasagne
- laser(pitium)
- lassi
- lath
- latke
- Latvia
- laurel leaves
- La Varenne François Pierre de (c.1615–78)
- lavash
- lavender
- laver, laverbread
- lavignon or lavagnon
- leather, fruit
- leatherback turtle
- leatherjacket
- leaven
- leaven bread
- Lebanon and Syria
- leben/laban, etc.
- Lebkuchen
- lecithin
- Leckerli
- leek
- leftovers
- leguan
- legume
- Leicester
- Leiden (or Leyden)
- lemon
- lemonade
- lemonade berry
- lemon grass
- lemon pepper
- lemon sole
- lemon verbena
- lengkuas
- Lent
- lentil
- Leslie Eliza (1787–1858)
- lettuce
- Levant garlic
- Liberia
- Libya
- lichens
- licorice
- Liebig Justus von (1803–73)
- Liederkranz
- lights
- lima bean
- Limburger
- lime
- lime flowers
- limetta
- limpet
- limu
- Lincoln Mary (1844–1921)
- ling
- lingonberry
- linguine
- Linnaeus Carolus,
- linseed
- Linzertorte
- lion
- Liptauer
- liquamen
- liquorice (or licorice)
- listeria
- litchi
- literature and food
- Lithuania
- littleneck
- Livarot
- liver
- living history and the history of food
- lizard
- lizard fish
- llama
- loach
- loaf cheese
- lobscouse
- lobster
- local food
- locro
- locust
- locust bean
- locust trees
- loganberry
- lokum
- lollipop
- longan
- longevity
- long-neck
- long pepper
- longpod bean
- lontong
- loquat
- lotus
- loucoum
- loukoumades
- lovage
- love-in-the-mist
- lovi-lovi
- low temperature cooking
- lozenges
- lubia
- lucanica
- lucerne
- luchi
- lucuma
- luderick
- luf
- luffa
- lumpfish
- lumpia
- lunch
- lungs
- lupin
- luqmat el qadi
- lutefisk
- luvar (or louvar)
- Luxembourg
- lychee
- lye
- M
- maʾamoul
- maas
- mabolo
- macadamia nuts
- macaroni
- macaroons
- Macau
- mace
- macedoine
- Macedonia
- macerate
- mâche
- mackerel
- Madagascar (Malagasy Republic),
- Madagascar bean
- Madeira
- Madeira cake
- madeleine
- madia
- madrai (pronounced mandrai)
- madrona
- magnesium
- maguey
- mahlab (mahleb, mahaleb)
- mahseer
- maidenhair berry
- maids of honour
- maigre
- maize
- Majorca
- mako
- makrut lime
- Malabar gourd
- Malagasy Republic
- malanga (or yautia, or tannia),
- Malawi
- malay apple
- Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei
- Maldives
- Mali
- mallard
- mallow
- malt or malted
- Malta, Gozo, and Comino
- malt bread
- maltose
- mamaliga
- mamee or mamey
- mamoncillo or genip(a)
- maʾmounia
- manatee
- Manchego
- Manchester pudding
- manchet
- mandarin
- mandarin limes
- manganese
- mange-tout
- mango
- mangoldwurzel
- mangosteen
- mangrove crab
- manicou
- manioc
- manketti nut or mugongo nut,
- manna
- manteche
- mantis shrimp
- mantou or mantu
- manus christi
- maomao
- maple candy/maple sugar
- maple syrup and maple sugar
- marang
- maraschino cherry
- marble cake
- marcassin
- marengo
- margarine
- Maria biscuits
- Maribo
- marigold
- marinade, marinate
- marjoram
- markets
- marking nut
- marlin or spearfish
- marmalade
- Marmite
- Maroilles
- marron
- marrons glacés
- marrow
- marshmallow
- marsh rabbit or hare
- marzipan
- masa
- masala
- mascarpone
- mashua
- mask crab
- maslin
- masoor
- Massialot, François
- mast
- mastic
- maté
- matefaim
- matelote
- matsumo
- matsutake
- matzo
- mauka
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- May Robert (b. 1588)
- Maya food
- mayonnaise
- mazurka
- mead
- meadowsweet
- meagre
- meals
- mealtimes
- meat
- meatballs
- meat extracts
- meat glaze
- meat loaf
- meat preservation
- Medici, Catherine de’
- medicine and food
- medieval cuisine
- medieval cuisine: the sources
- Mediterranean diet
- medlar
- megapode
- megrim
- Mehlspeisen
- Melanesia
- Melba, Dame Nellie
- melegueta pepper
- melet
- melilot
- melokhia (or molokhia),
- melon
- Menagier de Paris, Le
- Menon
- menrui
- merenda (also merienda)
- merguez
- meringue
- Mesoamerica
- mesquite
- metabolic rate
- metabolism
- metal utensils
- Mexican oregano
- Mexico
- mezze (sometimes spelled meze)
- Micronesia
- micro-organisms
- microwave cooking
- Milanese
- milk
- milk bar
- milk bread
- milk cap
- milkfish
- milk puddings
- milk reduction
- mille feuilles
- miller
- millet
- milling
- milt
- mince
- mince pie
- minchin (also written as mien chien)
- minerals
- miner's lettuce
- minestrone
- minneola
- minnow
- mint
- mints
- mioga ginger
- mirabelle
- miracle berry
- Mirepoix Charles-Pierre-Gaston-François de Lévis, Duke of (1699–1757).
- mirin
- mirliton
- miroir
- mishsh
- miso
- mithai
- mitsuba
- Mitzithra
- mizuame
- mocha
- mochi
- mock turtle soup
- Moghul cuisine
- mohinga
- mojaban
- moki
- molasses
- Moldova
- mole
- molecular gastronomy
- moley
- molluscs
- Molokhovets, Mrs
- mombin
- momo
- Mongolia
- monitor
- monkey
- monkey pot nuts
- monkey's head mushroom
- monkfish
- monks and nuns
- monosodium glutamate
- monstera
- Montagné, Prosper
- mont blanc
- montelimar
- Montenegro (Crna Gora, ‘Black Mountain’)
- Monterey
- mooli
- mooncakes
- moonfish
- moorhen
- moose
- moray eel
- morello
- morels
- Moreton Bay bug
- mornay
- Morocco
- mortadella
- morwong
- mostarda di frutta di Cremona
- moth bean
- mouflon
- mould
- moussaka or musaka
- mousse
- mousseline
- mowra butter
- Mozambique
- mozuku
- mozzarella
- muesli
- muffaletta
- muffin
- mugwort
- muhallabia
- mulberry
- mullet
- mulligatawny soup
- mulloway
- mung bean
- Munster
- muntjac
- murex
- Murray cod
- musciame
- muscovado
- Muscovy duck
- mushimono
- mushroom
- mushroom literature
- mushrooms in Russia
- musk
- muskellunge
- musk ox
- muskrat
- Muslims and food
- mussel
- mustard
- mustard and cress
- mustard greens
- mutton
- mutton-bird
- muzzle
- Mycella
- mycoprotein
- myrobalan
- myrrh
- myrtle
- mysost
- N
- nabemono
- nameko
- namnam
- nam pla
- nam prik
- nan
- Naples biscuit
- naranjilla
- naras
- naseberry
- nasi goreng
- nasturtium
- nata
- Natal plum
- natto
- nautilus or pearly nautilus
- navarin
- navy bean
- neck
- nectar
- nectarine
- neeps
- Nelson, Admiral Lord
- nelumbo
- Nepal
- Nepal pepper
- Nesselrode pudding
- Nestlé Henri (1814–90)
- Netherlands
- nettles
- Neufchâtel
- neuroanatomy of food flavour
- New Zealand
- New Zealand grapefruit
- New Zealand spinach
- ngapi nut
- nigella
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Niger seed
- nightshade
- nimono
- niniche
- nipa palm
- nitrates and nitrites
- nixtamalization
- Noah's ark
- Noah's pudding
- no-eye pea
- noisette
- nonnat
- nonpareil
- Nonya cookery
- noodles
- nopales
- nori or laver
- Norway
- Norway lobster (or Dublin Bay prawn, and langoustine in French)
- nostoc
- Nostrale and Nostrano
- nougat
- nouilles
- nouvelle cuisine
- noyau
- Nudeln
- nuoc mam
- nursehound
- nursery food
- nut biscuits
- nut grass
- nutmeg
- nutmeg fruit
- nutrition
- nuts
- O
- oak
- oatcakes
- oatmeal
- oats
- obesity
- oca
- ocean quahog
- octopus
- offal
- oggy
- ogo
- ohelo berry
- oil palms
- oils
- oka
- okara
- okari nuts
- okashi
- Okinawa
- okra
- oleaster
- olio
- olive oil
- olives
- omelette
- omelette Norvégienne
- oncom
- one-pot cookery
- onion
- onion seed
- ooray
- opah
- opossum
- orach
- orange
- orange flower water
- orange peel fungus
- orange roughy
- orchil
- oregano
- oreillette
- organic food
- organ meats
- orgeat
- oriental onions
- Orkney and Shetland
- Orlando
- ormer
- oronge
- orris root
- Ortanique
- ortolan
- osmosis
- osso buco
- Osterhase
- Osterkarpfen
- ostrich
- otaheite apple
- otaheite gooseberry
- Othello
- otter shells
- Ottoman cuisine
- oursin
- ovolactarian
- ox
- oxalic acid
- oxo
- oxtail
- ox-tongue fungus
- oyster
- oyster crab
- oyster mushroom (or oyster fungus)
- oyster nut
- oyster plant
- P
- pa amb tomàquet
- Pääsiäisleipä
- paca
- pacay
- pacaya
- Pacific islands
- paddy straw mushroom
- padek
- paella
- pain d’épices
- pain perdu (literally, ‘lost bread’)
- pak
- pak choi
- Pakistan
- pakora (pakaura)
- paksiw
- palate
- palaver sauce
- palillo
- palm
- palm cabbage
- palm oil
- palm sugar
- Palmyra palm
- palolo
- paloodeh
- palourde
- pampano
- pan
- panada
- Panama
- pancake
- pancetta
- panch phoron
- pancreas
- pandanus leaf
- pandowdy
- panettone
- pangolin
- pan haggerty
- paniala
- panini
- panir
- panna cotta
- pansit
- pantua or pantoah,
- papad
- papaw
- papaya
- paper-bag cookery
- Papin, Denys
- paprika
- paprikás
- Papua New Guinea
- pará cress
- paradise nut
- Paraguay
- para nut
- parasol mushroom
- parata (or paratha)
- parboil
- parfait
- Paris-Brest
- Parker House
- parkin
- Parma ham
- Parmentier Antoine-Augustin (1737–1813)
- parmentiera
- Parmesan
- Parmesan pie
- Parmigiana di melanzane
- Parmigiano
- parrotfish
- parrots and cockatoos
- Parsi food
- parsley
- parsnip
- parson's nose
- partminger
- partridge
- paskha
- passion-fruit
- Passover (Pesach)
- pasta
- pastele
- Pasteur Louis (1822–95)
- pasteurization
- pasticcio
- pastillage
- pastille
- pastitsio
- pastizzi
- pastrami
- pastries
- pastry
- pasty
- Patagonian toothfish
- pata negra
- pâté
- pâte brisée
- pâtisserie
- paua
- pavlova
- pawpaw
- paximadia
- payasam
- pea
- pea bean
- peach
- peacock
- peacock-pheasant
- pea crab
- peafowl
- peanut
- pear
- pearl onion
- pearl oyster
- peasemeal
- pease pudding (alternatively known as pease porridge)
- pecan
- peccary
- pêche Melba
- pecorino
- pectin
- pejibaye
- Peking duck
- pekmez
- pelican's foot
- pel'meni
- pemmican
- penguin
- penides, pennets
- Pennsylvania Dutch
- pennyroyal
- pepino
- pepper
- peppergrass, -wort, etc.
- peppermint
- pepper pot (sometimes pepperpot)
- percebe
- perch
- perilla
- periwinkle
- perle Japon
- permit
- Persia
- persillade
- persimmon or American persimmon
- Peru
- pesto
- peté
- petit beurré
- petit four
- petit suisse
- Petronius
- petticoat tails
- pettitoes
- peynir
- Pfeffernüsse
- phalsa
- pH factor
- pheasant
- Philippines
- philosophy and food
- Pholiota mushrooms
- phosphorus
- photography and food
- phulka
- physalis fruits
- picada
- picarel
- piccalilli
- pickerel
- pickle
- ‘pickled’ cheeses (or brined cheeses)
- pickling melon
- pickling onions
- picnic
- piddock
- pie
- pig
- pigeon
- pigeon pea
- pignola
- pignut
- pig's trotter fungus
- pigweed
- pike
- pikelet
- pike-perch
- pilaf or pilau,
- pilchard
- pili nut
- pilotfish
- pil-pil also pili-pili and piri-piri,
- pimento
- pimentón
- pimiento
- pineapple
- pine nut (or pi ñon, pinyon, pignolia)
- pink peppercorns
- pinole
- piñon
- pintail
- pinto bean
- pipi
- piri-piri
- pirog
- pirozhki
- pish pash
- pismo clam
- pissaladière
- pissenlit
- pistachio
- pistolet
- pistou
- pitanga or Surinam cherry
- pitaya
- pit cookery
- pithiviers
- pitomba
- pitta
- pizza
- plaice
- plank
- plantain (fruit)
- plantain (plant)
- Plat Sir Hugh
- Platina Bartolomeo (1421–81)
- Pliny
- plover
- pluck
- plum
- plumb cake
- plum mango
- plum pudding
- poach
- poached egg fungus
- pochard
- poetry and food
- poffertje
- poha
- pohickory
- poi
- pokerounce
- pokeweed
- Poland
- polenta
- politics and food
- polkagris
- pollack
- pollock
- Polo Marco
- polony
- polvorone
- Polynesia
- polypores
- polyunsaturates
- pomegranate
- pomelo or pummelo (as preferred by many authorities), or shaddock,
- pomfret
- pomology
- pompano
- pond apple
- Ponkan
- Pontefract cakes
- Pont l’évêque
- ponyfish
- poolish
- poori
- poor knights
- popcorn
- popover
- poppadom (papadam, papadum),
- poppy
- porbeagle or porbeagle shark,
- porcupine
- porgy
- pork
- pörkölt
- pork pie
- porpoise
- porridge
- portable soup
- Port Salut
- Portugal
- posh-té
- posole
- posset
- potage
- potassium
- potato
- Potatoes in cookery
- pot-au-feu
- ‘pot’ cheeses
- potée
- potlatch
- potluck
- pot-roast
- pottage
- potted cheese
- potted meat
- potting
- poudre douce, poudre fort
- poularde, poule, poulet
- pound cake
- poutine
- powan
- powsowdie
- prairie chicken
- prairie dog
- prairie oyster
- praline
- prawn
- prawn crackers
- pré-salé
- preservation
- preserve
- pressure cooking
- pretzel
- prickly ash
- prickly pear also called Barbary pear,
- primrose
- prince
- prinjolata
- processed cheese
- profiteroles
- pronghorn
- prosciutto
- protein
- protein and human history
- provolone
- prune
- ptarmigan
- puchero
- pudding
- Puerto Rico
- puffballs
- pufferfish
- puffin
- puff pastry
- pulasan
- pulled candy
- pulses
- puma
- pumpernickel
- pumpkin
- pumpkin pie
- punchnep
- pupton
- pupunha
- purslane
- puto
- Q
- qat
- qataʾif (kadayif, kunafa, knafeh),
- qawarma (or confit dʾagneau)
- quahog
- quail
- quaking pudding
- quandong
- quark (pronounced ‘kvahrk’ and meaning curd)
- queen
- queen cake
- queen crab
- queenfish
- queen's pudding or queen of puddings,
- quenelles
- queso
- quiche
- quihuicha
- quillaja
- quince
- quince preserves
- quinoa
- Quorn
- quroot
- qymaq
- R
- rabadi
- rabbit
- rabbit fish
- Rabisha, William
- raccoon
- raclette
- radicchio
- radish
- Raffald Elizabeth (1733–81)
- raffia
- ragi
- ragout
- ragú
- rail
- rainbow runner
- raisiné
- raisins, sultanas, and currants
- raisin tree
- raita
- rakefisk
- Raleigh, Sir Walter
- Ramadan
- rambai
- rambutan
- ramekin
- ramen
- ramontchi
- rampion
- ramsons
- rancidity
- Randolph, Mrs Mary
- rape
- rarebit
- rascasse
- ras-el-hanout
- rasgulla
- raskara
- raspberry
- rastefisk
- rat
- ratafia
- ratatouille
- rattan
- rattlesnake
- raupo
- rau ram
- ravigote
- ravioli
- raw food
- ray and skate
- ray's bream
- razor clam or razor-shell
- reblochon
- red cod
- red-cook
- red crab
- redfish
- red herring
- red mullet
- red peppercorns (or pink peppercorns)
- red sanders
- red snapper
- reed bird/rice bird
- reestit mutton
- refried beans
- refrigeration
- reindeer
- reindeer moss
- relish
- rémoulade
- rendang
- rennet
- reshteh
- resin
- restaurant
- resurrection cheese
- rhea
- rhinoceros
- rhubarb
- rice
- rice bean
- rice cakes of the Philippines
- rice paper
- rice pudding
- ricotta
- ridged gourd
- rijsttafel
- rillette
- riout(t)e
- risotto
- rissole
- roast
- robber crab
- robiola
- rocambole
- rock
- rock cake
- rock cod
- rock crab
- rocket
- rock-fish
- rockling
- rock-rabbit
- rock ‘salmon’
- rødgrøt
- roe
- rolled fondant
- rollmop
- rolls
- roly-poly pudding
- Romadur
- Romania
- Romano
- Rombauer Irma (1877–1962)
- romesco
- rook
- root beer
- Roquefort
- Rorer Sarah Tyson (1849–1937)
- rose-apple
- roselle
- rose-hips
- rosemary
- roses
- rosewater
- roti
- roughage
- roughy
- rouille
- roulade
- roux
- rowan and sorb
- royal jelly
- rubber brush fungus
- rue
- ruff and reeve
- rukam
- Rumford Count (1753–1814)
- Rumohr Karl (1785–1843)
- Rumpolt, Max
- Rundell, Mrs
- runner bean
- rush nut
- rusks
- Russia
- Russian cheeses
- russula
- rutabaga
- Rwanda
- rye
- rye breads
- Ryukyu
- S
- Saanen
- sabayon
- sablé
- saccharin
- Sachertorte
- saddle
- safflower
- saffron
- saffron cake or saffron bread
- sage
- sage cheese
- sago
- saiga
- sailfish
- St George's mushroom
- Saint-Nectaire
- St Nicholas
- Saint-Paulin
- saithe
- saké
- salad
- salak
- salal
- salamander
- salami
- salep
- saleratus
- saliva
- Sally Lunn
- salmagundi (or salmagundy),
- salmon
- salmonberry
- salmonella
- salmon trout
- saloop
- ṣalṣ
- salsa verde
- salsiccia
- salsify, scolymus, and scorzonera
- salt
- salt beef
- salt cod
- saltimbocca
- salting
- saltpetre
- salt pork
- salt-rising dough
- salts
- sambal
- sambar
- samfaina
- samn(eh)
- samosa
- samphire
- Samsoe
- sanbusak
- sandalwood
- sand-bug
- sandcake/sandtorte
- sand crab
- sand-eels
- sanders
- sandesh
- sand leek
- sand-smelt
- sandwich
- sansho (or Japanese prickly ash)
- santol
- sapodilla
- sapota or sapote
- sappaen
- saps
- Sapsago
- sapucaya nut
- sardi/garmi
- sardine
- Sardo
- sarsaparilla
- sashimi
- sassafras
- sassermaet
- satay or saté
- satsuma
- sauce Robert
- sauces
- Saudi Arabia
- sauerkraut
- saury
- sausage
- sauté
- savarin
- saveloy
- savory
- savouries
- Savoy
- sawfish
- Saxon pudding
- Sbrinz
- scabbard fish
- scad
- scald
- scaldfish
- scallions
- scallop
- scamorza
- scampi
- Scappi
- scarlet elf cup
- Schabziger
- schnitzel
- scollops
- scolymus
- scone
- score
- scorpion fish
- scorzonera
- Scotch broth or barley broth,
- Scotch egg
- Scotch pie
- scoter
- Scotland
- scrapple
- screwbean
- screwpine
- scrod
- scrub-fowl
- scurvy
- scurvy grass
- sea anemone
- sea bass
- sea biscuit
- sea bream
- sea buckthorn
- sea cicada
- sea clam
- sea-coconut
- sea cucumber
- sea grapes
- seakale
- sea lettuce
- sealing
- seals
- sea perch
- sea pie
- sea purslane
- searing
- sea trout or salmon trout,
- sea turtles
- sea urchin
- seaweeds
- seed cake
- seladang
- semolina
- Senegal
- Sent Sovi
- Serbia
- serrano ham or ‘mountain ham’
- service à la française
- service à la russe
- service-berries
- sesame
- sev and seviyan
- seviche
- sevruga
- sewin
- Seychelles
- shabu-shabu
- shad
- shaddock
- shado béni
- shaggy cap
- shalab
- shallot
- shaʾriyya
- sharks
- shark's fin
- sharon fruit
- shashlik
- shawarma
- shchi
- shea butter
- shearwater
- sheep
- shellfish
- shepherd's pie
- shepherd's purse
- sherbet
- Shetland
- shichimi
- shiitake
- shiokara
- ships and food
- ship's biscuit or hard tack or sea biscuit
- shipworm
- shirataki
- shirumono
- shiso
- shola (or sholleh)
- shoofly pie
- shorba
- shore crab
- shortbread
- shortcake
- shortening
- shoyu
- Shrewsbury cakes
- shrikhand
- shrimp
- Sichuan pepper
- Sierra Leone
- Silk Road
- silkworm
- silphium
- silver
- silverberry
- silverside
- simit
- simmer
- Simmonds Peter Lund (1814–97)
- Simmons Amelia
- simnel cake
- sinarapan
- sin-eating
- Singapore
- singhara nut
- singin’ hinnie
- sinigang
- siphnopitta
- sirnik
- şiş (or shish) kebab
- skate
- skipjack
- skipper
- skirlie
- skirret
- skorthalia
- skunk
- skyr
- slipcote cheese
- slipmouth
- slipper limpet
- slipper lobster
- sloe or blackthorn
- sloke
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Slow Food
- slump
- smallage
- smartweed
- smell
- smelt
- smetana
- smierkase
- Smith E. (c.1675–c.1732)
- smoking foods
- smörgåsbord
- smørrebrød
- snails
- snake gourd
- snakes
- snap bean
- snapper
- snickerdoodle
- snipe
- snoek
- snow
- snow crab
- soapwort
- soba
- sociology and food
- soda bread
- sodium
- soffritto and sofrito
- sofregit
- soft-shelled clam
- soft-shelled crabs
- sole
- Solomon Gundy
- Somalia
- somen
- soncoya
- sonofabitch stew
- soor plooms
- sop
- sopa de ajo
- sorb
- sorbet
- sorghum
- sorrel
- sosatie
- souari nut
- soufflé
- soul food
- soup
- sour cream
- sourdough bread
- sour milk
- soursop
- sous vide
- Southern Africa
- southern pea
- southernwood
- souvlaki
- Soviet Union (former)
- sowans
- soya bean
- Soyer, Alexis
- soy milk
- soy sauce
- space, food in
- spaghetti
- spaghetti squash
- Spain
- spam
- Spanish bayonet
- Spanish cheeses
- Spanish cookery books
- Spanish fly
- Spanish mackerel
- Spanish needles
- Spanish thyme
- sparrow
- spatchcock
- spätzle
- spearfish
- spearmint
- speculaas, speculoos, spekulatius
- spelt
- spiced beef
- spice mixtures or ‘mixed spices’,
- spices
- spice trade
- spider crab
- spider herb
- spiders
- spikenard
- spinach
- spiny lobster
- spitchcock
- spleen (or melt or milt),
- split pulse
- sponge biscuit/finger
- sponge cake
- sponge pudding
- spoonbread
- spotted dick and spotted dog
- sprat
- springbok
- Springerle
- spring onions
- spring roll
- sprouting
- Spry Constance (1886–1960)
- spun sugar
- squab
- squash
- squashberry
- squawfish
- squawroot
- squeteague
- squid
- squirrel
- Sri Lanka
- stage meals
- stainless steel
- staple foods and staples
- star anise
- star apple
- starch
- starfruit
- stargazey pie
- starling
- steak
- steak and kidney pudding or pie
- steam
- steamed puddings
- steamer
- steppe or stepnoj
- sterlet
- stew
- Stilton
- stinkhorn
- stir-fry
- stock
- stockfish
- Stollen
- stomach
- stone crab
- stonecrop
- stone mushroom
- store cheese
- stork
- stotty cake
- stovies
- stracchino
- strawberry
- strawberry pear
- ‘Strawberry tree’ or arbutus,
- straw mushrooms
- street food
- Streusel
- string hopper
- striped bass
- Stroganov, Stroganoff
- stroopballetje
- strudel
- stufato and stufatino
- stuff and stuffing
- sturgeon
- submarine
- sub-Saharan Africa
- subtleties
- succory
- succotash
- sucket
- sucking lamb
- sucking pigs
- sucrose
- Sudan
- suet
- suet puddings
- sugar
- sugara
- sugaralle
- sugar almonds
- sugar-apple
- sugarberry
- sugar boiling
- sugar candy
- sugar paste
- sugar wrack
- suimono
- sukiyaki
- sulphur shelf
- sultana
- sumac
- suman
- summer pudding
- summer squash
- sumptuary laws
- sundae
- sunflower
- sunomono
- sunset shells (or sunset clams)
- supper
- suprême
- suram
- surf clam
- Surinam
- Surinam cherry
- surströmming
- surtout
- sushi
- Sussex pond pudding
- susumber
- swamp cabbage
- swamp-hen
- swan
- swede and rutabaga
- Sweden
- sweep
- sweet and sour
- sweetbread mushroom
- sweetbreads
- sweet cicely
- sweetcorn
- sweet cream and sweet curd
- sweeteners
- sweeties
- sweet potato
- sweets
- sweet sop
- swimming crabs
- Swiss chard
- Swiss roll
- Switzerland
- sword bean
- swordfish
- syllabub (or sillabub)
- symposium
- syr and sir
- Syria
- syrups
- T
- ta'amia
- Tabasco
- tabashir
- tabbouleh
- tabil
- tablet
- table-top cookery
- taboo (or tabu)
- taco
- tade
- taffy
- tagine
- tagliatelle
- tahini (sometimes tahina)
- Tahiti
- Tahitian quince
- Taillevent (c.1312–95)
- tails
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Taleggio
- tamales
- tamari
- tamarillo
- tamarind
- tampumpie
- tandoor
- tangelo
- tangerine
- tangor
- tannia
- tansy
- Tanzania
- tapas
- tapé
- tapioca
- tapir
- taramosalata
- tarator
- tarhana or trahana(s)
- taro
- tarpon
- tarragon
- tart
- tartare
- tartaric acid
- tarte tatin
- taste
- tasting
- Tatar cuisine
- tatties ‘n’ herring
- tausi
- tautog
- tayberry
- tea
- tea (as a meal)
- tea breads and tea cakes
- tea-bush
- teal
- tef (or teff)
- tejpat
- television and food
- telfairia nut
- tempe (or tempeh)
- temperature
- Temple orange
- tempura
- tench
- tenderizers
- tengkawang
- tengusa
- tennis cake
- tepary bean
- teredo worm
- teriyaki
- termite heap mushroom
- termites
- tern eggs
- terrapin
- terrine
- terroir
- testicles
- Tex-Mex
- texsel greens
- textured vegetable protein (tvp)
- Thailand
- thali
- Thanksgiving
- tharid (or tharida)
- Theophrastus
- thermometers
- thickening agents
- thistle
- thousand island dressing
- threadfin bream
- threadfins
- thrush
- thunder and lightning
- thyme
- thymus
- ti
- Tibet
- tiffin
- tiger nut
- tikka
- tilapia
- tilefish
- Tilsiter (or Tilsit)
- timbale
- timur
- tinamou
- tinda
- tinned foods
- tinola
- tipsy cake
- tiramisu
- tisane
- toad in the hole
- toadstool
- toast
- toast water
- toddy
- toffee
- toffee apple
- tofu
- Togo
- toheroa
- toma, tomino
- tomate de mer
- tomatillo
- tomato
- tomcod
- tomme
- tongue
- tongue clam
- tonic water
- tonka bean
- tooth fungi
- topitambo
- top-shells
- torch ginger
- torrone/turrón
- torsk (or tusk)
- Torte and Kuchen
- tortilla
- tortoise
- tostada
- tournedos
- tourte de moy
- tous les mois
- toxins
- trace elements
- tra(k)hana(s)
- Trappist cheese
- trasi
- travel and food
- travelling sauce
- treacle
- tree bean
- tree-cotton
- tree onion (or proliferous/top/Egyptian onion),
- tree tomato or tamarillo,
- trefoil
- trevally
- trifle
- trigger fish
- Trinidad
- tripe
- tripletail
- triticale
- trotters
- trout
- truffle
- trumpeter (1)
- trumpeter (2)
- tsampa
- tsatsiki
- tsukemono
- tuatua
- tucupi sauce
- tuile
- tummelberry
- tuna (or tunny),
- tuna fig
- Tunisia
- tunny
- tunta
- tuoni e lampos
- tur
- turbot
- turkey
- Turkey
- Turkish delight
- Turkmenistan
- turmeric
- turnip
- turnover
- turtle
- tutmaç
- Twelfth Night cake
- tzimmes
- U
- udder
- udo
- udon
- Uganda
- ugli
- Ukraine
- ulluco
- umami
- umble pie, umbles
- ume
- umeboshi
- umkokolo
- upside down cake (upside down pudding)
- urd (or urad, or black gram)
- Uruguay
- USA
- Uzbekistan
- V
- vacherin
- vandyking
- vanilla
- vareniki
- vareno zhito
- variety meats
- vasilopitta
- veal
- vegan
- Vegemite
- vegetable humming bird
- vegetable lamb
- vegetable marrow
- vegetable oils
- vegetable spaghetti
- vegetarianism
- velouté
- velvet bean
- vendace
- Venezuela
- venison
- venus shell or venus clam,
- verjuice
- vermicelli
- verni
- Verral William (1715–61)
- vervain
- vetch
- ve-tsin
- vichyssoise
- Victoria sandwich cake
- viennoiserie
- Vietnam
- Vietnamese coriander/mint
- vinaigrette
- vin cuit
- vindaloo
- vinegar
- vinegar cake
- vine leaves
- vine spinach
- violet (1)
- violet (2)
- viscacha
- vitamins
- voileipäpöytä
- vol-au-vent
- vongola
- W
- wafer
- waffle
- wahoo
- wakame
- Waldorf salad
- Wales
- walleye
- walnut
- wampee (or wampi)
- wapiti
- war
- Ward Artemas (1848–1925)
- warehou
- warqa
- warthog
- wasabi
- Washington clams
- washing up (or ‘doing the dishes’, ‘faire la vaisselle’, and so on)
- wasp
- water
- water apple, water rose apple
- water biscuits
- water-buffalo
- water bugs
- water chestnut
- watercress
- water dropwort
- water hawthorn
- water hyacinth
- water ices
- waterleaf
- watermelon
- water parsnip
- water spinach
- waterzooi
- wattle
- wax bean
- wax caps
- wax gourd
- weakfish
- wedding meals and cakes
- wedge shell (or wedge clam, or coquina)
- weed
- weever
- wels
- Welsh cakes
- Welsh onion
- Welsh rabbit
- Wensleydale
- West and Central Africa
- Western Sahara
- West Indies
- wet Nellie
- whale
- wheat
- wheatear
- wheat products and dishes
- whelk
- whey
- whey cheeses
- whim wham
- white ants
- whitebait
- whitefish
- white pot
- white pudding
- white sauce
- White Trash cooking
- whiting
- wholemeal
- whortleberry
- Wiener Schnitzel
- wigeon or widgeon,
- wigs (or whigs, or wiggs)
- wild boar
- wild duck
- wildebeest
- wild garlic
- wild rice
- Windsor bean
- wine
- winged bean
- winged pea
- winkle
- wintergreen
- winter melon
- winter squash
- witchetty grubs
- witloof
- wok cookery
- wolf-fish
- Wolley (Woolley) Hannah (1622/3–c.1675)
- wonderberry
- wonton (or won ton)
- wood apple
- woodchuck
- woodcock
- wood ear (or tree ear)
- wood mushroom
- woodpigeon
- woodruff
- wood sorrel
- Worcester(shire) sauce
- worms
- wormwood
- wrack
- wrapped foods
- wrasse
- wreckfish
- Y
- yabby
- yacon
- yak
- yakimono
- yam
- yam bean
- yampa
- yard long bean
- yarg
- yautia
- yeast
- yeheb nut (also yeeb, ye-eb, ye'eb),
- yellowman
- yellowtail (kingfish)
- Yemen
- yin-yang
- ylang-ylang
- yoghurt
- yomari
- York cheese
- Yorkshire Christmas pie
- Yorkshire pudding
- youngberry
- ysaño
- yuba
- yuca
- yucca
- yufka
- yuzu
- Z
- zaatar (or zaʾatar or zahtar)
- zabaglione
- Zaire
- zakuski
- Zambia
- zambo
- zampone
- zander
- zapote
- zebra
- zebu
- zedoary
- zensai
- zeppole
- zhug
- Zimbabwe
- zinc
- zoloobiya
- zucchini
- zuppa inglese
- zweite Frühstück
- zwieback
- Bibliography
- Picture Acknowledgements