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Schillerlocken – two quite distinct foods named after the curly hair of the German poet Friedrich von Schiller (1759–1805). One is cream-filled puff pastry cornets; the other is long strips of smoked dogfish belly flaps. Ranhofer named a dessert of pancakes rolled up, sliced, and layered in a mold Schiller pudding.
This article is a list of notable brand name food products that are presently produced as well as discontinued or defunct, organized by the type of product. This list also includes brand-name beverage mix products.
It turns out that the vast majority of brands named after real people are — of course — named after the company's founder. But each of these founders has a unique and oftentimes fascinating story.
StarKist Tuna is a brand of tuna produced by StarKist Co., an American company formerly based in Pittsburgh's North Shore [1] that is now wholly owned by Dongwon Industries of South Korea. It was purchased by Dongwon from the American food manufacturer Del Monte Foods on June 24, 2008, for slightly more than $300 million. [2]
From Orville Redenbacher to Marie Callender, from Wendy's to Mrs. Fields, there are plenty of food brands out there that took their names from a real-life person. Some were named after their ...
It was named after a real guy named Count Stroganov. Heck, even the Kentucky Hot Brown, an open-faced sandwich, was named after J. Graham Brown, the owner of the hotel where it was invented.
This is a list of companies named after people. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see Lists of etymologies . All of these are named after founders, co-founders and partners of companies, unless otherwise stated.
Taco Bell, one of America's favorite fast food chains, wasn't named after a Spanish-style mission, but a Mr. Glen Bell. ... The people behind these brands -- and how they built them -- may ...