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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.
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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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.
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Belle de Fontenay — potato named after the suburb of Fontenay-sous-Bois, Paris; Beurre d'Isigny — butter from the town of Isigny-sur-Mer, Normandy; Bisque — soup named after the Bay of Biscay between Spain and France; Camargue red rice — the Camargue region, Bouches-du-Rhône