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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 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.
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 ...
Lists of brand name foods (27 P) Pages in category "Lists of foods" ... List of foods named after people; List of foods named after places; List of culinary fruits;
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The popular workout Pilates is also named after its inventor. Even some more frightening items, including guillotines and one specific type of rifle, carry their creator's name as their own.
The following foods and drinks were named after places. Each non-obvious etymology is supported by a reference on the linked Wikipedia page. Food names are listed by country of the origin of the word, not necessarily where the food originated or was thought to have originated.
1. Ladyfingers, Heels of Bread, and Other Body Parts in Food. There is a stunning amount of food with human body part terminology. Heels of bread, ears of corn, heads of lettuce, toes of garlic ...