Chinese Handball
"Chinese handball" is similar to "American handball." It is called "Chinese" not because it comes from China or was popular in Chinatown or was played by Chinese…
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Chinese Handball
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Chinese handballChinese handball (known in its 3-or-more-player forms as Ace-King-Queen, King(s), Down the River or Slugs), is a form of American handball…
Chinese Home Run (Chinese Homer)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Polo GroundsThe Polo Grounds was the name given to three different stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used by many professional teams in both baseball…
Chinese Hot Dog
The "hot dog" has had many variations, so it was inevitable that Chinese cuisine would come up with a variation. Various recipes appeared in the 1960s (see below), usually with small hot…
Chinese Pepper Steak
"Pepper steak" (sometimes called "Chinese pepper steak" to distinguish it from other steak-and-pepper dishes) is a Canton-style dish that has been popular in New York…
Chinese Popcorn (Sweet & Pungent Shrimp)
Chinese sweet and pungent shrimp is sometimes called "Chinese popcorn" because you can't eat just one, and once you start eating you can't stop until it's all gone.…
Chip Butty
A "chip butty" sandwich is "butty" (buttered sandwich) with "chips" (french fried potatoes). The "chip butty" is popular in the United Kingdom. "There…
Chip Keef (Chip Kief)
"Keef" (or "kief") is a cannabis term referring to the resinous trichomes of cannabis that may accumulate in containers. People have compared this to the dust from Doritos and…
Chip Kief (Chip Keef)
"Keef" (or "kief") is a cannabis term referring to the resinous trichomes of cannabis that may accumulate in containers. People have compared this to the dust from Doritos and…
Chipotle
Chipotle chili peppers are dried and smoked jalapeño peppers. The Mexican import plays a big part in the Southwestern cusine. Gourmet Sleuth Chipotles chilies [chee-POT-tleh] peppers are smoked…
Chippendale Building (SONY building)
The AT&T Building at 550 Madison Avenue was designed by Philip Johnson (who died in 2005 at age 98). The style was quickly dubbed "Chippendale." The building is now occupied by SONY.…
Chitlin’ Circuit
The "chitlin' circuit" (also spelled "chitlins circuit" and "chittlins circuit" and "chitterling(s) circuit") is the name that was given to…
Chive Box or Chive Pocket (Jiucai Hezi)
The Chinese dish of Jiǔcài Hézi (originally from Shandong, China) has been called "Chive Boxes" or "Chive Pockets." The "boxes" or "pockets" are stuffed…
Choc-block (chocolate + block)
"Choc-block" (chocolate + block) is to be blocked from having chocolate; the term "choc-block" is similar to "cock-block" (to be blocked from having sex).…
Chocha Beach (Orchard Beach)
Orchard Beach in the Bronx was opened by Parks Commissioner Robert Moses in the 1930s; it was so grand that it was called “the Riviera of New York"/"Bronx Riviera." The beach soon…
Choco Taco or Taco Helado (ice cream taco)
The ice cream taco was popularized by "Choco Taco," a product that is trademarked with a first use date of August 15, 1983. The Choco Taco was invented in Pennsylvania by Alan Drazen of…
Chocoholic
"Chocoholics" (chocolate + alcoholic) are addicted to (or just really love) chocolate. The term "chocoholic" has been cited in print since at least 1961 and 1964; it was one of…
Chocolate Brownie
Chocolate brownies are cited from at least 1898. There are 1896 and 1897 citations for "brownies," but these contained molasses and not chocolate. The name "brownie" was popular…
Chocolate Chip Muffin (State Muffin?)
The chocolate chip muffin is (perhaps) the official state muffin of Texas according to the Wikipedia, but the Texas state legislature passed no such law. Chocolate chip muffins became nationally…
Chocolate City (New Orleans nickname)
The term "chocolate city" refer to a city with a large (or, usually, a majority) African American population. In the early 1970s, the terms "chocolate city" and "vanilla…