Cottage Fries (Cottage Fried Potatoes)
"Cottage fries" are potatoes that sliced and often wedged. The origin of the "cottage" name is not known, but the fries are also called "home fries" and "house…
Cotton Candy (Candy Floss; Fairy Floss)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Cotton candyCotton candy (American English), candy floss (British English), or fairy floss (Australian English) is a form of spun sugar. Since it consists of…
Crab Imperial
"Crab Imperial" is a classic dish from Baltimore, Maryland. Serious Eats printed "How to Make Crab Imperial, the Maryland Crab Cake’s Wild Cousin" by Daniel Gritzer on August…
Crab Rangoon
"Crab Rangoon" is a crab dish from the 1950s named after Rangoon a city in the country of Burma; the city was renamed Yangon, and the country was renamed Myanmar. Despite the name, there…
Crabmeat Dewey or Crab Meat Dewey (Crab Meat a la Dewey)
"Crabmeat Dewey or "crab meat Dewey" ("crabmeat a la Dewey" or "crab meat a la Dewey") was a specialty of two gone-but-not forgotten New York City restaurants --…
Crabmeat Remick (Crab Meat Remick)
Crabmeat Remick (or "crab meat Remick" or "crab Remick") was created at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, about 1920, by chef Nestor Lattard. Lattard frequently named dishes…
Crack Pie
"Crack pie" is a specialty of Momofuku Milk Bar and Bakery, at Second Avenue and 13th Street in Manhattan. The dessert name has been trademarked with a first use date of November 15,…
Cracker Barrel (Cracker Barrel Philosopher/Philosophy)
The "cracker barrel" (or "cracker-barrel") is a barrel containing crackers. "York Biscuit and Crackers in barrels and kegs" was printed in The Connecticut Courant…
Cracker Barrel Humor
The "cracker barrel" (or "cracker-barrel") is a barrel containing crackers. "York Biscuit and Crackers in barrels and kegs" was printed in The Connecticut Courant…
Cracker Barrel Humorist
The "cracker barrel" (or "cracker-barrel") is a barrel containing crackers. "York Biscuit and Crackers in barrels and kegs" was printed in The Connecticut Courant…
Cracker Barrel Philosopher
The "cracker barrel" (or "cracker-barrel") is a barrel containing crackers. "York Biscuit and Crackers in barrels and kegs" was printed in The Connecticut Courant…
Cracker Barrel Philosophy
The "cracker barrel" (or "cracker-barrel") is a barrel containing crackers. "York Biscuit and Crackers in barrels and kegs" was printed in The Connecticut Courant…
Cracker Jack (Crackerjack)
Cracker Jack is the famous product with, as the jingle has it, "candy-coated popcorn, peanuts and a prize." Coated popcorn (with sugar and/or molasses) is cited from at least 1888.…
Cragel (croissant + bagel)
"Cragel" (croissant + bagel) is a portmanteau food word that was introduced by Scot Rossillo of The Bagel Store (754 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn) in September 2013. A croissant or…
Crappuccino (crap + cappuccino)
A "crappuccino" (crap + cappuccino) usually means a "crappy cappuccino" -- a Starbucks-type coffee drink that is ridiculously expensive. "Our boys go to one of those quaint…
Crawmom (crawdad + mom; a female crayfish)
There are "crawdads" (crawfish), but no "crawmoms." Some people have suggested that a female crayfish is a "crawmom." "crawdad.....oops crawmom" was posted…
Crazy Milkshake
Entry in progress -- B.P. BuzzFeedThis NYC Restaurant Created The Most Insane Milkshakes You’ll Ever EatIt’s time to treat yourself — you deserve it.posted on Jan. 18, 2016, at 1:04…
Cream Soda
Cream soda (a carbonated soft drink0 is first cited in America in 1854. Cream soda became popular in New York City, where Hegeman's drug stores sold the product in the 1860s. Dr. Brown's…
Crème Brûlée on a Stick (toasted marshmallows or Peeps)
Peeps are marshmallows shaped into animals. Peeps (or marshmallows) on a stick toasted over a flame have been called "Crème brûlée on a stick." "Have you ever roasted Peeps? Like…
Criss-Cross Applesauce
The book Criss-Cross Applesauce (1978) by B. A. King and Tomie DePaola contains the children's rhyme: Criss-cross applesauceSpiders crawling up your back!Spiders here, Spiders there.Spiders…