Empty Calories
"Empty calories" are calories that don't have many nutritional values (such as vitamins or minerals) and come from foods such as cakes, candy, ice cream, sodas and alcoholic drinks.…
English Muffin
The English muffin dates back many, many years. However, the English, oddly enough, called it simply a "muffin." Samuel Bath Thomas opened a shop in New York City in 1880 and helped to…
EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil)
"EVOO" (pronounced as individual letters) stands for "extra virgin olive oil." Olive oil has several grades, established by an international food organization; "extra…
Ex-Lax Fish (escolar nickname)
Escolar is sometimes mistakenly or fraudulently sold as "white tuna." The fish contains indigestible wax esters and eaters soon spend time in the bathroom. The escolar nickname of…
Facon or Fakon (fake + bacon)
"Facon" or "fakon" (fake + bacon) is vegetarian bacon. The names "facon" and "fakon" have not been trademarked. "Facon" was cited in a newsgroup in…
Fajita Friday
Entry in progress -- B.P. Other slang names for days of the week include Shunday, Sober Sunday, Margarita Monday, Messed-up Monday, Mojito Monday, Moonshine Monday, Boozeday Tuesday, Taco Tuesday,…
Fakeaway (fake + takeaway)
"Takeout" is an American term, and "takeaway" is a British term. A "fakeaway" (fake + takeaway) is an imitation takeaway made at home, to save money or for…
Falafel or Felafel
"Falafel" (of "felafel") is a popular dish in Israel and in Middle Eastern restaurants and food stands throughout the world. Falafel is also popular in New York's Greenwich…
Farm Fresh
"Farm fresh" (or "farm-fresh") has long been a clichéd food phrase; farms grow food and no one advertises anything except "fresh." The image (in such terms as…
Farm-to-Table
"Farm-to-table" (or, without the hyphens, "farm to table") is a term that indicates that the restaurant (or other place of eating) uses fresh ingredients, locally grown and…
Farmer John Cheese (parmesan cheese)
"Parmesan" cheese is sometimes called "Farmer John" cheese by children. "Farmer John cheese" has been cited in print since at least 1998. Wikipedia:…
Farmers’ Market
A "farmers' market" (also spelled "farmers market") is a retail market where farmers can sell their foods to the public. Farmers' markets have existed in some form for…
Fartichoke (fart + Jerusalem artichoke)
The Jerusalem artichoke (or sunchoke) has been nicknamed "fartichoke" because, as some suggest, the dietary fiber inulin can't be properly digested and causes an Ex-Lax-like effect…
Fast Fine (fast food/fast casual + fine dining)
The restaurant concept of "fast fine" (fast food/fast casual + fine dining) was created by restaurateur Pierre Panos, who opened his Fresh To Order (F2O) restaurant chain in 2005. F2O…
Fast Food (Fast Food Restaurant)
"Fast food" is a quickly prepared meal at a "fast food restaurant" -- such as a hamburger ("fast food") at McDonald's (a "fast food restaurant"). The…
Fat Shaming
Entry in progress -- B.P. Twitterlisie@lisiepeasiehttp://tinyurl.com/26r2nj - if i ever see this writer, i'm going to slap her for reducing an article on women's health to pure…
Fat Tax
A "fat tax" became an issue in the health care debate in 1993 (under U.s. President Bill Clinton) and 2009 (under U.S. President Barack Obama). A "fat tax" can be a tax directly…
Fatacular
"Fatacular" (fat + spectacular) means something or someone who is gloriously, spectacularly in fat. The word could refer to a person or a type of food. Urban Dictionaryfatacular One that…
Fauxnut (faux + cronut/donut)
A "fauxnut" (faux + donut) is an imitation donut. Danny DeVito was required to eat donuts for his role in the film Other People's Money (1991), but he didn't eat junk food. Mani…
FDA-hole (Food and Drug Administration + asshole)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulates and supervises food and drug safety. Stephen Colbert, host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, popularized "FDA-hole" (Food and…