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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Grah

Grah is a slow-cooked bean stew with onion, paprika and often smoked meat; Proha is a regional name used for a hearty bean preparation. It is a household winter pot rather than a plain side.

United States

Graham Bread

A dense, sweet yeast bread made with graham flour, named for health reformer Sylvester Graham.

United States

Graham cracker

A crisp, lightly sweet whole-wheat cracker invented in the 19th century — the s'more's foundation.

Croatia

Grahova Pretepena Juha

Grahova pretepena juha is Međimurje bean soup thickened with roux and sour cream.

Sao Tome and Principe

Grains of Paradise

Grains de paradis

Grains of paradise (Aframomum melegueta), a West African spice; listed in What The World Eats as a core spice of Mali; related to cardamom; used to season sauces, stews, and grilled meats; has a pungent, peppery flavor with hints of citrus; a traditional West African spice; the pepper of the Mali Empire.

Bologna, Italy

Gramigna alla Salsiccia

Gramigna con salsiccia

A short, curly Bolognese pasta dressed with sausage ragù, a rustic alternative to the city's better-known flat pastas.

Italy

Gran Gala

Gran Gala is a named Italian spirit from Trieste, defined by its local ingredients or grape, preparation, and balance of aroma, acidity, sweetness, or bitterness.

Parma, Italy

Grana Padano

PDO hard cow's milk cheese from the Po Valley, similar to Parmigiano but milder and aged less (9+ months). A daily grating cheese.

Ecuador

Granadilla Ecuatoriana

Granadilla

A sweet Ecuadorian passion relative with a hard orange shell and gelatinous, seed-filled pulp. Eaten by scooping the insides.

Slovakia

Granadír

Boiled potato and pasta fried together with onion and paprika — a barracks dish that stayed on canteen and pub menus.

United States

Grandma Pie

A Rhode Island bakery pie: a thick, chewy-crisp crust with sweet tomato sauce and a single layer of mozzarella.

Sicily, Italy

Granita

Sicilian semi-frozen dessert of water, sugar, and fruit or nuts (lemon, coffee, almond, mulberry). Eaten for breakfast with brioche in summer.

United States

Granola

A baked mix of oats, nuts, seeds, and sweetener, toasted into clusters — an American breakfast staple.

Georgia

Grape Must Pudding

Ფელამუში

Grape must thickened with corn flour, poured into moulds and set, then eaten cold with walnuts.

Georgia

Grape Must Syrup

Ბადაგი

Fresh grape juice boiled down to a dark sweet syrup at the autumn harvest, the base of churchkhela and pelamushi.

United States

Grape pie

A Concord grape pie with a deep purple, jammy filling — a Finger Lakes and Western New York specialty.

South Africa

Grapetiser

A South African sparkling grape juice, 100% grape with no added sugar, a national and premium drink

Italy

Grappa

Italian pomace brandy distilled from the skins, seeds, and stems left after winemaking. Strong, clear, and aromatic—drunk as a digestif or with espresso (caffè corretto).

Uruguay

Grappamiel

Grape marc spirit softened with honey into a sweet, warming liqueur drunk in winter.

Lyon, France

Gras-double à la Lyonnaise

Gras-double à la Lyonnaise is tripe sliced and cooked with onions and vinegar in a classic Lyonnaise preparation.

Argentina

Grasita Colorada

A spicy red fat sauce of pork fat, ground chili, paprika, and onions, served on top of locro. It adds a fiery, rich finish to the hearty stew.

England, United Kingdom

Grasmere gingerbread

Grasmere gingerbread is a dense Cumbrian bake made with oats, ginger, butter, and treacle.

Thailand

Grass Jelly

仙草

Black jelly made from boiled mesona herb, served cold in syrup with toppings or hot as a thick sweet soup in winter.

United States

Grasshopper Pie

A chilled mint-chocolate dessert pie of crème de menthe custard and whipped cream in a chocolate crust.

Romania

Grasă de Cotnari

A sweet white wine from botrytised grapes grown on one northern hillside, historically served at European courts.

Jamaica

Grater Cake

Grated coconut boiled with sugar and pressed into rounds, half of them dyed bright pink, sold from jars at shop counters.

Occitanie, France

Gratin d'artichauts (Artichoke gratin)

Gratin d’artichauts is artichoke hearts baked under a browned layer of cream, breadcrumbs, or cheese.

Lyon, France

Gratin de cardons

Gratin de cardons is tender cardoon stalks baked with béchamel and cheese until bubbling and golden.

Crete, Greece

Graviera

Γραβιέρα

Greece's second most popular cheese: a hard, nutty, slightly sweet cheese from Crete, Naxos, or Agrafa. Aged for months, served as a table cheese or for saganaki, a PDO cheese.

Crete, Greece

Graviera Kritis

Γραβιέρα Κρήτης

The Cretan PDO version of graviera, made from sheep milk, nutty and slightly sweet. Aged for 3+ months, a table and saganaki cheese, a Cretan specialty, savory and firm.

Finland

Gravlax

Cured Salmon

Dill-cured salmon with salt, sugar, and spices, served with mustard-dill sauce, a Scandinavian classic.

Slavonia, Croatia

Graševina Wine

Graševina

In Slavonia, Graševina is a fresh or aged white wine with apple, floral, and mineral notes from the region’s leading grape.

Barbados

Great Cake

A tall, heavily fruited and rum-soaked cake baked in tiers for weddings and Christmas, kept fed with rum for weeks before it is cut.

Great Hungarian Plain, Hungary

Great Plain Goulash

Alföldi gulyás

Great Plain goulash is a Hungarian beef-and-potato soup seasoned with paprika and cooked in the plains tradition.

Ukraine

Grechanyky

Гречаники

Minced-meat patties bulked with boiled buckwheat groats, fried then simmered in gravy.

Greece

Greek Coffee

Ελληνικός καφές

Greek coffee, brewed in a briki (small pot), served in a cup with grounds at the bottom. A daily and social ritual, strong and aromatic, a national drink, served with a glass of water and a sweet.