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Burrito
A large soft flour tortilla wrapped tightly around savory fillings, born in northern Mexico and reinvented in California into the food it's now globally known as.
This page lists foods that end with O. 16 foods are detailed below. Each entry below is a doorway into a full profile — not just a name on a list.
List of Foods That End With O
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Cacao
The fermented seed of a Mesoamerican rainforest tree — the raw material that becomes chocolate, prized by the Aztecs as currency and a sacred drink long before Europeans encountered it.
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Dango
Japanese chewy rice-flour dumplings skewered three to five on a bamboo stick — a simple sweet or savoury snack eaten at festivals and with green tea, in dozens of seasonal varieties.
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Espresso
A concentrated shot of coffee brewed by forcing pressurized hot water through finely-ground beans, the foundation of most Italian café drinks.
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Gazpacho
A cold Andalusian soup of raw blended tomatoes, peppers, cucumber, garlic, and olive oil — peasant food turned summer staple.
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Gumbo
Louisiana's most beloved dish — a thick, deeply flavoured stew built on a dark roux and the "holy trinity" of onion, celery, and bell pepper, thickened with okra or filé powder and loaded with seafood, chicken, and andouille sausage; as much a cultural institution as it is a meal.
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Gyro
A Greek street food of seasoned meat shaved from a vertical rotisserie, served in pita with tomato, onion, and tzatziki.
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Miso
A fermented Japanese paste of soybeans, salt, and koji mold — central to Japanese cuisine, with hundreds of regional varieties ranging from sweet white *shiro* to deep-aged red *aka*.
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Osso Buco
A Milanese braise of cross-cut veal shanks slow-cooked in white wine, broth, and vegetables until the meat falls from the bone — finished with gremolata and served over saffron risotto.
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Pandoro
A tall, eight-pointed-star-shaped Christmas cake from Verona — buttery, eggy, and dusted with vanilla-scented icing sugar.
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Pesto
A Genoese sauce of crushed basil, garlic, pine nuts, parmesan, and olive oil — traditionally pounded with mortar and pestle, now a global pasta sauce and ingredient.
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Pho
Vietnam's national noodle soup — a clear, deeply aromatic bone broth simmered with charred ginger and onion, star anise and cinnamon, served over rice noodles with thinly sliced beef or chicken and a platter of fresh herbs.
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Risotto
A creamy Northern Italian rice dish where short-grain rice is slowly stirred with broth until it releases starch and becomes silky — a technique disguised as a recipe.
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Tabasco
A Louisiana hot sauce made from fermented Tabasco peppers, vinegar, and salt — an 1868 invention from the McIlhenny family that became the world's most recognized hot sauce, fundamental to Cajun, Creole, and global American cuisine.
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Vindaloo
A fiery Goan curry with Portuguese roots — pork marinated in vinegar and garlic (the original *vinha d'alhos*) transformed by Goan cooks into a chilli-intense, tangy curry; now a British curry-house staple associated with maximum heat.
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Xiaolongbao
Shanghai-style soup dumplings — thin-skinned steamed parcels of pork and gelled broth that liquefies on contact with steam, served in stacked bamboo baskets.
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