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Fajitas
A Tex-Mex dish of grilled marinated meat and peppers served on a hot cast-iron skillet with flour tortillas — originally a cattle-country dish using skirt steak, now a globally recognised sizzling restaurant experience.
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List of Foods That Start With F
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Falafel
Deep-fried balls or patties of ground chickpeas (or fava beans) seasoned with herbs and spices, a Middle Eastern street food and sandwich staple.
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Fish and Chips
Britain's defining take-away dish — thick battered and deep-fried white fish with chunky fried potato chips, served wrapped in paper with salt and vinegar.
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Flan
A silky baked egg custard coated in caramel — the defining dessert of Spanish-speaking countries, served inverted so the molten caramel sauce cascades over the set custard.
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Flatbread
The world's oldest and most universal bread — unleavened or minimally leavened dough cooked quickly on a hot surface, spanning from lavash to roti to pita; the bread that preceded the oven.
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Focaccia
A flat, dimpled Italian olive-oil bread — soft and porous, generously salted, often topped with rosemary, tomato, or onion.
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Fondue
Swiss melted cheese in a communal pot — Gruyère and Emmental melted with white wine and Kirsch, kept warm over a flame; bread cubes dipped on long forks, with the legend that dropping your bread means a round of drinks.
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French Toast
Stale bread soaked in egg and milk, then pan-fried to a golden crust — called *pain perdu* (lost bread) in France because it rescues bread past its prime; topped with maple syrup, fruit, or icing sugar.
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Fried Chicken
Chicken pieces seasoned, coated in seasoned flour, and deep-fried — a dish with deep roots in Scottish and West African cooking traditions, central to American Southern cuisine.
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Frittata
Italy's answer to the omelette — an open-faced egg dish started on the stovetop and finished under the grill, loaded with vegetables, cheese, and cured meats; served at room temperature as antipasto.
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