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Bachwürfel – a cubiform confectionery named after
Johann Sebastian Bach, following the style of the
Mozartkugel. •
Baco noir – a hybrid grape, named after its breeder,
Maurice Baco. •
Baldwin apple – Colonel
Loammi Baldwin (1745–1807), a commander of militia at the
Battle of Lexington, found this apple between 1784 and 1793 while working as a surveyor and engineer on the Middlesex Canal in Massachusetts. •
Chicken Cardinal la Balue –
Cardinal Jean la Balue (1421–1491), a somewhat notorious minister to
Louis XI, is remembered in this dish of chicken, crayfish, and mashed potatoes. •
Barros Luco – is a popular hot sandwich in Chile that includes beef and melted cheese in one of several types of bread. The sandwich is named after Chilean president
Ramón Barros Luco, and was coined in the restaurant of the
National Congress of Chile, where president Luco always asked for this sandwich. •
Bartlett pear – The English
Williams pear variety was inadvertently renamed by Massachusetts nurseryman
Enoch Bartlett, early 19th century. Williams was a 17th-century English horticulturist. •
Bauru – This popular Brazilian sandwich was created by college student Casimiro Pinto Neto, nicknamed "Bauru." •
Battenberg cake – probably named after one of the late-19th-century princely
Battenberg family living in England, who gave up their German titles during World War I and changed their name to
Mountbatten. •
Béarnaise sauce – although often thought to indicate the region of Béarn, the sauce name may well originate in the nickname of French king
Henry IV (1553–1610), "le Grand Béarnais." •
Béchamel sauce – named to flatter the maître d'Hotel to
Louis XIV,
Louis de Béchamel, Marquis de Nointel (1630–1703), also a financier and ambassador. •
Bellini (cocktail) –
Giovanni Bellini •
Ham mousseline à la Belmont –
August Belmont (1816–1890) was born in Prussia and emigrated to the U.S. to work for the New York branch of Rothschild's. He became an extremely wealthy banker, married the daughter of
Commodore Matthew Perry, and was a leading figure in New York society and American horse racing. This dish was created at Delmonico's by Charles Ranhofer, probably for a dinner given there in Belmont's honor. •
Eggs Benedict – at least two main accounts. • Ben-Gurion's rice – folk name for
Israeli couscous, named for Israeli Prime Minister
David Ben-Gurion, who spurred Eugen Proper, one of the founders of
Osem, to devise a wheat-based substitute for rice. •
Eggs Berlioz –
Hector Berlioz (1803–1869), the notable French composer, has his name on a dish of soft-boiled eggs, elevated by the addition of croustades, duchesse potatoes, and truffles and mushrooms in a Madeira sauce. •
Beyti kebab –
Beyti Güler,
Turkish restaurateur. •
Bibb lettuce –
John B. Bibb, mid-19th-century amateur horticulturist of Frankfort, Kentucky. •
Oysters Bienville – this New Orleans dish of baked oysters in a shrimp sauce was named for
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (1680–1767), French governor of Louisiana and founder of New Orleans (1718). •
Bing cherry – Oregon horticulturist
Seth Luelling (or Lewelling) developed the cherry around 1875, with the help of his Manchurian foreman Bing, after whom he named it. •
Bintje – a very successful potato variety created by Dutch schoolteacher Kornelis Lieuwes De Vries who in 1905 named it after one of his pupils: the then 17 year old Bintje Jansma. In 1976 she died in Franeker (Friesland) at age 88. The Bintje is equally suitable for boiling, baking, and for
French fries, mashed potato and potato chips. It is the most widely cultivated potato in France and Belgium. •
Bismarck herring,
Bismarcks,
Schlosskäse Bismarck –
Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898), chief figure in the unification of Germany in 1870 and first Chancellor of the German Empire, has many foods named after him, including pickled herring, pastry, and cheese. •
Eggs in a Mold Bizet –
Georges Bizet (1838–1875), the French composer of
Carmen and other operas, has a consommé named for him as well as these eggs cooked in molds lined with minced pickled tongue, served on artichoke hearts. •
Sole Bolivar – South American revolutionary
Simón Bolívar (1783–1830). • – a cake named after
Martha Rocha, the 1954
Miss Brazil. •
Bonaparte's Ribs – an early-19th-century English sweet named after
Napoleon Bonaparte •
Boysenberry –
Rudolf Boysen, botanist and Anaheim park superintendent, developed the loganberry/raspberry/blackberry cross around the 1920s. The berry was subsequently grown, named and marketed in the 1930s by
Walter Knott of
Knott's Berry Farm in California. •
Bramley apple –
Matthew Bramley, butcher who in 1846 bought a cottage in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England, which had previously belonged to Mary Ann Brailsford, who had planted the first bramley tree there in 1809. •
Brillat-Savarin cheese –
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755–1826) has many dishes named for him besides this cheese, including partridge, eggs, garnishes, savory pastries, and the
Savarin cake. Brillat-Savarin was the influential French author of
The Physiology of Taste, in which he advocated viewing cuisine as a science. •
Hot Brown – J. Graham Brown, owner of the
Brown Hotel, which first served the hot sandwich. •
Parson Brown orange – Rev. Nathan L. Brown, 19th-century Florida minister and orange grower, developed what was to become the leading commercial orange of the time in the U.S. •
Burbank plum –
Luther Burbank (1849–1926), renowned American horticulturist, bred many new varieties of plants, including this and the
Russet Burbank potato. == C ==