Tostones de Platano refers to a Caribbean garnish or side dish of slice, green plantains that are partially fried.

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Trifle refers to a fruit juice or liquor soaked sponge cake covered with layers of fruit, jelly, custard and cream served cold. Moreover, Trifle is the most famous English dessert that consists of sponge cake soaked in brandy or sherry, coated with fruit or jam, and topped with cream custard.

Tzimmes or Tsimmes is a traditional Ashkenazi Jewish dish in which the principal ingredient is diced or sliced carrots, sometimes combined with dried fruits like prunes or raisins, or chunks of meat. Tzimmes is a sweet Jewish dish. Traditionally, it is made in any number of ways and can combine fruits, meat and vegetables . Traditionally served on Rosh Hashana, this sweet Jewish dish is flavored with honey and usually with cinnamon as well. The flavors of this casserole-style dish develop by cooking it at a very low temperature for a very long time.

Tired refers to a wine that has reached its peak and will no longer develop flavor. Some wine lovers however, refer to the wine as being “old”.

Toast Level refers to the term in wine making that is used to describe the distinct effect on the wine flavor of the storage barrel that was manufactured over heat or fire.

Tinta Roriz refers to a grape variety which is also known as Tempranillo in Spain and is the only key 'Port' variety that is widely planted outside of Portugal. Tinta Roriz produces large crops that can vary widely in quality depending on the vintage and the vineyard site. Its wines can range from light in body to full bodied with heavy tannins. It is not a grape that makes very good wine on its own but it can be useful when used as a "spice grape" in a blend. Tinta Roriz is the only classic variety of the Douro not indigenous to Portugal. It is known in Spain, its birthplace, as Tempranillo. The name, from "temprana," or "early," refers to its trait of ripening early. Of the top varietals, Tinta Roriz is the most variable in in quality. High in vigor, moderate in productivity and highly resistant to heat and aridity, Tinta Roriz grows best on hot, dry south-facing schist slopes, away from water, with shelter from wind. Such siting helps curb the vine’s vigor and also helps it avoid rot, to which it is susceptible. The Tinta Roriz produces thick-skinned, deeply-colored grapes not too high in acidity which yield masculine wines of firm tannic structure, excellent complexity and distinctive resiny fragrance. It constitutes 12.1% of plantings in the Douro Valley, the second most prevalent vine. Alternate name of Tinta Roriz are: Tempranillo; Aragonez; possibly the Valdepeñas of California

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