Savory Explained

Savory or Savoury may refer to:

Common usage

Herbs of the genus Satureja, particularly:
- Summer savory (Satureja hortensis), an annual herb, used to flavor food
- Winter savory (Satureja montana), a perennial herb, also used to flavor food, but less common than summer savory
- Savory of Crete (Satureja thymbra), an evergreen herb native to Eurasia, rarely used in seasoning food

In Western cuisine, food that is considered suitable for a main course or other non-dessert course is called savory as opposed to sweet
Savoury (dish), a small savoury dish, traditionally served towards the end of a formal meal in some European cuisine
Savory (ice cream), a brand of ice cream from Nestlé
Savoury pattie, a battered and deep fried disc of mashed potato, seasoned with sage
Savoury pie, pies with savoury ingredients, as opposed to sweet pies
Umami, also called savoriness, one of the basic tastes detected by the human tongue

Allan Savory (born 1935), Zimbabwean environmentalist, inventor of the Savory brittleness scale
Brett Alexander Savory (born 1973), Canadian writer
Charles Savory (1889–1915), New Zealand rugby league footballer
Douglas Savory (1878–1969), Ulster Unionist Party Member of the United Kingdom Parliament
Gerald Savory (1909–1996), English playwright and screenwriter
Henry Savory (1914–2008), English cricketer
James Henry Savory (1855–1903), English clergyman, a Double Blue, cricketer, and footballer
Joseph Savory (1843–1931), Sheriff of London, Lord Mayor of London, and MP
Reg Savory (1908–1989), New Zealand businessman and politician
Lieutenant-General Sir Reginald Savory (1894–1980), British Indian Army Officer
Michael Savory (born 1943), Lord Mayor of London for 2004-05
Nathaniel Savory (1794–1874), American colonist to the Bonin Islands
Nirvana Savoury, musician
Roger Savory, Iranologist and specialist on the Safavids
William Scovell Savory (1826–1895), British surgeon
William Savory (1916–2004), audio engineer