Savory

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

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

People

 * 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

Other uses

 * "Savory" (song), a 1994 single by the band Jawbox