Every dish the atlas documents for Americas — 1,181 of them, from 35 countries. Narrow it by food type, country or ingredient below.
1,181 dishes.
drinkHorchataSweet rice-cinnamon agua fresca served over ice
Horchata de morroGround morro-seed drink with spices and milk
Horchata lojanaDeep pink infusion of up to two dozen dried Andean herbs and flowers
Hormigas culonasToasted big-bottomed queen ants eaten salted, like nuts
HornadoSlow-roasted whole pork served at markets with llapingachos and motestreet foodHot dogGrilled sausage in a split bun; ballpark and cart staple
Hotel NacionalAged rum with apricot brandy, pineapple and lime, shaken and strained
HudutGarifuna coconut fish stew with mashed plantainsdessertHuevitos de lecheLittle milk-fudge sweets rolled into egg shapes and dusted with sugarbreakfastHuevos rancherosFried eggs on tortillas bathed in ranchero salsamainHuitlacocheInky corn fungus cooked with onion and epazote, folded into quesadillas
HumintasFresh corn dough with cheese steamed in husks
HumitaCreamy spiced corn wrapped in husks, northwestern tradition
HumitasSeasoned fresh-corn paste tied in husks and steamedstreet foodHúngarosSpicy smoked sausage split, grilled and served in a bread rollwine & spiritIce ciderAmber dessert cider from apples frozen after harvest, poured chilled with cheesewine & spiritIcewineIntensely sweet wine pressed from grapes left to freeze solid on the vinewine & spiritImperialPale lager with a black eagle label, drunk cold everywheredrinkInca KolaBright yellow soda flavoured with lemon verbena, drunk with every mealmainIndio viejoShredded beef and corn masa stew with mint and sour orange
Irish mossThick sweet drink of sea moss blended with milk, spices and vanilladessertIsla flotantePoached meringue floating on custard under a caramel drizzle
Ital stewSaltless vegan stew of coconut milk, vegetables and dumplingswine & spiritJack IronVery high proof rum drunk in Carriacou, famously dense enough to sink ice
JalaoBall of grated coconut boiled with molasses or honey until sticky
Jamaican Christmas cakeBlack cake of dried fruit steeped for months in rum and port
Jamaican pattyFlaky turmeric pastry filled with spiced beefmainJambalayaCreole rice cooked with sausage, chicken, and shrimp
Jerk chickenChicken in scotch bonnet-allspice marinade, smoked over pimento wood
Jerk porkPork rubbed with pimento and scotch bonnet, smoked slowly over pimento wood
Jiggs dinnerBoiled salt beef with cabbage, root vegetables and a cloth-boiled pease pudding
JocónChicken stewed in green tomatillo-cilantro saucewine & spiritJohn Watling’s rumPale and aged rums bottled in Nassau, drunk neat or in punch
Johnny cakeCoconut-milk biscuit split with cheese or ham
Johnny cakesFried slightly sweet dough puffs
JohnnycakeSlightly sweet dense pan bread
Horchata de morroGround morro-seed drink with spices and milkHorchata lojanaDeep pink infusion of up to two dozen dried Andean herbs and flowersHormigas culonasToasted big-bottomed queen ants eaten salted, like nutsHornadoSlow-roasted whole pork served at markets with llapingachos and motestreet foodHot dogGrilled sausage in a split bun; ballpark and cart stapleHotel NacionalAged rum with apricot brandy, pineapple and lime, shaken and strainedHudutGarifuna coconut fish stew with mashed plantainsdessertHuevitos de lecheLittle milk-fudge sweets rolled into egg shapes and dusted with sugarbreakfastHuevos rancherosFried eggs on tortillas bathed in ranchero salsamainHuitlacocheInky corn fungus cooked with onion and epazote, folded into quesadillasHumintasFresh corn dough with cheese steamed in husksHumitaCreamy spiced corn wrapped in husks, northwestern traditionHumitasSeasoned fresh-corn paste tied in husks and steamedstreet foodHúngarosSpicy smoked sausage split, grilled and served in a bread rollwine & spiritIce ciderAmber dessert cider from apples frozen after harvest, poured chilled with cheesewine & spiritIcewineIntensely sweet wine pressed from grapes left to freeze solid on the vinewine & spiritImperialPale lager with a black eagle label, drunk cold everywheredrinkInca KolaBright yellow soda flavoured with lemon verbena, drunk with every mealmainIndio viejoShredded beef and corn masa stew with mint and sour orangeIrish mossThick sweet drink of sea moss blended with milk, spices and vanilladessertIsla flotantePoached meringue floating on custard under a caramel drizzleItal stewSaltless vegan stew of coconut milk, vegetables and dumplingswine & spiritJack IronVery high proof rum drunk in Carriacou, famously dense enough to sink iceJalaoBall of grated coconut boiled with molasses or honey until stickyJamaican Christmas cakeBlack cake of dried fruit steeped for months in rum and portJamaican pattyFlaky turmeric pastry filled with spiced beefmainJambalayaCreole rice cooked with sausage, chicken, and shrimpJerk chickenChicken in scotch bonnet-allspice marinade, smoked over pimento woodJerk porkPork rubbed with pimento and scotch bonnet, smoked slowly over pimento woodJiggs dinnerBoiled salt beef with cabbage, root vegetables and a cloth-boiled pease puddingJocónChicken stewed in green tomatillo-cilantro saucewine & spiritJohn Watling’s rumPale and aged rums bottled in Nassau, drunk neat or in punchJohnny cakeCoconut-milk biscuit split with cheese or hamJohnny cakesFried slightly sweet dough puffsJohnnycakeSlightly sweet dense pan bread