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.
salad & sideMandi’o chyryryBoiled cassava fried with egg, onion and cheesestreet foodMandocaFried ring of maize and ripe plantain dough with papelón and cheesesnackMango chowGreen mango in lime, garlic, pepper, chadon beni
MangúMashed green plantains with pickled onion, fried cheese, salami, eggcocktailManhattanRye whiskey stirred with sweet vermouth and bitters, garnished with a cherry
ManicouSmoked opossum stewed with rum, cloves and herbs
Mannish waterGoat head-and-foot soup, festive toniccheese & dairyMantequilla cremaThick soured cream, saltier and tangier than butter, spread inside baleadas
Maple syrupBoiled maple sap poured over pancakes; Quebec makes most of the world's supply
Maple taffyHot maple syrup poured on snow, rolled onto a stickcocktailMargaritaTequila, lime, and orange liqueur with salted rimsauce & condimentMarie Sharp’sHabanero and carrot hot sauce set on nearly every Belizean table
MarinadSpoonfuls of seasoned batter with herring or chicken, fried into dense fritters
MariquitasPaper-thin fried green plantain chips eaten with mojo
MariscadaCreamy seafood soup loaded with shellfishdrinkMarkusaCold sweetened passionfruit juice, sold at roadside stalls
MarquesoteLight cornstarch and egg sponge cake eaten with morning coffee
MarraquetaCrackly-crusted double bread roll, the national daily loaf
Marraqueta paceñaCrusty twin roll of La Paz, eaten hot with cheese or apidessertMartín FierroQuince paste with a slice of fresh cheese, simple finish
Mary PickfordWhite rum shaken with pineapple juice, grenadine and maraschino
MasacoFried plantain or cassava pounded with charque or cheese
Masas de puerco fritasChunks of pork simmered then fried crisp, squeezed with lime and mojodrinkMasatoLightly fermented rice or maize drink sweetened with panela and cinnamon, served coldwine & spiritMasatoAmazonian fermented cassava drink, sour and milky, served in gourdsdessertMassiniSponge layered with cream and topped with burnt-sugar custard
Matambre arrolladoFlank steak rolled around egg, peppers and olives, sliced cold
MateBitter yerba infusion sipped through a bombilla, endlessly shareddrinkMate cocidoToasted yerba mate brewed hot with sugar, drunk with milk at breakfast
Mate de cocaInfusion of whole coca leaves drunk hot against altitude sickness
Mate geladoIced roasted yerba mate tea, sold on beaches from metal canisters
MaubyBitter-sweet bark infusion with spice, drunk very cold
Mayi moulenCornmeal porridge served with bean sauce and fish
MazamorraCracked maize simmered in milk, sweetened with panela and eaten with bocadillodessertMazamorra moradaPurple-corn fruit pudding, often paired with rice puddingdessertMbaipy he’ẽWarm cornmeal pudding cooked with milk and sugarcane honey
MangúMashed green plantains with pickled onion, fried cheese, salami, eggcocktailManhattanRye whiskey stirred with sweet vermouth and bitters, garnished with a cherry
ManicouSmoked opossum stewed with rum, cloves and herbs
Mannish waterGoat head-and-foot soup, festive toniccheese & dairyMantequilla cremaThick soured cream, saltier and tangier than butter, spread inside baleadas
Maple syrupBoiled maple sap poured over pancakes; Quebec makes most of the world's supply
Maple taffyHot maple syrup poured on snow, rolled onto a stickcocktailMargaritaTequila, lime, and orange liqueur with salted rimsauce & condimentMarie Sharp’sHabanero and carrot hot sauce set on nearly every Belizean table
MarinadSpoonfuls of seasoned batter with herring or chicken, fried into dense fritters
MariquitasPaper-thin fried green plantain chips eaten with mojo
MariscadaCreamy seafood soup loaded with shellfishdrinkMarkusaCold sweetened passionfruit juice, sold at roadside stalls
MarquesoteLight cornstarch and egg sponge cake eaten with morning coffee
MarraquetaCrackly-crusted double bread roll, the national daily loaf
Marraqueta paceñaCrusty twin roll of La Paz, eaten hot with cheese or apidessertMartín FierroQuince paste with a slice of fresh cheese, simple finish
Mary PickfordWhite rum shaken with pineapple juice, grenadine and maraschino
MasacoFried plantain or cassava pounded with charque or cheese
Masas de puerco fritasChunks of pork simmered then fried crisp, squeezed with lime and mojodrinkMasatoLightly fermented rice or maize drink sweetened with panela and cinnamon, served coldwine & spiritMasatoAmazonian fermented cassava drink, sour and milky, served in gourdsdessertMassiniSponge layered with cream and topped with burnt-sugar custard
Matambre arrolladoFlank steak rolled around egg, peppers and olives, sliced cold
MateBitter yerba infusion sipped through a bombilla, endlessly shareddrinkMate cocidoToasted yerba mate brewed hot with sugar, drunk with milk at breakfast
Mate de cocaInfusion of whole coca leaves drunk hot against altitude sickness
Mate geladoIced roasted yerba mate tea, sold on beaches from metal canisters
MaubyBitter-sweet bark infusion with spice, drunk very cold
Mayi moulenCornmeal porridge served with bean sauce and fish
MazamorraCracked maize simmered in milk, sweetened with panela and eaten with bocadillodessertMazamorra moradaPurple-corn fruit pudding, often paired with rice puddingdessertMbaipy he’ẽWarm cornmeal pudding cooked with milk and sugarcane honey