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.
wine & spiritPuntasStrong clear sugarcane moonshine from the valleys, drunk in shots
PupusasGriddled masa cakes stuffed with cheese, beans, chicharróncocktailQueen’s Park SwizzleRum, lime, sugar and mint swizzled over crushed ice, dashed with Angosturacheese & dairyQueijo CanastraRaw-milk cow's cheese from Minas, tangy and firm, eaten with guava pastecheese & dairyQueijo CoalhoSqueaky rennet cheese grilled on a stick and sold on the beach
QuentãoHot cachaça mulled with ginger, cloves, cinnamon and sugarsnackQuesadillaFolded tortilla griddled with melting cheese and fillings
Quesadilla salvadoreñaSweet cheese pound cake sprinkled with sesamedessertQuesilloCaramel flan made with condensed milk and whole eggsstreet foodQuesilloSoft cheese and pickled onion in a tortilla with creamcheese & dairyQueso campesinoFresh unsalted curd cheese, dropped into hot chocolate until it meltscheese & dairyQueso ChancoSemi-soft cow's cheese with small holes, melted into sandwichescheese & dairyQueso ColoniaSemi-hard cow's cheese with small holes, mild and butterycheese & dairyQueso costeñoSalty pressed white cheese, crumbled over arepas and rice or eaten friedcheese & dairyQueso CotijaHard, salty aged cow's cheese crumbled over beans, elote and soupscheese & dairyQueso de hojaFresh white cheese that peels apart in soft leaves, eaten with casabecheese & dairyQueso de manoStretched fresh cheese shaped by hand into soft folded discscheese & dairyQueso guayanésSoft mild white cheese that melts into arepas and cachapasdessertQueso heladoFrozen spiced milk scraped into cups, containing no cheese at allcheese & dairyQueso llaneroHard salty white cheese from the plains, grated over arepas and pasta
Queso OaxacaMild white cheese wound into a ball of ribbons, melted into quesadillascheese & dairyQueso PaipaSemi-hard ripened cow's cheese with a firm rind, from Boyacacheese & dairyQueso palmitoMild string cheese wound into a ball and pulled apart in strandscheese & dairyQueso ParaguayFresh salty cow's cheese that melts into chipa and sopa paraguayacheese & dairyQueso pariaSemi-hard cow's cheese from the altiplano, fried or sliced onto potatoescheese & dairyQueso TurrialbaFresh white cow's cheese, mild and springy, eaten with tortillas
Queso y dulceSlice of fresh cheese with quince or sweet-potato pastewine & spiritQuetzaltecaClear cane aguardiente sold in flat pocket bottles, drunk neat or with fruit
QuilmesPale lager in a litre bottle, shared at asados and football matches
QuimbolitoSteamed sweet cake of maize or wheat flour wrapped in achira leaf
QuimbombóOkra stewed with pork, plantain dumplings and sofrito
QuindimGlossy baked custard of egg yolk, sugar and coconut
QuipesFried bulgur rolls stuffed with beef, Lebanese-rooted
Rabo encendidoFiery braised oxtail in tomato-wine sauce
Rabo-de-galoCachaça stirred with vermouth and served in a small glasscocktailRamos gin fizzGin, citrus, cream, egg white and orange flower water shaken long into a pillowy fizz
PupusasGriddled masa cakes stuffed with cheese, beans, chicharróncocktailQueen’s Park SwizzleRum, lime, sugar and mint swizzled over crushed ice, dashed with Angosturacheese & dairyQueijo CanastraRaw-milk cow's cheese from Minas, tangy and firm, eaten with guava pastecheese & dairyQueijo CoalhoSqueaky rennet cheese grilled on a stick and sold on the beachQuentãoHot cachaça mulled with ginger, cloves, cinnamon and sugarsnackQuesadillaFolded tortilla griddled with melting cheese and fillingsQuesadilla salvadoreñaSweet cheese pound cake sprinkled with sesamedessertQuesilloCaramel flan made with condensed milk and whole eggsstreet foodQuesilloSoft cheese and pickled onion in a tortilla with creamcheese & dairyQueso campesinoFresh unsalted curd cheese, dropped into hot chocolate until it meltscheese & dairyQueso ChancoSemi-soft cow's cheese with small holes, melted into sandwichescheese & dairyQueso ColoniaSemi-hard cow's cheese with small holes, mild and butterycheese & dairyQueso costeñoSalty pressed white cheese, crumbled over arepas and rice or eaten friedcheese & dairyQueso CotijaHard, salty aged cow's cheese crumbled over beans, elote and soupscheese & dairyQueso de hojaFresh white cheese that peels apart in soft leaves, eaten with casabecheese & dairyQueso de manoStretched fresh cheese shaped by hand into soft folded discscheese & dairyQueso guayanésSoft mild white cheese that melts into arepas and cachapasdessertQueso heladoFrozen spiced milk scraped into cups, containing no cheese at allcheese & dairyQueso llaneroHard salty white cheese from the plains, grated over arepas and pastaQueso OaxacaMild white cheese wound into a ball of ribbons, melted into quesadillascheese & dairyQueso PaipaSemi-hard ripened cow's cheese with a firm rind, from Boyacacheese & dairyQueso palmitoMild string cheese wound into a ball and pulled apart in strandscheese & dairyQueso ParaguayFresh salty cow's cheese that melts into chipa and sopa paraguayacheese & dairyQueso pariaSemi-hard cow's cheese from the altiplano, fried or sliced onto potatoescheese & dairyQueso TurrialbaFresh white cow's cheese, mild and springy, eaten with tortillasQueso y dulceSlice of fresh cheese with quince or sweet-potato pastewine & spiritQuetzaltecaClear cane aguardiente sold in flat pocket bottles, drunk neat or with fruitQuilmesPale lager in a litre bottle, shared at asados and football matchesQuimbolitoSteamed sweet cake of maize or wheat flour wrapped in achira leafQuimbombóOkra stewed with pork, plantain dumplings and sofritoQuindimGlossy baked custard of egg yolk, sugar and coconutQuipesFried bulgur rolls stuffed with beef, Lebanese-rootedRabo encendidoFiery braised oxtail in tomato-wine sauceRabo-de-galoCachaça stirred with vermouth and served in a small glasscocktailRamos gin fizzGin, citrus, cream, egg white and orange flower water shaken long into a pillowy fizz