Dishes

The dishes we eat define who we are. Familiar or exotic, regional or universal, what's on the plate is an edible portrait of those who eat it, cook it, serve it, and grow or gather it.

Gravy spills across a pile of just-carved turkey in an open-face fandwich, with sides of mashed potatoes and cole slaw.

Turkey Sandwich

Hash browns made of sweet otatoes are accompanied by a biscuit and an egg white omelet

Sweet Potatoes

Pumpkin pie topped with whipped cream... tenderloins and sugar cream pie

Pumpkin Pie

Brussels sprouts glazed with maple-chile marinade

Brussels Sprouts

Deep oval casserole is piled high with mashed potatoes on top

Shepherd’s Pie

Bright yellow wedge of custard pie is sprinkled with nutmeg

Custard Pie

On a diner counter: a bowl holding a scoop of mashed potatoes covered with brown gravy

Mashed Potatoes

Large mound of corn pudding plays a supporting role on a disposable diner plate.

Corn Pudding

Caesar Salad

Tall, gnarled-top light gold biscuit

Biscuits

Country Fried Steak

Puffy, oven-baked pancake forms abowl that contains fresh fruit and powdered sugar.

Dutch Baby

Velvet-soft gnocchi glow with tomato sauce.

Gnocchi

A big meatball and length of Italian sausage loll in red sauce in a deep dish

Meatballs & Sausage

Baked potato heaped with BBQ, cheese, butter and sour cream

Baked Potato

A great pile of mashed potatoes holds a spill of brown gravy.

Gravy

Wine red blackberries spill from a wedge of pie

Blackberry Pie

Green-checked paper holds brittle-crusted broasted chicken along with equally crisp broasted potatoes

Broasted Chicken

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The buttercake at Azucanela Restaurant

Butter Cake

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  • 0 Restaurants
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Simple, unfrosted, unsprinkled cake donut, suitable for dunking

Cake Donut

  • Cake
  • 17 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
5 layer cake: 5 flavors, 5 colors

Cakes

  • Cake
  • 73 Restaurants
  • 1 Recipe
Tender 2-layer yellow cake boasts butter-sweet caramel-colored frostingy

Caramel Cake

  • Cake
  • 15 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Elegant carrot cake plated with whipped cream and a caramel drizzle is topped with rich white cream cheese frosting

Carrot Cake

  • Cake
  • 6 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
A triangle of dark, supersweet chocolate cheesecake drips with Kahlua and raspberry puree

Cheesecake

  • Cake
  • 31 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Chocolate layer cake frosted with caramel and pecans

Chocolate Cake

  • Cake
  • 38 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes

Churros

Square of deep dark chocolate cake, extra sweet becaue of its Coke infusion, is topped with sweet chocolate frosting.

Coca Cola Cake

  • Cake
  • 2 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
3-layer coconut cake is slatered with frosting that bristles with shreds of coconut

Coconut Cake

  • Cake
  • 11 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Modest square of coffee cake shows veins of cinnamon and judicious streusel top

Coffee Cake

  • Cake
  • 17 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Bakery shelf holds rows of cupcakes.

Cupcakes

  • Cake
  • 22 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Tender 3-layer orange-zested sponge cake, layered with custard, on fine china, boasts silky boiled frosting

Filled Sunshine Cake

  • Cake
  • 2 Restaurants
  • 1 Recipe
Fruits and whipped cream top a buttermilk biscuit

Fruit Cakes

  • Cake
  • 30 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
A dark, rectangular log of moist cake is spangled with toasted pecans, served on a plate decorated with cane syrup

Gateau Sirop

  • Cake
  • 2 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
A thin square of gooey butter cake dusted with powdered sugar shows a chewy edge and custard-soft center

Gooey Butter Cake

  • Cake
  • 4 Restaurants
  • 1 Recipe
3-layer cake shows pineapple and pecans, its cream cheese frosting flavored with bananas

Hummingbird Cake

  • Cake
  • 27 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
3-layer bright-green Key lime cake sports frosting that balances citrus and sweet

Key Lime Cake

  • Cake
  • 7 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
2-layer cake, strawberry atop coconut cake with plenty of coconut frosting

Layer Cake

  • Cake
  • 9 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
A modest square of light cake sports a brown sugar top with a whole soft-cooked pineapple ring

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

  • Cake
  • 8 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes

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