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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Plastic cups of fresh juices: jamaica and watermelon

Agua Fresca

  • 4 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
A plate of Jackfruit al pastor at Tumerico restaurant in Tucson, AZ

Al Pastor Taco

  • Tacos
  • 6 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
A fried seafood platter of oysters, scallops, shrimp, onion rings, and hushpuppies, plus a cup of cole slaw

All Things Fried

  • 30 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Apple pie is topped with a crust ribboned with streaks of caramel

Apple Pie

Bowl of crisp-skinned spheres of fried rice balls

Arancini

  • 5 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Picnic table holds a plastic cup with a balance of lemonade and ice tea ... Maine lobster roll

Arnold Palmer

  • 3 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Baby back ribs: 2 bones carry lots of meat. ... roadside barbecuue

Baby Back Ribs

  • BBQ
  • 7 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Thick bacon strips hung with clothespins on a line

Bacon

  • Bacon
  • 43 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Pimento cheeseburger is draped with slices of bacon

Bacon Burger

Long, slender tube of bread with light tan surface

Baguette

Baked apple enclosed in savory crust in a bowl full of spicy juice

Baked Apple

  • 3 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Red-gold baked chicken breast is spangled with rosemary

Baked Chicken

  • 16 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Disposable plate holds pineapple glazed baked ham, stuffing, and potatoes

Baked Ham

  • Bacon
  • 5 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Custard, sliced bananas, crumbled Nilla wafers, and meringue are crowded in a diner bowl

Banana Pudding

Glass soda fountain boat holds scoops strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla ice cream topped with sauce, nuts, and whipped cream, shored in by bananas sliced lengthwise

Banana Split

Finely chopped pork and cole slaw piled in a bun

Barbecue Sandwich

  • BBQ
  • 57 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
BBQ chicken drips with mayo-based white sauce

Barbecue Sauce

  • BBQ
  • 11 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
BBQ-sauced beans in a blue bowl

BBQ Beans

  • BBQ
  • 45 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Two slices of BBQ brisket, one lean, the other super succulently fatty at Little Miss BBQ in Phoenix. AZ

BBQ Brisket

  • BBQ
  • 74 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Half chickens, basted with marinade, cook on a charcoal grill

BBQ Chicken

  • BBQ
  • 40 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes

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