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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Thick bacon strips hung with clothespins on a line

Bacon

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

Banana Pudding

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
Sausage, brisket, ribs, and chicken surround a ramekin of orange BBQ sauce

BBQ Platters

  • BBQ
  • 44 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Two rib bones are laden with a great mass of spice-crusted, smoke-cooked beef

BBQ Ribs

  • BBQ
  • 112 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Biscuit is topped with sausage as well as fried chicken and pimento cheese

Biscuits & Gravy

Buttermilk biscuit sandwiches a tile of country ham and a fried egg

Breakfast Sandwich

Brussels sprouts glazed with maple-chile marinade

Brussels Sprouts

  • 8 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Sunny picture of a tortilla filled with meat, peppers, and salsa

Carnitas

  • 11 Restaurants
  • 1 Recipe
Green bean casserole moist with cream of mushroom soup and laced with crunchy wisps of fried onion

Casserole

  • 46 Restaurants
  • 1 Recipe

Cheeseburger

Close view of chicken bog shows tender chicken and discs of sausage bogged down in rice.

Chicken Bog

  • 4 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Chile pod with puffy fried coat is smothered with hot salsa

Chile Relleno

Chili Dog

Crisp circular potato chips on a red-checked tablecloth

Chips

  • 65 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Cobb salad: countless cold cuts and veggies

Cobb Salad

  • Salad
  • 3 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Slim-stemmed glass holds a pink lemon drop Martini

Cocktails

  • 62 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
A bowl of finely chopped sweet coleslaw at McClard's Bar-B-Q

Coleslaw

  • 71 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Condiment array at an al fresco hot dog stand

Condiments

  • 87 Restaurants
  • 1 Recipe

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