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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Barbecue Potato

  • BBQ
  • 3 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
Two rib bones are laden with a great mass of spice-crusted, smoke-cooked beef

BBQ Ribs

  • BBQ
  • 112 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Ethereal yellow buttermilk pie is heaped with fresh whipped cream

Buttermilk Pie

Green bean casserole moist with cream of mushroom soup and laced with crunchy wisps of fried onion

Casserole

  • 46 Restaurants
  • 1 Recipe
A giant slice of cherry pie occupies a full plate and is topped with a half-pint of vanilla ice cream.

Cherry Pie

Gravy-smothered chicken fried steak with eggs and hash browns

Chicken Fried Steak

  • Steak
  • 60 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Styrofoam bowl holds dark purpble blackberries and chunks of pastry crust.

Cobbler

  • 110 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Two mugs of coffee, each with a tiny glass pitcher of chilled milk to add

Coffee

  • Coffee
  • 86 Restaurants
  • 1 Recipe
Sweet corn with pepper spice

Corn

  • 60 Restaurants
  • 1 Recipe
Cafeteria tray holds a square meal of BBQ chicken, mac & cheese, collards, cornbread, sweet tea, and banana pudding

Dinner Platters

  • 175 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Whole okra pods fried with a delicate crust

Fried Okra

  • 21 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Bowl of chili is topped with Fritos and shredded cheese

Frito Pie

Hash browns, browned and crisp, with bacon in the background

Hash Browns

  • 47 Restaurants
  • 1 Recipe
On a lunch-counter place mat, soda fountain glass with a metal handle contains a coffee ice cream soda

Ice Cream Soda

Macaroni & cheese, spangled with herbs, comes in a small cast-iron pot

Macaroni and Cheese

  • 156 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
In addition to its tortilla chips, this migas contains veggies and is topped with melted cheese

Migas

  • 7 Restaurants
  • 1 Recipe
In a red drive-in basket, onion rings are crisp and golden-brown

Onion Rings

  • 127 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Wedge of pie with tall yellow base and even taller meringue, flecked with toasted coconut

Pies

A cluster of baby back ribs is glazed with dark, sweet sauce.

Pork Ribs

  • BBQ
  • 34 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes

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