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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Custard, sliced bananas, crumbled Nilla wafers, and meringue are crowded in a diner bowl

Banana Pudding

Taco loaded with short rib, pink pickled cabbage, cheese & onion

Beef Tacos

  • Tacos
  • 15 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
On a tavern counter, artisan blueberry wheat beer contains actual fruit ... must-eat Buffalo honor roll

Beer

  • 24 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
A trio of tacos hold eggs and roasted potatoes.

Breakfast Taco

  • Tacos
  • 9 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Smoke-cooked brisket piled into a sandwich with pickle chips and onions

Brisket Sandwich

  • BBQ
  • 19 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
5 layer cake: 5 flavors, 5 colors

Cakes

  • Cake
  • 73 Restaurants
  • 1 Recipe
Open-face sandwich is topped with four different kinds of melty cheese

Cheese

  • 56 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes

Cheeseburger

Extra-large tortilla holds grilled chicken and festive-colored salsa

Chicken Tacos

  • Tacos
  • 15 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Broad partitioned plate holds tortilla chips topped with chile and cheese, plus scrambled eggs and refried beans.

Chilaquiles

  • 12 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Cup of chili topped with cheese and chopped raw onions

Chili

Crisp circular potato chips on a red-checked tablecloth

Chips

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

Chocolate Cake

  • Cake
  • 38 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Dense, dark chocolate pie perches on a toasted-pecan crust

Chocolate Pie

Five different little bite-size cookies on a shelf at Byrd's of Savannah

Cookies

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

Dinner Platters

  • 175 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
A cup of dirty rice is packed with chunks of spicy andouille sausage

Dirty Rice

  • 6 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Blue corn enchilada, Christmas style -- with both red and green chile

Enchiladas

  • 25 Restaurants
  • 0 Recipes
Fish tacos made with grilled mahi-mahi are dressed with cilantro-avocado sauce and sided by chunky papaya relish

Fish Tacos

Six thick half-slices of bread, dipped in egg batter and fried, are arrayed on a plate under fruit jam, with a pitcher of syrup on the side.

French Toast

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