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Maple Bar Doughnut
A rectangular raised doughnut topped with maple glaze.
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Maple Cream Pie
A New England pie of maple custard or maple cream in a pastry crust.
United States
Maple creemee
Vermont's summer treat: soft-serve ice cream made with real maple syrup.
Louisiana, United States
Maque Choux
A Louisiana dish of corn simmered with onions, peppers, and often cream or bacon.
United States
Maraca pie
A Tallahassee, Florida specialty — also called devil's rice pie — of sticky rice pudding and bananas baked in a pastry crust.
United States
Marionberry Pie
A Pacific Northwest pie made with marionberries — a tart, winey blackberry hybrid.
United States
Marlborough pie
A New England colonial pie of apples or quince baked in a custard of cream and eggs.
United States
Marshmallow Cream
A fluffy, sweet spread of marshmallow — the Fluff of fluffernutters.
United States
Mass Confusion
A Denver diner breakfast: biscuits and gravy topped with eggs, cheddar, and bacon, invented at the Denver Diner.
New England, United States
Massachusetts-Style Hot Dog
A hot dog with a Boston accent: steamed or boiled, served on a split-top New England bun.
United States
Matzah ball
A dumpling of matzah meal, eggs, and fat, simmered in broth — the Jewish comfort classic.
Israel
Matzo Ball Soup
קניידלך
Dumplings of matzo meal, egg and fat poached in clear chicken broth, served one or two to a bowl at Passover and through the winter.
United States
Maxwell Street Polish
A Chicago street-food sausage: grilled Polish sausage with grilled onions and mustard on a bun.
United States
Meatball Sandwich
Italian-American meatballs in tomato sauce on a crusty roll, topped with melted cheese.
United States
Meatloaf
A loaf of seasoned ground meat, binders, and aromatics, glazed and baked — the American comfort entree.
United States
Melt Sandwich
A hot sandwich of meat and cheese grilled until the cheese melts — tuna melt is the classic.
United States
Meyer Lemon Cake
A layer cake made with fragrant, sweeter Meyer lemons.
United States
Meyer lemon pie
A pie of sweet-tart Meyer lemon custard in a pastry shell.
United States
Michigan Hot Dog
A hot dog topped with a spiced meat sauce, mustard, and onions — a Flint-area tradition.
United States
Michigan Pasty
A Cornish-style hand pie of beef, potato, rutabaga, and onion in a flaky crust — the Upper Peninsula staple.
United States
Midwestern orange rolls
Sweet yeast rolls with an orange zest glaze, a church-basement breakfast classic.
United States
Mignonette Sauce
A French-American vinegar sauce of shallots, cracked pepper, and wine vinegar, served with raw oysters.
New Orleans, United States
Milk Punch (New Orleans)
A New Orleans brunch cocktail of milk, cream, sugar, vanilla, and bourbon or brandy, shaken until frothy.
United States
Milk Toast
A comfort dish of warm milk poured over toasted bread, sweetened with sugar and butter.
United States
Millionaire pie
A no-bake Southern pie of whipped cream, pineapple, pecans, and coconut in a graham crust.
United States
Minorcan Clam Chowder
A St. Augustine, Florida chowder made with datil peppers — spicy, tomato-based, and thin.
United States
Mint Julep
The Kentucky Derby cocktail: bourbon, sugar, and fresh mint over crushed ice in a silver cup.
San Francisco, United States
Mission Burrito
An oversized foil-wrapped burrito from San Francisco's Mission District, stuffed with rice, beans, meat, salsa, guac, and sour cream.
California, United States
Mission-Style Tacos
San Francisco Mission-district tacos: soft corn tortillas double-stacked with grilled meat, salsa, and cilantro-onion.
United States
Mississippi Mud Pie
A dense chocolate pie with a fudgy filling, often with a cookie crust and whipped cream.
United States
Mojakka
A Finnish-American fish chowder from the Great Lakes region: whitefish or salmon simmered with potatoes in a creamy milk broth.
United States
Molten Chocolate Cake
A chocolate cake with a liquid chocolate center that runs when cut — a 1990s restaurant dessert.
United States
Monte Cristo Sandwich
A ham-and-turkey sandwich dipped in egg batter, fried, and dusted with powdered sugar, served with jam.
United States
Monterey Jack
A mild, creamy, semi-soft California cheese that melts beautifully.
United States
MoonPie
A Southern snack of two graham cookies sandwiching marshmallow, dipped in chocolate.
United States
Moravian chicken pie
A North Carolina Moravian dish of chicken in a rich broth topped with pastry squares.