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Argentina

Milanesa

A thin beef or chicken cutlet breaded with breadcrumbs and pan-fried or baked until golden. Argentina's everyday national dish, served with mashed potatoes, fries, or in a sandwich.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Milanesa Napolitana

A milanesa topped with ham, tomato sauce, and melted mozzarella, invented in Buenos Aires in the 1940s when a chef covered a burned cutlet. A porteño classic, served with fries.

Turkey

Milas Zeytinyağı

Extra-virgin olive oil carrying Milas' protected-origin status in Muğla, pressed mostly from Memecik olives — green aroma, high polyphenols, a peppery finish.

Los Lagos, Chile

Milcao

Traditional Chiloé potato pancake made with raw grated and cooked mashed potatoes, a southern island specialty, crispy.

Madeira, Portugal

Milho frito

Milho frito is a Madeiran side of seasoned cornmeal set firm, cut into cubes, and fried until crisp on the outside.

Colombia

Milhoja

A Colombian layered pastry of thin, crisp puff pastry with arequipe and cream between the layers, topped with sugar. A bakery and party classic.

Bulgaria

Milinki

Милинки

Small rolled buns of filo or soft dough brushed with butter and cheese, baked touching each other so they pull apart in a sheet.

Philippines

Milk Candy

Pastillas

A soft milk candy made from condensed milk and sugar, often coated in powdered milk, a Bulacan specialty.

Vienna, Austria

Milk Cream Strudel

Millirahmstrudel

Strudel filled with creamy milk custard, a rich Viennese dessert variation, light custard filling with thin dough, served warm, traditional.

Taiwan

Milk Crisp Roll

牛奶棒

A Taiwanese crisp wafer roll filled with a milky cream.

Urals, Russia

Milk Mushroom Soup

Груздянка

Milk mushroom soup is a Ural soup made from milk mushrooms, potatoes, and onions, with an earthy flavour.

Jersey

Milk Punch

Traditional drink historically consumed on 'Milk-a-Punch Sunday' (first Sunday in May); made with milk, eggs, sugar, nutmeg, and rum; young people would dress in white and go to the countryside to milk cows and make punch; a historic Jersey May Day tradition.

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.

Sri Lanka

Milk Rice

කිරිබත්

Rice cooked in thick coconut milk until it sets, pressed into a tray and cut into diamonds, eaten with chilli sambol or jaggery.

Lebanon

Milk Ring Biscuits

كعك بحليب

Small ring-shaped biscuits made with milk and mahleb, faintly sweet and dry, eaten with tea and coffee.

Guangdong, Hong Kong

Milk Tea

丝袜奶茶

Strong black tea drawn repeatedly through a cloth sock filter and cut with evaporated milk, served hot or over ice.

United States

Milk Toast

A comfort dish of warm milk poured over toasted bread, sweetened with sugar and butter.

Sri Lanka

Milk Toffee

කිරි අලුවා

Sweetened condensed milk boiled with sugar and cashew, poured onto a tray and cut into squares when set, soft and fudgy.

Tainan, Taiwan

Milkfish

虱目魚

Milkfish, farmed in the Tainan ponds for four centuries, served as belly congee, grilled fillet or in a clear morning soup.

Tainan, Taiwan

Milkfish Congee

虱目魚肚粥

A Tainan breakfast congee of tender milkfish belly served over rice porridge with ginger, scallions and a clear, savoury broth, a southern Taiwanese morning staple.

Banten, Indonesia

Milkfish Satay

Sate Bandeng

Banten specialty satay made from milkfish with bones removed, meat flattened and grilled.

France

Mille-feuille

Three layers of puff pastry with vanilla pastry cream, means 'thousand leaves'.

Mali

Millet and Curd Milk

Dégué

Malian dégué is steamed millet couscous mixed with sweetened curdled milk or yogurt and served chilled.

Chad

Millet Ball

Boule

The most popular staple food of Chad; a thick, stiff porridge of millet or sorghum flour cooked with water until it forms a dense, moldable dough; served as a large communal ball from which diners tear off pieces and dip into sauces; known by many names across ethnic groups: gou (Zaghawa), tii (Daza), biri (Kanembou), mour (Sara), esh (Chadian Arabic).

Chad

Millet Balls

Aiyash

Deep-fried millet flour balls eaten by Chadian Arabs; simple in flavor, which is why they are dipped in sauces; popular sauces include harissa lime sauce, peanut sauce, and saka saka sauce; ubiquitous in Chad; the dumpling of Chadian cuisine; served with dishes that provide a sauce for dipping.

Burkina Faso

Millet Couscous

Couscous de Mil

Millet grains rolled and steamed into couscous, served with groundnut sauce, milk or a savoury stew.

Burkina Faso

Millet Galettes

Galettes de mil

Millet pancakes cooked in a special pan with holes (poêle à trous); known by many ethnic names (misd laaga, wonmi faaga, lampaahoun); a village and urban breakfast or snack.

Cebu, Philippines

Millet Suman

Budbud Kabog

A Cebuano suman made from millet (kabog) instead of rice, wrapped in banana leaves, a rare regional delicacy.

United States

Millionaire pie

A no-bake Southern pie of whipped cream, pineapple, pecans, and coconut in a graham crust.

Scotland, United Kingdom

Millionaire's Shortbread

Scottish millionaire’s shortbread is a tray bake of shortbread, caramel and chocolate; Australian and New Zealand caramel slices are related regional bars whose exact recipe identity needs review.

Australia

Milo

Milo is a malted chocolate drink; in Malaysia it is often prepared with condensed milk and served hot or iced.

Singapore, Malaysia

Milo Dinosaur

Milo dinosaur is an iced Milo drink topped with a mound of dry Milo powder.

France

Mimolette

Mimolette is a named French cheese associated with France, recognized for its own rind, aging, and milk character.

West Sumatra, Indonesia

Minang Rice

Nasi Kapau

Minang-style rice with various gulai dishes, similar to Nasi Padang but with Kapau village specialties.

New Zealand

Mince and Cheese Pie

Individual short-pastry pie filled with peppery beef mince under a layer of melted cheese, with a puff pastry lid.

Scotland, United Kingdom

Mince and Tatties

A Scottish comfort food of minced beef in a thick gravy served over creamy mashed potatoes, the nation's most everyday home-cooked dish.