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Molson Coors
Molson Coors Beverage Company, also Molson Coors Brewing Company, is the fifth-largest global brewer, formed by the 2005 merger of Molson (1786) and Coors; acquired full MillerCoors ownership in 2016 for $12 billion.
Momo (food)
Momo (momo-cha) is a Himalayan dumpling of thin wheat wrapper filled with spiced minced meat or vegetables, steamed and served with tomato achaar; origins contested but traced to Tibet-Nepal trade via Newar merchants, first Kathmandu momo shop in the early 1960s.
Momofuku (restaurants)
Momofuku is the restaurant group founded by David Chang in 2004 with Momofuku Noodle Bar in New York's East Village; name means lucky peach, honoring Momofuku Ando. Known for pork buns, Ko's two Michelin stars, Majordōmo, Kabawa, and Momofuku Goods pantry products.
Momofuku Ando
Momofuku Ando (安藤百福), born Wu Baifu, was a Taiwanese-born Japanese entrepreneur who founded Nissin and invented instant noodles, launching Chicken Ramen in 1958 and Cup Noodles in 1971.
Mondelez International
Mondelez International (Mondelēz International, Inc., MDLZ), the global snacks company spun off from Kraft Foods on October 1, 2012; $38.5 billion 2025 revenue, ~91,000 employees, Oreo, Cadbury and Milka brands, Europe its largest market.
Mongolian cuisine
Mongolian cuisine, the food culture of the Mongolian steppe (Mongolian: Монгол хоол), centers on red foods (meat) and white foods (dairy), milk tea, buuz, khuushuur, khorkhog, and airag, documented from the 1330 Yinshan Zhengyao and now changing under urbanization.
Monica Galetti
Monica Galetti (née Fa'afiti, born 1975, Samoa) is a London-based chef, MasterChef: The Professionals judge since 2009, Amazing Hotels co-host, former Le Gavroche senior sous-chef, and co-founder of the Fitzrovia restaurant Mere.
Monk fruit juice concentrate
Monk fruit juice concentrate is a concentrated liquid juice of monk fruit (luo han guo), a cucurbit native to southern China, used as a sweetener.
Monk's Café
Monk's Café is the fictional Seinfeld diner whose exterior is Tom's Restaurant at Broadway and West 112th Street, Manhattan; interiors were shot on an LA soundstage. Also inspired Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner."
Monkey bread
Monkey bread, also called bubble bread or pull-apart bread, is a sweet American bread of buttered, cinnamon-sugared dough balls baked together in a Bundt pan and torn apart by hand; it descends from Hungarian aranygaluska brought by immigrants in the 1880s and was popularized by ZaSu Pitts and Nancy Reagan.
Monosodium glutamate
Monosodium glutamate (MSG), the sodium salt of glutamic acid, is the major umami flavor enhancer discovered by Kikunae Ikeda in 1908 and commercialized as AJI-NO-MOTO in 1909, now made by fermentation at about 2 million tons per year.
Monster Beverage
Monster Beverage Corporation (MNST), Corona, California energy drink company behind Monster Energy, Reign, Bang, NOS, and Predator brands; four segments, Coca-Cola distribution since 2015, $8.29 billion 2025 net sales, 33rd consecutive record year.
Monster cereals
General Mills' Monster cereals: Count Chocula, Franken Berry, Boo Berry, Fruit/Frute Brute, Yummy Mummy and Carmella Creeper, Halloween-seasonal since 2009, including the 1972 Franken Berry Stool scare and collector market.
Monster Energy
Monster Energy, also known as Monster energy drink, is an energy drink launched in April 2002 by Hansen Natural, which renamed itself Monster Beverage Corporation in 2012.
Monster Munch
Monster Munch: British baked corn claw snack launched 1977 by Smiths as The Prime Monster, now a Walkers/PepsiCo brand; core flavours Pickled Onion, Roast Beef, Flamin' Hot; separate French Vico/Intersnack brand.
Mont Blanc (coffee)
Mont Blanc coffee: a chilled two-layer drink of sweetened cold brew or filter coffee under cream foam with orange zest and nutmeg, created at Good Measure, Melbourne, in late 2021 and spread via social media to Indonesia, Japan, the UK, and the US; distinct from the French chestnut dessert of the same name.
Montepulciano (grape)
Montepulciano is a central Italian red wine grape, main variety of Abruzzo's Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC and Marche's Rosso Conero; unrelated to Sangiovese despite the shared name with Vino Nobile di Montepulciano.
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo is an Abruzzo DOC red wine, recognized 1968, made from at least 85% Montepulciano grapes, distinct from Tuscany's Sangiovese-based Vino Nobile di Montepulciano.
Monterey Jack
Monterey Jack, also called Jack cheese or California Jack, is a mild semi-soft washed-curd American cheese from Monterey County, California, legally defined at 44 percent maximum moisture and 50 percent milkfat in solids, commercialized by David Jacks and aged 3 to 6 weeks.
Montreal-style smoked meat
Montreal-style smoked meat (viande fumée) is cured, smoked and steamed beef brisket, a Montreal Jewish deli specialty related to New York pastrami but made from whole brisket, drier-cured, fattier and smokier, famous at Schwartz's since 1928.
Mooncake (月饼)
Mooncake (月饼, yuèbǐng; bánh trung thu in Vietnam) is the round filled pastry of the Mid-Autumn Festival. The name appears in Southern Song sources; the reunion meaning is first documented in the Ming. Regional styles include Cantonese, Suzhou, and Jin; GB/T 19855-2023 governs quality.
Moonshine
Moonshine is illegally distilled, typically unaged corn whiskey, named for nighttime production to evade tax collectors. Key facts: Appalachian tradition, 1868 federal home-distilling ban, Prohibition boom 1919-1933, lead and methanol poisoning risks, 2026 Supreme Court review of the ban.
Moonshine by country
Moonshine by country: worldwide illicit, unlicensed, or homemade spirits distillation, also called unrecorded alcohol (about 25% of global consumption). Covers regional forms such as Russian samogon, Appalachian US moonshine, African homebrews, and counterfeit vodka, plus legality and methanol risks.
Moroccan cuisine
Moroccan cuisine (المطبخ المغربي) is Morocco's cooking tradition: an Amazigh base layered with Arab, Andalusian, Jewish and French influences, known for tagine, Friday couscous, pastilla, harira, ras el hanout, mint tea, and UNESCO-listed couscous heritage.
Morrisons
Morrisons (Wm Morrison Supermarkets) is a UK supermarket chain founded in Bradford in 1899, made national by the 2004 Safeway acquisition, and owned by private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice since its 2021 £7bn take-private.
Mortadella
Mortadella is a large Italian cooked pork sausage originally from Bologna, made of finely minced pork with cubes of throat fat and spices, slowly cooked in dry-air ovens.
Mortar and pestle
Mortar and pestle: a bowl and club-shaped hand tool for crushing, grinding, and mixing solids, used in kitchens, pharmacies, and labs; materials include porcelain, agate, granite, and brass, with forms like the molcajete and suribachi.
Moscato d'Asti
Moscato d'Asti DOCG is a sweet, semi-sparkling (frizzante) white wine from Asti, Alessandria and Cuneo provinces in Piedmont, Italy, made from Moscato Bianco; fermentation is stopped near 5% alcohol, distinguishing it from fully sparkling Asti Spumante.
Moscow mule
The Moscow mule is an American buck cocktail of vodka, ginger beer, and lime juice, created around 1941 at Los Angeles' Cock 'n Bull via Smirnoff's John Martin and pub owner Jack Morgan, served in a copper mug, with riffs like the Kentucky and Mexican mule.
Mountain Dew
Mountain Dew, the citrus soft drink PepsiCo has owned since buying the Tip Corporation in 1964; originated in 1940s Knoxville, reformulated circa 1961 in Marion, Virginia; 54 mg caffeine and 46 g sugar per 12 fl oz can.