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Mourvèdre
Mourvèdre, also called Monastrell (Spain) and Mataro (Australia/US), is a late-ripening Spanish red wine grape; Spain plants 48,116 ha, and in France it stars in Bandol and GSM blends.
Moussaka
Moussaka (μουσακάς, musakka) is an eggplant and minced-meat baked dish of the eastern Mediterranean; the Greek béchamel-topped layered version was created by chef Nikolaos Tselementes around 1910, while Turkish, Egyptian, and Balkan variants differ widely.
Mozzarella
Mozzarella, including Mozzarella di Bufala Campana, is an Italian fresh pasta filata cheese; low-moisture mozzarella (pizza cheese) has 45-52% moisture and is the standard pizza topping.
Mr. Peanut
Mr. Peanut (Bartholomew Richard Fitzgerald-Smythe) is the top-hatted, monocled mascot of Planters snack nuts, created in 1916 from schoolboy Antonio Gentile's contest sketch, trademarked 1918, voiced from 2010, and famously killed off and reborn as Baby Nut in the 2020 Super Bowl campaign.
MrBeast Burger
MrBeast Burger is a delivery-only virtual restaurant brand launched December 2020 by YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson with Virtual Dining Concepts; it peaked at 1,700 locations, opened one physical store, and became the subject of 2023 lawsuits.
Mrs. Butterworth's
Mrs. Butterworth's is an American table syrup and pancake mix brand launched in 1961, sold in a bottle shaped like a matronly woman. Owned by Conagra Brands since 2018, it underwent a brand and packaging review in June 2020.
MTY Food Group
MTY Food Group is a Canadian restaurant franchisor based in Saint-Laurent, Québec, owning more than 80 food brands and about 7,080 locations, founded by Stanley Ma in 1979.
Muffin
Muffin is a baked item that takes two forms: the domed, sweet quick bread common in American cafes, or the flat, griddle-cooked yeast bread known as the English muffin.
Muffuletta
Muffuletta (muffaletta), New Orleans Sicilian-style sandwich invented by Salvatore Lupo at Central Grocery in 1906: round sesame loaf, cured meats, provolone, olive salad; the name also denotes the Sicilian bread.
Mughlai cuisine
Mughlai cuisine, the cooking tradition of the Mughal court (1526 onward), blends Persian, Central Asian, and Indian elements in rich meat curries using spices, nuts, cream, and dried fruit; it shaped biryani, korma, kebab, and modern Indian restaurant food.
Muhallebi
Muhallebi (mahalabia, malabi, mahalabiyeh) is a Middle Eastern and Turkish chilled milk pudding of milk, sugar, and rice or corn starch, documented since a 10th-century Baghdadi cookbook, with variants like tavuk göğsü and kazandibi.
Muhtar Kent
Muhtar Kent (Ahmet Muhtar Kent), Turkish-American executive born 1953 in New York; Coca-Cola CEO 2008-2017 and chairman 2009-2019, earlier led Coca-Cola Turkey, Eastern Europe, and Efes Beverage Group; not the Turkish muhtar (neighborhood headman) institution.
Mukbang (먹방)
Mukbang (먹방), from meokneun bangsong (eating broadcast), is a South Korean online genre where hosts eat large amounts of food on camera while interacting with viewers; it began on AfreecaTV around 2009-2010 and entered the Oxford English Dictionary in 2021.
Mulled wine
Mulled wine, also called spiced wine or Glühwein, is red wine gently heated with sugar, citrus, and spices such as cinnamon and cloves, served warm as a European winter and Christmas market drink since Roman times.
Mulligatawny
Mulligatawny (milagu tannir, "pepper water") is an Anglo-Indian curry soup adapted by British cooks in colonial India from the thin South Indian Tamil broth rasam, later a staple of British cookbooks and Indian restaurants.
Mulukhiyah
Mulukhiyah (ملوخية), also molokhia or mloukhieh, is a viscous green soup of jute mallow (Corchorus olitorius) leaves in meat broth, finished with garlic-coriander taffeya in ghee; Egypt's national dish with distinct Levantine, Tunisian, Sudanese, and West African variants.
Mumbo sauce
Mumbo sauce, also spelled mambo sauce, is a sweet, tangy, mildly spicy red condiment of Washington, D.C. Chinese carryouts and Chicago barbecue joints; Chicago's Argia B. Collins created it circa 1950 and Select Brands holds the trademark.
Munster cheese
Munster (Munster-Géromé) is a French PDO soft washed-rind cow's milk cheese from the Vosges (Alsace/Lorraine), AOC since 1969, pungent Brevibacterium linens rind, mild paste, distinct from American Muenster.
Murtabak (مطبق)
Murtabak (مطبق, muṭabbaq, "folded") is a stuffed pan-fried flatbread with spiced minced meat, egg, and onion, from Arabia and Yemen, spread via Indian Ocean trade; called martabak in Indonesia, where martabak manis is a separate sweet pancake.
Museum of Food and Drink
The Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD) is a Brooklyn nonprofit museum founded by Dave Arnold in 2005, with exhibits visitors can taste, touch, and smell.
Must
Must (moût, mosto, Most) is the unfermented or freshly fermenting mixture of grape juice, skins, seeds, and pulp used as winemaking's raw material, defined by OIV and national law, typically 70-80% water with glucose and fructose at 75-150 g/l each.
Mustard (condiment)
Mustard (condiment): paste or powder from crushed mustard seeds (Sinapis alba, Brassica juncea, B. nigra) mixed with liquid; myrosinase releases pungent isothiocyanates. Distinct from mustard the plant and mustard oil; includes Dijon, yellow, English, whole grain styles.
Mustard seed
Mustard seed: small seeds of Brassica nigra, B. juncea, and Sinapis alba used as spice, condiment, and oilseed. Pungency arises when myrosinase converts glucosinolates to isothiocyanates; heat, allergy, and erucic acid limits shape its use.
My Kitchen Rules
My Kitchen Rules (MKR) is an Australian Seven Network cooking competition running since 1 February 2010, in which teams of two home cooks serve scored three-course Instant Restaurant meals; judges have included Manu Feildel, Pete Evans, Colin Fassnidge, Nigella Lawson, and Matt Preston.
Mystery Diners
Mystery Diners is a Food Network reality series (2011–2016) hosted by Charles Stiles of Business Evaluation Services, in which undercover diners with hidden cameras investigate employee theft and misconduct in restaurants; 145 episodes, IMDb rating 3.7/10.
Naan (نان)
Naan (نان, nān) is the Persian word for bread and Iran's staple flat breads: taftoon, lavash, sangak, and barbari, baked in tanur ovens, supplying about 70% of daily calories.
Nabemono
Nabemono (鍋物, nabe) is Japanese hot pot: dishes cooked and eaten from a pot at the table, including sukiyaki, shabu-shabu, yosenabe, yudofu, and sumo's chanko nabe; a communal winter dish whose modern meat-based forms date to the Meiji era.
Nabisco
Nabisco, short for National Biscuit Company, is the American cookie and cracker brand founded in 1898, maker of Oreo, Ritz, and Chips Ahoy!, now owned by Mondelēz International after ownership by R.J. Reynolds, KKR, Philip Morris, and Kraft.
Nachos
Nachos: tortilla chips with melted cheese and jalapeños, invented in 1943 by Ignacio "Nacho" Anaya at the Victory Club in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, for US military wives; a defining Tex-Mex dish.
Nadiya Hussain
Nadiya Hussain, born 1984 in Luton, is a British-Bangladeshi baker, TV presenter, and author who won The Great British Bake Off in 2015, then hosted BBC cookery series and wrote cookbooks, novels, and a memoir before leaving TV in 2025.