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Marsala wine
Marsala wine: Sicilian fortified wine from Marsala in western Sicily, begun by John Woodhouse in 1773 and made a DOC in 1969; styles run from Fine to Vergine Stravecchio, dry to sweet, in the 15 to 18 percent EU band.
Marshall Field's
Marshall Field's (Marshall Field & Company), Chicago's flagship department store from 1881, famed for its State Street store, Walnut Room, Christmas windows, and Frango Mints, rebranded as Macy's in 2006.
Marshalls
Marshalls, an American off-price retailer founded in 1956 in Beverly, Massachusetts and owned by TJX since 1995, sells brand-name apparel and home goods 20–60% below department stores via opportunistic buying, with 1,000+ US and Canadian stores.
Marshmallow
Marshmallow: aerated sugar confection of sugar, corn syrup, gelatin, and air; foam stabilized by gelatin melting about 35 °C. Named after Althaea officinalis root; modern form is a 19th-century French invention; shelf life about 40 weeks.
Martaban jars
Martaban jars are large stoneware storage jars named after the port of Martaban (modern Mottama) in Lower Myanmar, used to ship water, oil, wine, and spices from the 13th century onward.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a US federal holiday honoring civil rights leader Martin Luther King. It was established by President Ronald Reagan in 1983 and first observed in 1986.
Martin Margiela
Martin Margiela, Belgian designer born 1957, founded Maison Martin Margiela in Paris in 1988 with Jenny Meirens; known for deconstruction, tabi boots, blank white labels, anonymity, Hermès 1997-2003, and departure in 2009.
Martin Yan (甄文达)
Martin Yan (甄文达, Yan Man-tat), born 1948 in Guangzhou, is a Chinese-American master chef and host of the PBS series Yan Can Cook (1982), with over 3,500 episodes, 30-plus cookbooks, and the 2022 James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award; not Stephen Yan of Wok with Yan.
Martini (cocktail)
The Martini (Dry Martini) is a stirred cocktail of gin and dry vermouth, garnished with an olive or lemon twist; IBA spec 60 mL gin, 10 mL vermouth, evolved from the 1880s Martinez.
Martini (vermouth)
Martini (vermouth) is the Italian vermouth brand founded in Turin in 1863 as Martini, Sola e C.ia, renamed Martini & Rossi in 1879, maker of Rosso, Bianco, and Extra Dry, and owned by Bacardi since 1993.
Marvel Legends
Marvel Legends is Hasbro's 6-inch Marvel action figure line, launched by Toy Biz in 2002 as a Spider-Man Classics spinoff. Known for high articulation and the Build-A-Figure concept, it moved to Hasbro in 2006-2007.
Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Ann Mobley (1937-2014), Miss America 1959 and Mississippi's first winner, became an actress with Elvis Presley films Girl Happy and Harum Scarum, recurring TV roles, and documentary filmmaking.
Mary Berg (chef)
Mary Berg, Canadian television host, cookbook author, and cook; winner of MasterChef Canada season 3 (2016). Host of Mary's Kitchen Crush, Mary Makes It Easy, and The Good Stuff with Mary Berg; author of In Mary's Kitchen; season 8 judge.
Mary Berry
Dame Mary Berry (born 1935, Bath) is an English food writer and TV presenter, Le Cordon Bleu-trained, author of 70-plus cookbooks, and Bake Off judge 2010–2016; CBE 2012, Dame 2020.
Mary Jackson (artist)
Mary Jackson (born 1945, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina) is a Gullah sweetgrass basketweaver and MacArthur and NEA Heritage Fellow whose sculptural coiled baskets differ from the British NEAC painter Mary Jackson born 1936.
Mary Jo Eustace
Mary Jo Eustace (Mary Josephine Eustace), Canadian TV host and author, co-hosted What's for Dinner? with Ken Kostick from 1995, created He Said, She Said, wrote bestsellers including Divorce Sucks, and won a Taste Canada book award.
Mary Quant
Mary Quant (Barbara Mary Quant, 1930–2023) was a British fashion designer and retail pioneer of Swinging London; she popularized the miniskirt, colored tights, hot pants, and PVC wet-look clothing from her 1955 King's Road boutique Bazaar, built a mass-market brand with the daisy logo, and received an OBE (1966) and a Damehood (2015).
Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival
Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival (MDSW): annual fiber festival since 1974 at Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship, MD, first full weekend in May; 250+ vendors, 600+ sheep, Sheep-to-Shawl competition, fleece sale.
Märzen
Märzen (Märzenbier, March beer) is a Bavarian amber lager, 5.6–6.3% ABV, brewed since a 1553 brewing ban forced March brewing and summer lagering; fixed as a style in 1841 at Spaten, it was Munich Oktoberfest's official beer 1872–1990 before Festbier.
Marzipan
Marzipan (mazapán, massepain, marzapane) is an almond-and-sugar confectionery paste used for modeling, cake covering, and sweets, graded by almond content (Edelmarzipan, Lübecker and Toledo PGIs) and distinct from almond paste in US usage.
Más+
Más+ (Más+ by Messi) is Lionel Messi's hydration drink brand, launched June 4, 2024 with Mark Anthony Group; four flavors, 1g sugar per bottle, Inter Miami and MLS NEXT partner, sued by Prime Hydration in 2025.
Masaba Gupta (मसाबा गुप्ता)
Masaba Gupta (मसाबा गुप्ता), born 1989, is an Indian fashion designer, entrepreneur, and actor, daughter of Neena Gupta and Viv Richards. She founded House of Masaba in 2009, launched LoveChild in 2022, and stars in Netflix's Masaba Masaba.
Masaharu Morimoto (森本正治)
Masaharu Morimoto (森本正治), born 1955 in Hiroshima, is a Japanese chef and restaurateur, third Iron Chef Japanese and an original Iron Chef America star, known for Japanese-Western fusion, Morimoto Philadelphia (2001), Momosan, and a global restaurant group.
Masala chai (मसाला चाय)
Masala chai (मसाला चाय), Indian spiced milk tea, also called chai; boiled black tea with milk, sugar and variable spices. A 20th-century Indian adaptation of a British colonial plantation commodity, now a national symbol.
Mascot
Mascot: a symbolic person, animal, or object representing a team, school, brand, or event, from French mascotte (Provençal masco, witch). Covers event marketing roles and the Native American mascot controversy.
Mashed potato
Mashed potato: cooked potatoes crushed and enriched with butter and milk or cream. Texture hinges on variety (russet vs waxy) and gentle handling; overworking releases starch, producing gluey mash.
Mashing
Mashing: crushing solid but soft food into a soft mass with a fork, masher, or blender. Used in cooking and in IDDSI texture-modified dysphagia diets; also the brewing term for malt soaked in hot water.
Mask
Mask: a face covering used for ritual, theater, disguise, and protection across cultures since 7000 BC; includes surgical masks from Mikulicz's 1897 design, 1918 pandemic mandates, and modern respirators.
Maslenitsa (Масленица)
Maslenitsa (Масленица), or Butter Week, is the East Slavic pre-Lenten festival of blini, effigy burning, and Forgiveness Sunday, aligned with Orthodox Cheesefare Week before Great Lent.
Mason jar
Mason jar, the threaded glass canning jar patented by John Landis Mason in 1858; also called Ball or Kerr jars. Key facts: 1858 patent, two-piece self-sealing lid, Ball and Kerr both owned by Newell Brands, standard 2-3/8 inch regular-mouth opening.