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Matzah ball (קניידל)
Matzah ball (Yiddish kneidel, kneidlach) is an Ashkenazi Jewish soup dumpling of matzo meal, eggs, and schmaltz, served in chicken soup at Passover and year-round; first recipe printed London 1846, subject of the gebrokts custom debate and the floater-versus-sinker texture argument.
Maurizio Gucci
Maurizio Gucci (1948–1995), grandson of founder Guccio Gucci, last family head of the Gucci fashion house; inherited 50% in 1983, sold to Investcorp in 1993, murdered in Milan in 1995 by a hitman hired by ex-wife Patrizia Reggiani.
Max Alexander (fashion designer)
Max Alexander (born 2016, Los Angeles) is an American child fashion designer behind the Couture to the Max label, Guinness record holder as youngest runway designer, and the youngest designer to show at Paris Fashion Week in March 2026.
Max the Meat Guy
Max the Meat Guy is Max Greb, a Boston-based American meat-focused food creator on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, founder of MaxJerky, with about 10.3 million YouTube subscribers and McCormick Grill Mates seasoning blends.
Maxine Medina
Maxine Medina (Maria Mika Maxine Perez Medina), Filipina beauty queen crowned Binibining Pilipinas Universe 2016 and Miss Universe 2016 Top 6 finalist; later actress (Hanggang Saan, First Yaya, Magandang Dilag), wife of Timmy Llana, and live seller.
Maxwell House
Maxwell House, also marketed as Maxwell Apartment in 2025, is an American mass-market coffee brand founded in 1892 in Nashville, known for the slogan "Good to the Last Drop" and owned by Kraft Heinz.
May Day
May Day (första maj, 1 May) combines the European spring festival with International Workers' Day, proclaimed by the Second International in 1889 and first marked by Swedish marches in 1890; a Swedish public holiday since 1939.
May Martin
May Martin, English sewing teacher and author, judged The Great British Sewing Bee with Patrick Grant in series 1-3 (2013-15); wrote May Martin's Sewing Bible and left before series four, replaced by Esme Young.
May Morris
May Morris, born Mary Morris (1862–1938), was an English Arts and Crafts designer, daughter of William Morris, who ran Morris & Co.'s embroidery department from 1885.
May Queen
May Queen (Queen of the May): a girl crowned with flowers to preside over May Day festivities on 1 May in Britain, Europe, and America; a largely Victorian tradition popularized by Tennyson's poem, with male counterparts such as the May King.
Maya ceramics
Maya ceramics: the hand-built pottery of the ancient Maya from the Preclassic to Postclassic, including Classic polychrome and codex-style vessels, type-variety classification, chocolate drinking, Maya blue pigment, and their central role in Maya chronology.
Maya textile weaving
Maya textile weaving is the traditional hand production of cloth by Maya people of Mexico and Central America, woven by women on the backstrap loom.
Maye Musk
Maye Musk (born 1948), Canadian-South African model and registered dietitian, mother of Elon Musk; CoverGirl's oldest spokesmodel at 69, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover at 74, author of A Woman Makes a Plan.
Mayonnaise
Mayonnaise, or mahonesa, is an oil-in-water emulsion sauce of vegetable oil, egg yolk, and vinegar, standardized at 65%+ oil in the US, named after Mahón, Menorca, and commercialized from 1912 by Hellmann's.
Maypole
Maypole: a decorated pole erected for spring or midsummer festivities, danced around on May Day in England, May 1 in Bavaria (Maibaum), and Midsummer in Sweden (midsommarstång); modern ribbon plaiting is a later English addition, not a documented pagan survival.
McCain Foods
McCain Foods Limited, Canadian family-owned frozen food company founded 1957 in Florenceville, New Brunswick; makes frozen French fries and potato products, $16bn CAD revenue, 160 countries, main rivals Lamb Weston and Simplot.
McChicken
McChicken: McDonald's crispy chicken sandwich of breaded patty, lettuce and mayo on a bun; US value-menu item at 390 calories, sold worldwide as マックチキン and McChicken Sandwich with regional recipes.
McDonald's
McDonald's, the American fast-food hamburger chain founded by Richard and Maurice McDonald in San Bernardino in 1940 and globalized by Ray Kroc from 1955, now runs over 36,000 franchised restaurants in more than 100 countries with over $130 billion in 2024 systemwide sales.
McDonald's French fries
McDonald's French fries (World Famous Fries®) are the chain's signature side: whole Russet Burbank, Ranger, Umatilla Russet, and Shepody potatoes, par-fried with beef flavoring by suppliers, frozen, and cooked in canola-blend oil in US restaurants; UK versions are vegetarian.
McDonald's Israel (מקדונלד'ס ישראל)
McDonald's Israel (מקדונלד'ס ישראל) is the Israeli McDonald's chain, first opened in Ramat Gan in October 1993 by franchisee Omri Padan's Alonyal. McDonald's Corporation bought the 225-restaurant, 5,000-employee business in 2024 after boycotts, and a Wiz-founders group is near a franchise deal.
McDonald's Monopoly
McDonald's Monopoly is McDonald's recurring collect-and-win sales promotion, launched in the US in 1987 and licensed from Hasbro. Players peel game pieces for instant wins or rare-property sets; a 1989-2001 insider fraud by Simon Marketing's Jerome Jacobson stole over $24 million in prizes.
McDonald's No. 1 Store Museum
McDonald's No. 1 Store Museum, in Des Plaines, Illinois, was a full-scale 1985 replica of Ray Kroc's first franchised McDonald's (opened April 15, 1955). Flood-damaged and closed to the public since 2008, it was demolished after the November 2017 announcement; the first McDonald's itself was in San Bernardino.
McDonaldization
McDonaldization: George Ritzer's 1983 sociological thesis that fast-food restaurant principles (efficiency, calculability, predictability, control) increasingly dominate society, adapting Weber's rationalization theory; distinct from casual uses of the term.
McDonaldland
McDonaldland is McDonald's fictional advertising world, created by Needham, Harper & Steers in 1971, home to Ronald McDonald, Grimace, Hamburglar, and Mayor McCheese; it ran until the early 2000s, lost a Krofft copyright suit, and returned in 2025.
McDowell's No.1
McDowell's No.1, Indian IMFL whisky brand of United Spirits (Diageo India), launched 1968; world's best-selling whisky 2023-2024 with over 30 million cases yearly, lost the top spot to Royal Stag in 2025.
McKee Foods
McKee Foods Corporation, formerly McKee Baking Company, is a family-owned snack bakery in Collegedale, Tennessee, founded in 1934 by O.D. and Ruth McKee and known for Little Debbie snack cakes, Sunbelt Bakery, Drake's, and Fieldstone brands.
McLane Company
McLane Company is an American wholesale distribution company headquartered in Temple, Texas, founded in 1894, that supplies groceries to convenience stores and restaurants and has been owned by Berkshire Hathaway since 2003.
MCM Worldwide
MCM Worldwide (Modern Creation München) is a German luxury leather goods house founded in Munich in 1976 by Michael Cromer, known for its cognac Visetos monogram and brass-plate bags, owned by Korea's Sungjoo Group since 2005 and headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.
McRib
The McRib is a McDonald's barbecue pork sandwich, a boneless restructured pork patty in BBQ sauce with pickles and onions, invented by René Arend, debuting in 1981, retired in 1985, and since sold intermittently as a scarcity-marketed limited-time item.
McSorley's Old Ale House
McSorley's Old Ale House, established 1854 at 15 East 7th Street, Manhattan, is an Irish saloon originally called The Old House at Home, famous for sawdust floors, two ales (light or dark), cash-only service, and admitting women only in 1970 after a lawsuit.