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Milk tea
Milk tea (奶茶) is tea combined with milk, spanning Mongolian salted tea, Indian chai, Hong Kong silk-stocking milk tea, and Taiwanese bubble tea; Hong Kong's version is a listed intangible cultural heritage.
Milka
Milka is a milk chocolate brand registered by Suchard on 19 March 1901, named from Milch (milk) and Kakao (cocoa), sold in lilac packaging with the Lila cow mascot, now owned by Mondelēz International and sold in over 15 countries.
Milkshake
Milkshake: a cold, frothy blended beverage of milk, flavoring, and usually ice cream, originating as an American soda fountain drink in the 1880s. Regional names include frappe, cabinet, frosted, and thick shake; the ice-cream version became standard after refrigeration.
Milky Way (chocolate bar)
Milky Way (US chocolate bar), also known as the Mars bar in Europe, is a Mars, Incorporated candy bar of nougat, caramel, and milk chocolate, introduced by Frank Mars in 1923 and named after a malted milk drink, not the galaxy.
Mille-feuille
Mille-feuille (millefeuille), the French "thousand leaves" pastry also called Napoleon or vanilla slice: layered puff pastry and pastry cream with fondant glaze; six turns give 729 layers; first sold as such in Paris in 1867.
Millefleur tapestry
A millefleur tapestry is a woven wall hanging covered with a dense scatter of small flowering plants, popular in Franco-Flemish workshops from about 1450 to the early 1500s.
Miller Brewing Company
Miller Brewing Company, founded in Milwaukee in 1855 by Frederick Miller from the Plank Road Brewery, became the second largest US brewer under Philip Morris with Miller Lite and Miller Genuine Draft, and its US brands now sit in the MillerCoors joint venture under Molson Coors Beverage Company.
Miller Lite
Miller Lite, also known as Miller Light, is an American light lager brewed by Miller Brewing Company. Launched in 1975, it is known for its 96 calories and 4.2% ABV.
MillerCoors
MillerCoors: U.S. and Puerto Rico beer joint venture of Molson Coors and SABMiller, formed 2007, launched 2008, second-largest U.S. brewer, fully acquired by Molson Coors in 2016.
Milo (drink)
Milo is Nestlé's chocolate-malt powdered drink, invented in Australia in 1934 by chemist Thomas Mayne and launched at the Sydney Royal Easter Show; sold in over 40 countries, strongest in Malaysia and Singapore, home of the Milo Dinosaur.
Milton S. Hershey
Milton Snavely Hershey (1857-1945), American confectioner and philanthropist, founded the Lancaster Caramel Company, Hershey Chocolate Company, and the town of Hershey, Pennsylvania, and endowed the Milton Hershey School with his entire fortune.
Mimbres Classic Black-on-White
Mimbres Classic Black-on-White, or Mimbres Style III, is a painted pottery type made by the Mimbres people of southwestern New Mexico from about A.D. 1000.
Mimolette
Mimolette (Boule de Lille, Vieux Hollande) is a French uncooked pressed cow's milk cheese from Flanders, created in the 17th century under Colbert as an Edam substitute, colored orange with annatto, and ripened with cheese mites for 3 to 24 months.
Mimosa (cocktail)
Mimosa cocktail: equal parts chilled sparkling wine and orange juice, served in a flute; attributed to Frank Meier at the Ritz Paris around 1925, a lighter cousin of the 1921 London Buck's Fizz and a brunch staple.
Mince pie
Mince pie, also mincemeat pie, is a small British Christmas pastry filled with sweet spiced dried fruit, suet and brandy. Medieval meat-filled origins, Cromwell ban myth, 370 million sold yearly in the UK.
Mincemeat
Mincemeat, also called fruit mince, is a spiced preserve of dried fruit, sugar, suet or butter, citrus peel, and spirits used in Christmas mince pies; despite the name it usually contains no meat, a relic of its medieval preserved-meat origins.
Mineko Iwasaki (岩崎峰子)
Mineko Iwasaki (岩崎峰子), born 1949, is a Japanese author and former geiko of Kyoto's Gion district, the principal source for Golden's 1997 novel Memoirs of a Geisha.
Mineral water
Mineral water, or natural mineral water (eau minérale naturelle), is legally defined underground water with constant mineral composition, bottled untreated at source; distinct from spring and purified water, regulated by Codex, EU Directive 2009/54/EC, and FDA standards.
Minestrone
Minestrone (minestróne) is a thick Italian vegetable soup with beans, pasta, or rice, an augmentative of minestra. No canonical recipe exists; Artusi published it in 1891, and versions include alla milanese and alla genovese.
Ming Tsai
Ming Tsai (born 1964) is an American chef known for East-West cuisine, Emmy-winning host of Food Network's East Meets West and PBS's Simply Ming, James Beard winner, founder of MingsBings.
Ming Xi (奚梦瑶)
Ming Xi (奚梦瑶), born 1989 in Shanghai, is a Chinese supermodel and actress who debuted at Givenchy couture in 2010, walked Victoria's Secret six times from 2013, fell famously at the 2017 Shanghai show, married Mario Ho in 2019, and returned to the VS runway in 2026.
Mingei
Mingei (民芸) is the Japanese folk-craft movement launched in 1925 by the philosopher Yanagi Sōetsu with potters Hamada Shōji and Kawai Kanjirō, celebrating ordinary, useful objects made by anonymous craftsmen.
Minimum support price (India)
Minimum Support Price (MSP) is a price fixed by the Government of India to guarantee purchase of notified crops, protecting farmers from distress sales and ensuring food grain procurement.
Miniskirt
Miniskirt: a skirt or dress with a hemline well above the knee, the iconic 1960s fashion. Associated with Mary Quant and André Courrèges; name reportedly from the Mini car; hemlines really short only by 1966.
Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce
The Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce (農商務省) was a ministry of the Empire of Japan, based in Tokyo, that administered agriculture, forestry, commerce, and industry from 1881 to 1925.
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (United Kingdom)
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) was a UK government department overseeing agriculture, horticulture, fisheries, and food from 1955 until 2001, when it was abolished and replaced by Defra.
Minnesota sushi
Minnesota sushi is the nickname for pickle roll-ups: deli ham spread with cream cheese, wrapped around a dill pickle, sliced into rounds. Also called Midwest or Lutheran sushi; a Midwestern potluck staple, not actual sushi.
Mino washi
Mino washi (美濃和紙) is traditional Japanese paper made in Mino, Gifu Prefecture, dating to at least 702 and ranked among Japan's three great washi traditions.
Minoan snake goddess figurines
Minoan snake goddess figurines: faience statuettes with snakes from the Temple Repositories at Knossos, found by Arthur Evans in 1903, dated c. 1600 BCE, heavily reconstructed and contested as forgeries.
Mint (candy)
Mint candy: confectionery flavored with peppermint, spearmint, or menthol, from hard-boiled mints to candy canes and breath mints; cooked sucrose-corn syrup glass, 2-3% moisture, growing sugar-free market.