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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.
Monica Gill
Monica Gill, American model, actress, and Miss India Worldwide 2014 (also Miss India USA 2013) from Worcester, Massachusetts; Punjabi and Hindi film actress known for Ambarsariya, Firangi, and Paltan, distinct from other namesakes.
Mónica Spear
Mónica Spear Mootz (1984–2014), Venezuelan Miss Venezuela 2004 winner and fourth runner-up at Miss Universe 2005, telenovela actress of Mi prima Ciela and La mujer perfecta, killed with ex-husband Thomas Henry Berry in a January 2014 highway robbery in Venezuela.
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.
Monkeys in Japanese culture
Monkeys in Japanese culture: the Japanese macaque (ニホンザル), worshiped as the Sannō shrine messenger at Hiyoshi Taisha, stable guardian from Chinese horse belief, sarumawashi performing art, kōshin charm, and modern crop pest.
Monoculture (popular culture)
Monoculture in popular culture: the broadcast-era condition of shared media experiences (network TV, radio hits), its fragmentation via cable, streaming, and algorithms, and its opposite sense of cultural uniformity; live sports and stars like Taylor Swift persist as remnants.
Monokini
Monokini: originally Rudi Gernreich's 1964 topless swimsuit, a bikini bottom with two thin straps; now also a one-piece swimsuit with cutouts imitating a bikini. Coined from mono- plus bikini.
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.
Mooning
Mooning, also called chucking a browneye, is the act of exposing one's bare buttocks in public as a joke, insult, or protest, popularized from 1960s American student slang.
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.
Moradabad brassware
Moradabad brassware is the handcrafted brass ware produced in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, a city known as the Brass City whose GI-registered craft employs an estimated 20,000 to 60,000 artisans.
Morgan dollar
Morgan dollar: United States silver dollar designed by George T. Morgan, struck 1878-1904 and 1921 in .900 silver under the Bland-Allison Act; key dates 1889-CC, 1893-S, 1895.
Moriones Festival
Moriones Festival (Moryonan), Holy Week tradition of Marinduque, Philippines, where masked penitents in Roman soldier costumes reenact the conversion and beheading of Longinus, from Holy Monday to Easter Sunday.
Morning dress
Morning dress is the most formal British daytime dress code for men, combining a cutaway morning coat, waistcoat, and striped trousers; it is worn at royal weddings and Ascot.
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.