Foods List

Edible fungi

Commercial cultivated Japanese edible mushroom species

Edible fungi – edible fungi are the fleshy and edible fruit bodies of several species of macrofungi (fungi which bear fruiting structures that are large enough to be seen with the naked eye). They can appear either below ground (hypogeous) or above ground (epigeous) where they may be picked by hand.[6] Edibility may be defined by criteria that include absence of poisonous effects on humans and desirable taste and aroma.[7][8]

Edible mushroom

List of mushroom dishes

Edible nuts and seeds

Raw mixed nuts

Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or Oryza glaberrima (African rice). Pictured is a mixture of brown, white, and red indica rice, (also containing wild rice).

Edible nuts and seeds – a nut is a fruit composed of a hard shell and a seed, where the hard-shelled fruit does not open to release the seed (indehiscent). In a culinary context, a wide variety of dried seeds are often called nuts, but in a botanical context, only ones that include the indehiscent fruit are considered true nuts. The translation of "nut" in certain languages frequently requires paraphrases, as the word is ambiguous.

Many seeds are edible and the majority of human calories comes from seeds,[9] especially from cereals, legumes and nuts. Seeds also provide most cooking oils, many beverages and spices and some important food additives.

List of culinary nuts

List of edible seeds

List of sesame seed dishes

Baked goods

Main article: List of baked goods

Baked goods are cooked by baking, a method of cooking food that uses prolonged dry heat.

Breads

Various leavened breads

Breads – bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour and water, usually by baking. Throughout recorded history it has been popular around the world and is one of humanity's oldest foods, having been of importance since the dawn of agriculture.

List of breads

List of American breads

List of brand name breads

List of bread rolls

List of buns

List of British breads

List of Indian breads

List of Pakistani breads

List of quick breads

List of sweet breads

List of bread dishes

Dairy products

Dairy products – dairy products are food produced from the milk of mammals. Dairy products are usually high energy-yielding food products. A production plant for the processing of milk is called a dairy or a dairy factory. Apart from breastfed infants, the human consumption of dairy products is sourced primarily from the milk of cows, yet goats, sheep, yaks, horses, camels, and other mammals are other sources of dairy products consumed by humans.

List of dairy products

List of butter dishes

List of cheeses

List of American cheeses

List of brined cheeses

List of British cheeses

List of French cheeses

List of Irish cheeses

List of Italian cheeses

List of Polish cheeses

List of cheese dishes

Various cheeses

 

A bottle of milk

 

Yogurt

Meat

Meat – meat is animal flesh that is eaten as food.[10]:1 Humans are omnivorous,[11][12][13] and have hunted and killed animals for meat since prehistoric times.[13] The advent of civilization allowed the domestication of animals such as chickens, sheep, pigs and cattle, and eventually their use in meat production on an industrial scale. Today, humans consume not only chicken, mutton, pork and beef but also meats of camel, horse, dog, cat, alligator, crocodile, turtle, dolphin, emu, ostrich, duck, deer, zebra, water buffalo, whale, snake, frog, guinea pig, rabbit, squirrel, porcupine and monkey.

List of meat dishes

List of beef dishes

List of chicken dishes

List of domesticated meat animals

List of hamburgers

List of hams

List of kebabs

List of pork dishes

List of bacon dishes

List of sausages

List of sausage dishes

List of hot dogs

The standing rib roast, a cut of beef

 

Various meats

 

Chorizo sausage

Eggs

Eggs – eggs are laid by female animals of many different species, including birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, and have been eaten by humans for thousands of years.[14] Bird and reptile eggs consist of a protective eggshell, albumen (egg white), and vitellus (egg yolk), contained within various thin membranes. Popular choices for egg consumption are chicken, duck, quail, roe, and caviar, but the egg most often consumed by humans is the chicken egg, by a wide margin.

List of egg dishes

List of egg topics

Fried eggs

 

A batch of tea eggs with shell still on soaking in a brew of spices and tea, an example of edible eggs