Dish (food)

For the dishware, see Tableware.
A plate of Mongolian beef
Chinese fried rice served on a plate
Beans with meat, a ready-made dish from Croatia

A dish in gastronomy is a specific food preparation, a "distinct article or variety of food",[1] ready to eat or to be served.

A dish may be served on tableware, or may be eaten in one's hands.

Instructions for preparing a dish are called recipes.

Some dishes, for example a hot dog with ketchup, rarely have their own recipes printed in cookbooks as they are made by simply combining two ready-to-eat foods.

  1. ^ OED