Taste Ocean City, band by band The same corpus as the graph, laid flat and traceable by hand. Pick what you’re reporting on — this view opens on how the kitchens cook, preparations over ingredients — and the board rebuilds as bands of pills. Hover or tap any pill to light everything it touches across the bands; the panel then lists every kitchen that serves it, by district.
Read from the menus of 40 of the town’s 66 kitchens , every one that publishes a menu we could read · 1226 dishes · 15 kitchens read by eye, 25 by script · menus read 2026-09-10 How we read them
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The methods the menus name — steamed, fried, blackened.
fried 170 grilled 127 roasted 88 baked 77 raw 68 broiled 60 blackened 59 seared 51 stuffed 51 barbecued 48 griddled 47 sauteed 45 wrapped 44 glazed 42 smoked 41 marinated 40 breaded 39 battered 37 simmered 36 steamed 34 cured 32 jerk 32 folded 31 country-fried 25 fresh 25 cajun-rubbed 24 chilled 21 scrambled 21 pan-seared 20 poached 20 tempura 18 deep-fried 15 slow-roasted 12 toasted 11 creamed 10 crispy 10 pulled 10 braised 9 brined 9 beer-battered 7 sesame-crusted 7 mashed 6 shaved 6 smashed 6 boiled 5 melted 5 pickled 5 sliced 5 bacon-wrapped 4 caramelized 4 charred 4 diced 4 scallopini 4 shredded 4 skillet 4 seasoned 3 spiced 3 candied 2 carved 2 crumbled 2 picked 2 sun-dried 2 warm 2 applewood-smoked 1 blistered 1 bursted 1 drawn 1 filled 1 fire-roasted 1 grated 1 pan-fried 1 sundried 1 whipped 1
What the dishes are made of, as the lexicon names it.
Beef 32 Cheese 32 Onion 32 Pork 31 Chicken 30 Tomato 30 Crab 29 Shrimp 25 Bacon 21 Avocado 19 Scallop 19 Pepper 18 Potato 17 Butter 16 Lettuce 16 Cheddar 14 Cream 14 Egg 14 Fry 14 Ham 14 Fish 13 Mushroom 13 Bbq 12 Breast 12 Lobster 12 Pickle 12 Salsa 12 Corn 11 Jalapeno 11 Old Bay 11 Salmon 11 Asparagus 10 Chip 10 Mahi 10 Oyster 10 Roll 10 Spinach 10 Tuna 10 Vegetable 10 Honey 9 Lemon 9 Mayo 9 Meat 9 Prosciutto 9 Sugar 9 Bbq Sauce 8 Bean 8 Bread 8 Cabbage 8 Cake 8 Cucumber 8 Garlic 8 Green 8 Mozzarella 8 Our Tartar Sauce 8 Rice 8 Spice 8 Aioli 7 Cilantro 7 Mustard 7 Ranch 7 Scallion 7 Shallot 7 Squid 7 Strawberry 7 Baguette 6 Banana 6 Bun 6 Clam 6 Crabmeat 6 Crepe 6 Crouton 6 Crust 6 Dip 6 Feta 6 Flounder 6 Haddock 6 Imperial 6 Parmesan 6 Sausage 6 Seed 6 Swordfish 6 Tender 6 Tortilla 6 Walnut 6 Balsamic 5 Crema 5 Gallo 5 Hollandaise 5 Imperial Sauce 5 Jack 5 Jam 5 Pecan 5 Pineapple 5 Provolone 5 Remoulade 5 Rib 5 Romaine 5 Seaweed Salad 5 Snow crab 5 Swiss 5 Toast 5 Turkey 5 Wing 5 Almond 4 Apple 4 Arugula 4 Batter 4 Beurre Blanc Sauce 4 Biscuit 4 Blueberry 4 Boom Boom Sauce 4 Brioche 4 Calamari 4 Carrot 4 Celery 4 Chimichurri 4 Chorizo 4 Cocktail Sauce 4 Cod 4 Dressing 4 Drizzle 4 Duck 4 Ginger 4 Gravy 4 Jus 4 Lime 4 Nut 4 Oil 4 Rockfish 4 Salt 4 Scrapple 4 Seasoning 4 Slaw 4 Sourdough 4 Spring mix 4 Tail 4 Watermelon 4 Wine 4 A Citrus Vinaigrette 3 Bass 3 Bearnaise 3 Beet 3 Caesar Salad 3 Cauliflower 3 Chili 3 Chipotle 3 Chocolate 3 Citrus Slaw 3 Coconut 3 Cole Slaw 3 Confit 3 Cracker 3 Crumb 3 Cucumber-Wasabi Sauce 3 Dill 3 Eggplant 3 Fruit 3 Glaze 3 Gouda 3 Herb 3 Horseradish Sauce 3 Juice 3 Marinara 3 Marinara Sauce 3 Mignon 3 Noodle 3 Pepperoni 3 Pesto 3 Plantain 3 Portobello 3 Red pepper flake 3 Ribeye 3 Sauce 3 Sesame Sauce 3 Sprout 3 Squash 3 Sriracha 3 Steak 3 Stock 3 Strip 3 Tartar 3 Teriyaki 3 Wonton 3 Zucchini 3 Andouille 2 Angus 2 Apple Vinaigrette 2 Asian Slaw 2 Basil 2 Bigarade Sauce 2 Blue Cheese Vinaigrette 2 Bourbon Caramel Sauce 2 Brick 2 Broth 2 Buffalo 2 Burger 2 Capellini 2 Caper 2 Caprese Salad 2 Caramel 2 Catfish 2 Cheese Sauce 2 Chesapeake 2 Chevre 2 Chutney 2 Cinnamon 2 Citrus 2 Coleslaw 2 Cornmeal 2 Crab Salad 2 Crabcake 2 Craisin 2 Crudite 2 Date 2 Eel Sauce 2 Evoo 2 Fig 2 Filet 2 Garlic-Chili Sauce 2 Gastrique 2 Grana 2 Granola 2 Grit 2 Habanero 2 Hawaiian Ponzu Sauce 2 Heart 2 Hearty Tomato Sauce 2 Homemade Hollandaise Sauce 2 Horseradish 2 Hushpuppy 2 Iceberg 2 Jason’S Remoulade Sauce 2 Kaiser 2 Kielbasa 2 Lamb 2 Lardon 2 Leek 2 Lemon Garlic Vinaigrette 2 Lemon Vinaigrette 2 Link 2 Mash 2 Medallion 2 Melba Sauce 2 Microbasil 2 Milk 2 Mint 2 Muffin 2 Mushroom Veloute Sauce 2 Mussel 2 Noilly Prat Sauce 2 Onion ring 2 Our “Comeback” Sauce 2 Parm 2 Parmigiana 2 Parsley 2 Pastry 2 Patty 2 Peach 2 Peanut 2 Pecorino 2 Pepper-jack 2 Pepperjack 2 Pico 2 Pistou 2 Ponzu 2 Prawn 2 Red Pepper Sauce 2 Risotto 2 Romesco 2 Rosemary 2 Samosa 2 Sauerkraut 2 Shrimp Salad 2 Side Of Slaw 2 Spicy Wasabi Sauce 2 Succotash 2 Sweet 2 Syrup 2 Tip 2 Tobiko 2 Tomato Sauce 2 Truffled Horseradish Sauce 2 Vanilla 2 Veal 2 Vidalia 2 Waffle 2 Wasabi 2 A Side Salad 1 Anisette 1 Apple Cider Vinaigrette 1 Basmati 1 Benne 1 Bison 1 Blackberry 1 Blanca 1 Boar 1 Bordelaise 1 Boule 1 Brisket 1 Broccoli 1 Buffalo Sauce 1 Burrata 1 Bursted Tomato Sauce 1 Butter Sauce 1 Buttermilk 1 Butternut 1 Cashew 1 Chantilly 1 Chard 1 Charred Apple Vinaigrette 1 Cherry bomb pepper 1 Chive 1 Cider 1 Cilantro Citrus Slaw 1 Coating 1 Coffee 1 Compote 1 Cranberry 1 Cream Sauce 1 Crostini 1 Curry 1 Dijon 1 Dough 1 Drink 1 Duxelle 1 Edamame 1 Elk 1 Four Cheese Sauce 1 Fraiche 1 Garlic Butter Sauce 1 Grouper 1 Gruyere 1 Halibut 1 Hash 1 Hickory 1 Ipa Steak Sauce 1 Jerk 1 Lemon-Raspberry Vinaigrette 1 Lentil 1 Linguine 1 Loin 1 Malt Vinegar Slaw 1 Marmalade 1 Maryland 1 Mayonnaise 1 Meatball 1 Middleneck 1 Nashville 1 Nutella 1 Olive 1 Omelette 1 Orzo 1 Padano 1 Pancetta 1 Paprika 1 Pastrami 1 Pea 1 Peanut Sauce 1 Pie 1 Pistachio 1 Polenta 1 Pomodoro 1 Popcorn 1 Pretzel 1 Puppy 1 Puree 1 Radish 1 Ragout 1 Raisin 1 Raspberry Melba Sauce 1 Reese's Pieces 1 Relish 1 Romaine Caesar Salad 1 Rub 1 Salad 1 Salami 1 Seafood 1 Seitan 1 Sesame 1 Sesame Dipping Sauce 1 Shark 1 Sherry 1 Shoot 1 Sirloin 1 Soda 1 Soup 1 Spiced Shrimp Salad 1 Spread 1 Srirachandaise 1 Street Corn Salad 1 Tapenade 1 Thai 1 Tilefish 1 Tomatilla Sauce 1 Tortelloni 1 Trinity 1 Tzatziki Sauce 1 Vinaigrette 1 Vodka Luv Sauce 1 Wagyu 1 Wrap 1 Yolk 1
476 pills· 1667 connections on this board· derived from 2782 nodes / 17979 edgesNothing here is authored: every pill and every connection was derived from the menus themselves. A pill with no kitchens under it is a node the corpus knows about but has not yet seen served — which is a coverage statement, not an absence.
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