Ingredient

Bread

Fourteen plates at ten of the kitchens we read carry bread. Seven of them sit under appetizer, and most often it is served as a dip, on four.

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From 40 menus · bread is on 14 plates · How we read them

For the curious: the data views

Some of these were read by a script, not a person — those chips have a hollow dot. About the method →

How it comes

The forms it turns up in, most first.

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Where on the menu

The menu sections the dishes sit under, most first.

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How it's cooked

How the kitchens cook it, counting the word on the component as well as the plate.

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The journey of bread

The same 14 plates read outward from the middle: how the kitchens cook it, how it then arrives, and which part of the menu it arrives in. A wedge too narrow for its word carries it in the table underneath.

The journey of bread: 14 plates, 8 ways of cooking them, drawn as three rings — how it is cooked, how it arrives, and which part of the menu it arrives in. Every wedge is listed with its count in the table below.Breadbaked — 4 plates (31%)bakedsauteed — 2 plates (15%)sauteedtoasted — 2 plates (15%)toastedfresh — 1 plate (8%)roasted — 1 plate (8%)seasoned — 1 plate (8%)slow-roasted — 1 plate (8%)steamed — 1 plate (8%)dip — 2 plates (15%)dipnot stated — 2 plates (15%)not statedpasta — 1 plate (8%)pastasalad — 1 plate (8%)saladdip — 2 plates (15%)dipnot stated — 1 plate (8%)not statednot stated — 1 plate (8%)not statednot stated — 1 plate (8%)not statedsandwich — 1 plate (8%)sandwichnot stated — 1 plate (8%)not statedappetizer — 2 plates (15%)appetizerappetizer — 1 plate (8%)appetizerside — 1 plate (8%)sideentree — 1 plate (8%)entreenot stated — 1 plate (8%)not statedappetizer — 1 plate (8%)appetizernot stated — 1 plate (8%)not statedside — 1 plate (8%)sideappetizer — 1 plate (8%)appetizerappetizer — 1 plate (8%)appetizernot stated — 1 plate (8%)not statedappetizer — 1 plate (8%)appetizer
The short reading: the commonest step at each ring, everything else totalled. The full table is underneath.
RingCommonestPlates
How it's cookedbaked4
How it comesdip2
Where on the menuappetizer2
Other19 other steps, added up22
Not statedthe menu never printed that detail9
Every wedge, as a table
14 plates carrying Bread, cooked 8 ways. A plate cooked two ways is counted under both, so the wedges can total more than 14. “Not stated” is a plate whose menu never printed that detail.
CookedArrives asCoursePlates
baked4
bakeddip2
bakeddipappetizer2
bakednot stated2
bakednot statedappetizer1
bakednot statedside1
sauteed2
sauteedpasta1
sauteedpastaentree1
sauteedsalad1
sauteedsaladnot stated1
toasted2
toasteddip2
toasteddipappetizer1
toasteddipnot stated1
fresh1
freshnot stated1
freshnot statedside1
roasted1
roastednot stated1
roastednot statedappetizer1
seasoned1
seasonednot stated1
seasonednot statedappetizer1
slow-roasted1
slow-roastedsandwich1
slow-roastedsandwichnot stated1
steamed1
steamednot stated1
steamednot statedappetizer1

Travels with

What shares a plate with it, counted inside a course and never across one. A partner marked distinctive turns up together far more often than chance.

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Dishes

Show all 10 kitchens

Our reading of the menu turns up braised, linguine and evoo.

Our reading of the menu lists broiled, crumbled and crab.

Known for: filet, Lemon Vinaigrette, raw.

Our reading of the menu lists: patty, chip, pickle.

Our reading of the menu lists: jerk, breast, wrapped.

Known for: tempura, corn, crema.

Our reading of the menu turns up roll, pickle and butter.

Correct a plate here

In the family

Where it sits in the ingredient lexicon.

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Where on the island

The 10 kitchens above, by district. Counted off the menus we read, in order up the island — not a ranking of neighbourhoods.

Bread at 10 kitchens across 5 districts. Each row opens the finder with that district set.
DistrictKitchensSide of the island
Lower Midtown2inland
Midtown2bayside
Uptown1inland
West Ocean City3harbor
Day-trips ring2inland