Toast is sliced bread that has been browned by exposure to radiant heat. It appears as a main ingredient in many dishes, often as a base on which other food is served.
Bruschetta – an antipasto (starter dish) from Italy consisting of grilled bread rubbed with garlic and topped with olive oil and salt.[3] Variations may include toppings of tomato, vegetables, beans, cured meat, or cheese.
Cheese on toast – a snack made by placing cheese on slices of bread and melting the cheese under a grill.[4] It is a simple meal, popular in the United Kingdom.
Chipped beef on toast – typically consists of a white sauce and re-hydrated slivers of dried beef, served on toasted bread.[5] It was a common dish in U.S. army mess halls during World War II, at which time it was given the nickname "shit on a shingle".[6]
Cinnamon toast – buttered bread, covered in a mix of cinnamon and sugar, and toasted in an oven.[7]
Creamed eggs on toast – consists of toast or American-style biscuits covered in a gravy made from bechamel sauce and chopped hard-boiled eggs[8]
Crostino – an Italian appetizer consisting of small slices of grilled or toasted bread and toppings[9]
French toast – bread soaked in milk, then in beaten eggs and then fried
Garlic bread – consists of bread (usually a baguette or sour dough like a ciabatta), topped with garlic and olive oil or butter and may include additional herbs, like chives. It is then either grilled or broiled until toasted, or baked in a conventional or bread oven.
Kaya toast – a traditional Singaporean breakfast item[11] and well known snack in Malaysia,[12] it is toast topped with kaya (coconut jam), a topping of sugar, coconut milk and eggs,[13] pandan, and sometimes margarine or butter. Crackers are also sometimes used instead of toast.
Melba toast – a dry, crisp and thinly sliced toast, often served with soup and salad or topped with either melted cheese or pâté
Mince on toast – consists of cooked ground meat on a slice of toasted bread.[14]
Milk toast – a breakfast food consisting of toasted bread in warm milk, typically with sugar and butter.
Pa amb tomàquet – a simple and typical recipe in Catalan cuisine consisting of bread, which may or may not be toasted, with tomato rubbed on it and seasoned with olive oil and salt.[16] Various additional toppings may be added, such as cheese, anchovies and ham.[17]
Roti bakar – an Indonesian breakfast dish consisting of two slices of bread and a sweet filling.
Roti john – sliced halves of a French loaf fried with a topping of minced mutton, sliced onions and egg.[18]
Shrimp toast – a Chinese dim sum dish made from small triangles of bread, brushed with egg and coated with minced shrimp and water chestnuts, then cooked by baking or deep frying.[19]
Soldiers – thin strips of toast; the strips that a slice is cut into are reminiscent of soldiers on parade. The toast is sliced in this manner so that it can be dipped into a soft-boiled egg that has had the top of its shell removed.[20]
Toast Hawaii – an open sandwich consisting of a slice of toast with ham and cheese, and a maraschino cherry in the middle of a ring of tinned pineapple[21]
Toast sandwich – a sandwich made by putting a thin slice of toast between two thin slices of bread[22] with a layer of butter, and adding salt and pepper to taste
Toast Skagen – a Swedish starter and food dish consisting of two pieces of toasted bread, mayonnaise, and prawns[23]
Toastie - an enclosed hot sandwich, which uses a pie iron/sandwich toastie maker
Tongue toast – an historic traditional open sandwich prepared with sauteed beef tongue and scrambled eggs,[24] it was sometimes served on buttered toast with a poached egg instead of a scrambled one.[25]
Welsh rarebit - a dish consisting of a hot cheese-based sauce served over slices of toasted bread.
Isaac Toast – a chain of toast restaurants based in South Korea, with over 700 retail stores in South Korea
Killiney Kopitiam – a Singapore-based chain of mass-market, traditional kopitiam styled service cafes selling toast products (notably kaya toast), soft-boiled eggs and coffee[promotion?]
Tostada (toast) – a term used in some Hispanic American countries to name several different traditional local dishes which have in common that they are toasted or use a toasted ingredient as the main base of their preparation
Ya Kun Kaya Toast – a Singaporean chain of mass-market, retro-ambience cafes selling toast products (notably kaya toast), soft-boiled eggs and coffee[promotion?]