Find document with array that contains a specific value

If I have this schema...

person = {
    name : String,
    favoriteFoods : Array
}

... where the favoriteFood array is populated with strings. How can I find all persons that have "sushi" as their favorite food using mongoose?

I was hoping for something along the lines of:

PersonModel.find({ favoriteFood : { $contains : "sushi" }, function(...) {...});

(I know that there is no $contains in mongodb, just explaining what I was expecting to find before knowing the solution)

http://stackoverflow.com/a/18148872/2177408

As favouriteFoods is a simple array of strings, you can just query that field directly: PersonModel.find({ favouriteFoods: "sushi" }, ...); But I'd also recommend making the string array explicit in your schema: person = { name : String, favouriteFoods : [String] }
Don't mistake it. Even if it's a list of dict, you can still query it this way. Sample: PersonModel.find({ favouriteFoods.text: "sushi" }, ...); person = { name : String, favouriteFoods : [{text:String}] }