Tuesday, 15 April 2008

1. Food. Luisa Zafra




1. Food

¨ Typical food

Food has always been one of the most representative parts of every country. As we all know we can use the same ingredients around the world, but typical food is always typical food. First of all we have Indian cuisine which is characterized by a wide variety of regional styles and sophisticated use of herbs and spices. The staple foods in the region are rice and wheat. Spices originally native to the Indian subcontinent are nowadays consumed world wide.

Besides, and traveling all the way down to Europe, basically, Italian cuisine is a combination of vegetables, grains, fruits, fish, cheeses and a scattering of meats usually seasoned or cooked with olive oil. Now we are seeing a resurgence of the Mediterranean diet is being touted as the model around which we should restructure our eating habits.

Finally in our country, typical food varies from region to region however some staples like rice, corn, potato, vegetables and fruit are used throughout in various ways according to tradition. Bread is also very popular as witnessed by the numerous bakeries in every city. In the malls, there is the typical variety of fast-food restaurants from local to Middle Eastern cuisine and even some popular American types such as Domino's Pizza.

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