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Helen's Rustic Mash Potato Recipe
Rustic Mash Potato - makes enough for 4 dinner portions Take 6 large baked potatos Scrub and wash well Take a baking tray and rub lightly with butter and then put a light dusting of cracked sea salt over the whole tray Roll the baked potatos in the...
Orange and Lemon Ice an Italian Dessert Treat
Often times when you are at a gourmet restaurant enjoying a fine
meal you will be served a delicious delicate dessert of flavored
ice. This particular version is a sweet Italian lemon and orange
flavored ice that has a surprising background...
Spicy Garlic Shrimp
Thanks to the heart-healthy garlic and olive oil and the cayenne pepper in this recipe, it is a great, healthy recipe that works well as an appetizer or a main dish. While many shrimp stir-fry recipes include butter, this recipe uses only olive oil...
Valentine Gifts From The Heart
One of my fondest childhood memories is of my mother helping me make a Valentine's box to take to school. We pulled out white paste, an old shoebox, scraps of doilies, and construction paper. There was a flurry of activity as I cut and pasted,...
Vegetarian Gourmet----Meatless Makeovers
Three years ago I decided to go "meatless." It wasn't a difficult decision as I wasn't a voracious carnivore to begin with, however there were a few dishes that I missed that contained meat and wondered how I was going to live without these...
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The New Cuisine: Spanish Food Today
Cooking Spanish foods today is still very much a traditional
affair. The essence of Spanish foods is simplicity and subtlety.
The new Spanish cuisine is more about how ingredients and
flavorings are blended than the way a meal is presented. The new
cuisine is a fusion of traditional Spanish cooking and any
contemporary inspiration. Of course, cuisine fusion is not a new
thing. Cuisines have always been fused and developed according
to the global movements of cultures.
Many ingredients now used in Spanish cooking were introduced by
other cultures: Phoenician and Greek, Roman and Moorish. There
are elements introduced by the Romans and, most importantly,
following the discover of the New World, the Spanish cuisine was
infused with potatoes, tomatoes, chocolate, beans, chilli, and
citrus fruits. Spanish food is spicy and rich. At times, the
Spanish cuisine reminds one of Arabia, with its rich use of
cumin and honey. Other times, Spanish cuisine reminds one of
the
Americas, with its dishes blending meat and chocolate. All the
traditional foods of Spain are still very popular today. Spanish
favorites include salted cod or Bacalao, white sausage or
Butifarra, sausage with garlic and paprika or Chorizo. Paella, a
saffron-flavored soup dish of rice, shellfish and chicken is a
much-loved Spanish classic.
But the quintessential Spanish eating experience is the tapas
bar. Tapas are small entrée-like dishes, which include dips,
cheese, marinated olives, vegetable dishes, and canapés brushed
with tomato, and potato chunks or slices cooked with eggs in
olive oil. The Mediterranean peoples always accompany their
alcohol with food and so tapas are always served in bars and are
the perfect accompaniments to a good dry or sweet Mediterranean
wine.
About the author:
Dylan Miles, journalist, and publisher, is the owner and
co-editor of http://www.dinnerreviews.info on which you will
find more a detailed version of this article.
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