Essay on Cuisines and Cultures from Columbia and Ecuador

One of the best drink in La Tapatia is Horchata, it has a good flavor and lots of people drink it.

The perfect basket to send your recipients to reflect the happy, relaxed “Out West” culture of Colorado (Crested Butte to be exact). A traveler’s style wooden chest containing a bottle of Montanya Oro Dark Rum, a muddler, cocktail cherries, simple syrup and cocktail bitters make this is a fun gift choice. Your recipient will love experimenting with different cocktail recipes and to top it off, most of the necessary ingredients are conveniently included in this gift basket. A variety of bitters, which are highly concentrated botanical flavors that are typically sour and/or bitter, provide endless cocktail options. Montanya Oro Rum is full-bodied and derives its flavors from being aged for one year in American White Oak barrels still moist and

and obviously "la torta ahogada"... And at the end but not less important, drink a delicious glass of "tequila".

When someone becomes tied or emerged in another culture one of the first things one discovers is their different food. When I became part of my husband’s family, I begin to explore a world full of deliciously rich and sometimes spicy authentic Mexican food. I could never forget the day I had my first taste of Pozole Rojo (red) at my sister in law’s house. The first bite blew my senses away, and it immediately became one of my favorite dishes out of everything I have ever tasted before. With it’s rich, bold and slightly spicy favors it has, the family always begging for more. Pozole is a delicious introduction to a different culture, a passport to favor that connects me with my family and friends. A taste of Mexico can be found in a bowl of homemade pozole rojo.

On the eve of Confederation the population of what would become Canada went beyond 3,000,000. Of these, nearly 80 percent lived in Ontario and Quebec. Although cities were growing in the old centres of Halifax and St. John on the Atlantic, Quebec City and Montreal along the St. Lawrence, and a strip from Kingston to Toronto along the north shore of Lake Ontario, more than 80 percent of Canada's people lived an (away from cities) life. They travelled on dirt trails and corduroy roads, (shook and rolled around really fast) their own butter, sewed their clothing by the dim light of coal oil lamps and helped grow their farms with (stick with a long, curved knife at the end) and oxen. The politicians of the day, like John A. Macdonald, George Brown and George-Étienne Cartier,

However, three known dishes establish the heart of Mexican dishes. Corn, beans, and hot peppers are three known dishes that form the heart of Mexicans ( ). Their culinary norms are based widely on social class and the level of income ( ). Those who are considered middle and upper-class income bases their diets closely to that of American and Europeans. In Mexico, tequila is well known, and sodas are popular drinks. Sweet rolls, milk, and coffee are served mainly for dinner between the hours of eight and ten. Their main meal eaten between two and four in the afternoon is considered the most important meal of the

Timshel, a hebrew verb and belief, translates into "thou mayest", and indicates that humans have the power to choose good over evil, or vis versa. The word defines the ability to decide if one should destroy another, or to hurt someone for no good reason. In East of Eden, by John Steinbeck, the character Cathy Ames is depicted as a beautiful, yet evil woman. Her morals are questioned: has she simply chosen to be cruel at heart, or was she born that way? Even though Steinbeck characterizes Cathy as a malformed creature of seemingly inherited evil, the novel’s theme of Timshel suggests that she has the power to choose her own path.

John steinbeck was conceived on February 27 1902. He had a cheerful adolescence however he was bashful more often truly smart.He shaped an early thankfulness for the land and specifically california salinas valley,which would extraordinarily advise his later writing.He was the second of four kids and the main kid destined to John Steinbeck, Sr. the treasurer of Monterey County and Olive Hamilton Steinbeck a previous instructor. Situated close to the focal California drift on a portion of the world's most ripe land Salinas' authentic epithet today is the Salad Bowl of America, Salinas was and still is a cultivating town, encompassed via scenes of wide yellow valleys and rich green fields. The Steinbecks lived agreeable white collar class lives. Olive the previous teacher, especially imparted in youthful John III an

* Moles: Pronounced Mo-lay, the name of this dish comes from the Aztec word for "mixture." Mole Poblano de Guajolote, is a mixture of dried chiles, nuts, seeds, vegetables, spices and

Americans and Hispanics have different family traditions that dictate how each holiday is celebrated. On Christmas, which begins December 25th, Americans have a tradition to decorate a pine tree and stocking resting over a fireplace. A large meal is prepared and cookies are left by the fireplace with a glass of milk for santa claus. Families get together and open presents. In hispanic culture christmas is celebrated on December 24th (nochebuena) and is highly religiously with the three kings replacing santa clause. A meal and the decorations are still common among the two groups, however the celebration of cooking a meal with the family ensues one day prior to American Culture. Another difference is that children are raised to leave a box of hay for the camels to feed on while the three kings stop at each home. New Year's in American Culture is celebrates with a sip of an alcoholic beverage such as champagne or sparkling non-alcoholic drinks. Hispanics celebrate the night with an alcoholic drink named coquito. Coquito is made on Christmas and New years. Everyone in the family takes a sip of coquito when the ball dropped on New year's

Another popular drink is known as a granizado, a slush drink made of finely shaved ice and flavored syrup. The most popular flavor is kola. This is not the cola usually associated with carbonated soda, but a fruity flavored syrup. It is usually served with evaporated and/or condensed milk on top.

First and foremost, there are many different types of food around the world that were discovered and founded by many distinct cultures. The food I eat, some may eat differently. For instance, not many people know what redneck soup is. When they see it, they may think that what’s in it is weird.But to me it’s a red soup with vegetables and meat that we cook all the time. One of the other biggest foods I like to eat in our family is my great grandmother’s famous chilli. You can’t buy it in stores, and if you don’t wing it just right, it’s not the same. There are so many recipes that have been passed down in my family, both meals and desserts, and everyone loves the famous chocolate pie. This recipe has been passed down for a good while now, and when you taste it,it tastes nothing like store bought chocolate pies. Many people in Louisiana love to eat gumbo, and they cook it in many different ways. In my family, not everyone cooks their gumbo the same, but my personal favorite is my dad’s. He usually never measures any of the ingredients exactly, he just

When first beginning this assignment, I thought of choosing Vietnamese food because I miss having Vietnamese food for most of my meals, which was a luxury when I lived at home with my parents. Also, I have not fully prepared a Vietnamese dish or meal myself, as cooking never appealed to me. However, as I thought more about it, I would just be returning to the comforts of what I had already known instead of challenging myself and expanding my experiences. Eventually, I decided to pursue learning more about the Hispanic food culture because I greatly enjoy Hispanic food, whether it is Americanized Hispanic foods such as burritos or enchiladas from restaurants like Taco Bell or La Paz, or traditional, authentic foods I have had at my Hispanic friends’ houses. I love exploring the infinite variety of ethnic dishes this world has to offer, but I do not pay much attention exactly to what I am eating, what is in it, and how to prepare it myself. This assignment gave me the opportunity to go out and adventure into Guerrero’s Market on 11th and G street. I brought David with me, a friend from Honduras who has exposed me to most of the authentic hispanic foods I have eaten. I decided to make ceviche, and the two ethnic ingredients not used in mainstream American cuisine I selected were avocados and tostadas.

Mexican cuisine is a style of food that originates in Mexico. It is known for its varied flavors, colorful decoration, and variety of spices and ingredients, many of which are native to the country. What makes a meal distinctly Mexican, of course, are the lively seasonings. Not all Mexican recipes are fiery, though; while renowned for their heat, many subtle and intriguing spice combinations are also found in Mexican fare.

The focus of this assignment is on the geography of chicken soup. For purposes of this particular assignment, the “claimed” country of origin in Cuba. The reason the term “claimed” is used is due to the fact that this particular dish may be believed to have originated in many other countries as well. As such, the recipe, and more specifically the ingredients used, will most likely differ based upon the country and region that it is originated from. With regard to the Cuban version of chicken soup, the same is comprised of thirteen (13) ingredients, to wit: olive (oil); onion (red and green); cilantro; cumin (ground); wheat (flour); chicken (stock and thigh); cassava; calabash; potato (red); plantain; lemon (juice); salt; and, pepper. Notwithstanding the fact that these ingredients are customarily used to make the Cuban version of chicken soup, these same ingredients were not all domesticated in the region that Cuba is located in.