food

The cuisine in the Spanish central plains is austere. Meat such as lamb, mutton or pork are the most popular, accompanied by the variety of game meats that can be found wild.

Food and drink keep body and soul together, as often displayed in kitchen and dining rooms at Swiss homes. It shows that they take food seriously and meals are the center of family life.

South African cuisine is a delectable fusion of indigenous ingredients and international influences, creating a mouthwatering array of dishes that showcase the country’s culinary diversity.

Nigeriang lies on the western Africa coast, on the Gulf of Guinea, surrounded by the countries of Benin, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon. Between the desert-like north of the country, touching the Sahara, and the tropical south, there are plateaus, hills, forest, savannah and a coastal plain good for farming. The climate is always hot and, although rainfall varies from almost nothing to rain forest conditions, most of the rain happens during a single rainy season.

Moroccan rich cuisine includes foods such as the popular couscous and tagines, skillfully seasoned to produce wonderfully fragant and spiced -but not overly hot- dishes. Both, couscous and tagines, are Berber dishes, but Moroccan cuisine also shows the influences Arab, Mediterranean, Spanish and neighbour African countries.

Malagasy cuisine blends the influences of the Arabic, Chinese, French, African and Indian cultures present in Madagascar.

Egypt has provided some of the earliest archaeological evidences of leavened bread, although it was probably being prepared much, much earlier. That old Egyptian bread was made from emmer wheat –one of the earliest crops to be domesticated and now almost a relic- and had a dense interior.

Brazilian culture and foods reflect those of the four obvious groups who make its population: native Brazilians, Portuguese and other Europeans, Africans, and Asians. For instance, the samba is a well known Brazilian dance with African roots. The bossa nova is a popular Brazilian music that blends jazz with local musical rhythms. Brazilians love sports, and their favorite one is soccer, which they name futbol -from the word football as this sport is known in Europe.

Food in Greece is an overwhelming subject.  Having lived in Greece the better part of eight years we are talking about a great many meals that have been my sustenance.  So I will write both about the cuisine and some of my experiences with it.

Think of Greece and what comes to mind first is usually blue seas, luminous skies, little white houses and very old ruins. That’s fine as Greek cooking cannot be understood without its Mediterranean influence or its ancient roots.