Friday, October 30, 2009

Food

Let me start by talking about Food, which is an essential part of culture. One of the most famous dishes and among my favorites is the Paella, which is a rice dish from Spain. This dish is made in almost all the regions of spain, and that is one reason that Paella is made in many different ways. It may contain chicken, pork, beans, peppers, peas, shellfish, shrimps and saffron among other ingredients.
I personally enjoy this tasty dish and I would recommend it to anybody who loves the combination of rice with meat and/or vegetables.


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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 11, 2009 at 11:00 AM

    One of my favorite things about Spain is Spanish Flamenco dance! This is a style of dance that is usually some kind of audible footwork, often done to classical guitar music. Whenever I think of Spain and Spanish culture, this automatically comes to mind.

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  2. Sabina VaswaniNovember 11, 2009 at 1:36 PM

    I agree with you Nadia. It is a beautiful form of dance, although quite difficult to learn. I tried to learn it over 4 months, but at times I still get confused :-) I find Flamenco to be a very classical and graceful type of dance. This type of dance has its origin from the Southern part of Spain, Andalucia.

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  3. jennie★November 12, 2009 at 5:57 AM

    Just a question! Is Spanish language spoken in Spain different from Spanish language spoken in other area? How different??

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  4. Sabina VaswaniNovember 12, 2009 at 7:41 AM

    That's a very good question. There are two major forms of spanish: Latin American Spanish (spoken in Mexico, Columbia, Peru, etc) and Castillian Spanish (Spoken in Spain). Both can be differentiated by accent and vocabulary. Secondly, Spanish is even different across the autonomous communities of Spain. If you go to Barcelona, the accent is completely different from the Andalucian accent (southern Spain). You may ask why? The southern part of Spain has been influenced by the Arabic culture, bringing a different accent in the Spanish spoken there. Let me give you an example about the different in pronounciation between Castilian Spanish and Latin American Spanish. For instance, in Barcelona, they say "gracias" (thank you), pronouncing the "c" as we pronounce a "th" in English, while in Latin America the "c" in "gracias" is pronounced as a normal "s", making it sound like "Grasias". Hope this answered your question :-)

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  5. AnonymousNovember 18, 2009 at 5:37 AM

    Sabina,
    You are definitely on our class food committee.
    DB

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