Cuban cuisine

Favazza’s In today’s generation, teenagers and adults live off of fast food and junk. People think it’s just easier to eat fast food because it’s cheap and quick to get. Families never know where to get “good food” now a days. Ever want a nice, decent meal that makes up for those guilty McDonald’s trips? Favazza’s, on the corner of Southwest and Marconi, is a very classy, well managed restaurant that is sure to make all of their customers leave happy. Favazza’s is a well-known restaurant to…

I took a vacation to Italy. There was a lot of beautiful scenery, wonderful food, and so much more. I visited Rome, Venice, and Florence, went to the beaches, ate lots of Italian food, and went June 18-25th so it would not be too hot or too cold. First, I had to figure out what all I needed for my trip to Italy, I discovered I had to get a passport to even enter the country.” Passports should have at least six months remaining validity beyond your departure date. U.S. citizens may enter Italy…

I never knew another place to be my home other than Mexico. I grew up in the same home with the same friends, and I wasn’t ready to leave it all behind. The rushed decision to become an immigrant of the United States was a baffling thought that would take weeks to wrap my head around, but I only had hours. My family wanted a better life for their children and they were to get it, or so they thought. Growing up in the streets of Iztalapa, Mexico was difficult for not only me but the rest of my…

The History of Pizza There is much iteration of just how pizza became the food that we know and love today. One story says that pizza has been around since the Stone Age when people would bake crude bread on the stones of a fire and after the cooking of this bread they would top it off with different seasonings and toppings. They would use this bread as a plate to sop up broth or gravies (Stradley, p. 1). Another story says that pizza was founded in Naples, by the Greeks, in the 1700s. The story…

5.2.3 Chinese Diet Since China has a history of thousands of years, it can be found that even in the contemporary Chinese society, the diet habits of Chinese people have still influenced by traditional cultural values, especially in terms of the ways that Chinese people connect food with their health. To support my point of view, first of all, it has been a widely accepted routine that Chinese people highly address the importance of the dinner whereas the preparation for breakfast can be simple…

Culture is a unique way that family forms itself in terms of rules roles habit activities and beliefs. Every family is different in its own way as seen in the Angelino family factor such as the: Tradition. As we are told the Angelino family grand parents emigrated from Italy in 1904,the family was famous of its own Italian sausage which can be seen as part of their tradition, they had larger family of five expecting the sixth one showing a tradition of many children, there grandparent mama…

SHORT INTRODUCTION Most people will never forget to put garlic when they cook. It does not matter what type of food, garlic stands out as the most popular ingredient in culinary setting. Set aside the tasty flavor, garlic also has tons of benefits to the body such as reducing risk of heart diseases, fighting cancer, maintaining blood pressure, treating diabetes, improving dementia symptoms, and many more. Garlic has a long history (back from the ancient Egyptian era) of being used to tackle…

Food is such a large part of our world, its the reason we are alive. It has the power to bring us together no matter what part of the world we are from. In Corvallis, food is abundant no matter what street you turn on in town. Anything from your average american burger to sushi to vegetarian thai food, you can find it in town. I for one am not one who 's easily convinced to try new and foreign foods, but when I find something good I cant help but share it with my friends! I have always gone to…

Fernando Luna Professor Christina Leshko SOC 101-052: Principles of Sociology February 9, 2017 Mexican Tacos: The Americanization of the Taco The Mexican taco can easily be recognized almost anywhere in the world. As tacos have various simple methods of preparation, they have become one of the most loved foods in America. According to Boyer (2014) the history of the Mexican taco has been traced back to the early pre-Hispanic times when Mexico City street vendors would feed urban workers. Tacos…

What was once a peasant's meal now blesses the kitchens of many five star restaurants, but most importantly my own kitchen. Potatoes were originally eaten for a daily dosage of vitamin A and calcium, causing them to be considered a necessity instead of a luxury. Potatoes were easy to grow and took a lot less preparation than most of their original meals. Irish peasant life typically centered around potatoes because they had them three times a day. Even though potatoes are not as prevalent as…