1. Spanish Food By Maria Vicente Solórzano

2. Spanish cuisine Different recipes and flavours depending on geography, culture and climate. Seafood is an important ingredient famous for its health benefits and fresh ingredients.

3. Typical dishes Potato omelette Embutidos and cheese Sausages Paella Soup Bread Various stews Migas

4. Others dishes Rice pudding: arroz con leche. Calamares a la romana: Fried squid Cocido montañés: typical in Cantabria Gazpacho: cold bread and tomato soup Cured ham Saffrom rice Meat: sheep,pork, lamb and beef..

5. Typical dishes in… MADRID Cocido madrileño (Madrid´s chickpea stew) Strawberries, water melon and good wine are typical in Madrid

6. Typical dishes in… ASTURIAS Salmon, Fabada asturiana (white beans and pork) Morcilla, chorizo and cider are very traditional.

7. Typical dishes in… CATALONIA Rice dishes and seafood. Catalan cream and butifarra.

8. Typical dishes in… LA RIOJA Its international Rioja wines. Vegetable soups, pepper and potato dishes.

9. Typical dishes in… EXTREMADURA Cocido Extremeño (a rich stew of bacon, fowl, ham, meat, and vegetables). Embutidos of Iberian pork, cheese (including the famous torta del casar,similar to the Portuguese queijo da serra). Pitarra wine.

10. Typical dishes in… ANDALUSIA Fried fish, salmorejo and gazpacho. Seafood, especially shrimp, squid, mackerel and flatfish. Jabugo ham. Sherry.

11. Typical dishes in… ARAGON Cured ham. Wines from Somontano. Borrajas (a vegetable typical in this county)

12. Typical dishes in… MURCIA Vegetables such as zarangollo. Fish and lamb stews Jumilla wines.

13. Typical dishes in… VALENCIA Paella (very popular,for Sunday family dinner)

14. Typical dishes in… BALEARIC ISLANDS Seafood and vegetables. Sobrasada. Samfaina (Ratatouille) Cocas (typical of the Catalan cuisine). Ensaimada is the most famous Majorca pastry.

15. Typical dishes in… GALICIA Caldo gallego an array of seafood, especially octopus, cod and goose barnacles. Tarta de Santiago, a sponge cake made of almonds and lemon. Empanadas. Albariño wine from the Rias Baixas.

16. Typical dishes in... CASTILLA Y LEÓN Morcilla from León. Garlic soup Little roast pig,roast lamb and sausages, Cheese and Jamón de Guijuelo.