Webquest!                                                             Nombre ___________________________

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You’ve shown in class that you can name many Mexican food items and many prepared dishes, but there’s a lot more to the food of the Spanish-speaking world than burritos and enchiladas!

1) In Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America there is a great amount of culinary influence from the indigenous people of those areas.  Both the Aztec and Mayan have influenced the ingredients, preparation, and products of this area’s cooking.  Search the following website, http://store.amigofoods.com/ and write three products from each of these Spanish-Speaking countries.

Mexico: ____________________________________________________________

Costa Rica: _____________________________________________________

El Salvador: ____________________________________________________

Guatemala: _____________________________________________________

Honduras: _____________________________________________________

Nicaragua: _____________________________________________________

Cuba: ________________________________________________________

Puerto Rico: ______________________________________________________

Panama: _______________________________________________________

Uruguay: ______________________________________________________

2)  Research this website http://www.tienda.com/food/index.html to discover the foods of Spain.  Describe the Spanish foods that you find on this website.

1.      TAPAS   __________________________________________________________________

2.       PAELLA _________________________________________________________________

3.       OLIVES  _________________________________________________________________

4.      _________     ______________________________________________________________

3)   Create your own google search or look at the following website, http://latinfood.about.com/od/latincaribbeancuisine101/p/introlatinfood.htm to discover the inspiration behind Caribbean cuisine.

What cultures influenced Latin Caribbean Food?  How is this heritage similar among these countries, The Dominican Republic, Cuba, and Puerto Rico?

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4. What were the two main tribes that influenced the cuisine of, The Dominican Republic, Cuba, and Puerto Rico?  _______________________________________________________________­­­­­­­­­­­__­­­­_____________________