Europe

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Feijoada

A hearty bean dish in the best Brazilian and Portuguese traditions. Not only beans, count on finding almost every part of the pork, including sausages, and some beef.

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Wine in Burgundy, Beaujolais wines

The Beaujolais region covers a 34 mile stretch from the south of Burgundy to as far as Lyon. It produces more than twice as much wine as Burgundy. Gamay is the only black grape grown in Beaujolais. There is a little white Beaujolais produced but almost all is red.

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Russian cuisine

Is Russian cuisine good? The answer to this question is not simple. Russia is a vast country. Land and climate vary tremendously from one region to the other and so does the food.

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Easy menestra

This simple recipe can be adapted for speed cooking by using prepared or frozen vegetables. Good quality, fresh vegetables make this recipe really special, but frozen vegetables are better than no vegetables.

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Food in the Spanish south

Andalusia is what lays in the Spanish south. Andalusia, where the scorching summer heat produced a variety of cold soups, and the Arab influence is still present in the ingredients and cooking methods.

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Food in the Spanish Mediterranean

Food in the Spanish Mediterranean region is rich in fresh vegetables, beans, almonds nad healthy olive oil, with plenty of fish dishes.

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Food in Belgium

Traditional cuisine in Belgium relies heavily in local food. Modern cooking is of a finer level and much more stylish, very close to French cuisine, but based in high quality local ingredients.

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More than food in France

A French cook tries to bring out the flavor locked inside each simple vegetable and piece of meat, adding a little of this spice or that herb when food tastes too bland, balancing all the ingredients so no flavor overpowers the other.

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Greek pantry

A benign climate allows Greece to grow several crops, apart from the traditional olives and grapes. A good variety of fruits, including the well loved lemons, and vegetables, eggplant and spinach within the selection, as well as wheat, and other grains are grown. Although the terrain is not favorable for cattle grazing, it is ideal for sheep and goats.