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food

Information about food, meaning anything solid eaten for sustenance - solid to distinguish it from beverages.

Food in Spain

Food in Spain is a fiesta of colors and flavors. The fusion of tradition and innovation found now in Spanish cuisine has propelled it to the forefront, pushed into the culinary stratosphere.

Food in Louisiana

Louisiana produces seafood, cattle, soybeans, sugarcane, poultry and eggs, dairy products and rice. Local seafood, such as oysters, crawfish, and shrimp are abundant in Louisiana and influence all styles of cooking. Other important products include seasonal game, red peppers, and garlic.

Food processing is an important industry. Tabasco sauce is a product known on a global scale.  This sauce made with hot peppers was developed on Avery Island. The sauce is named after the river and town in southern Mexico from which the peppers originally came.

Sesame

Sesame has a unique flavor, reminiscent of sunflower seeds.  Used in Middle Eastern cuisine, where is added to breads, cakes, used as tahini paste, or as an ingredient in confectionery, as in halva. In Oriental cuisine, sesame seeds are frequently toasted or ground in Chinese, Japanese and Korean cooking, as a condiment.

Onions

With their sharp pungent flavor that mellows to slight sweetness when cooked, onions are an essential condiment essential in every cuisine.