Mediterranean Cuisine

Soup often made with coarsely pureed tomatoes, onions, garlic, cucumbers, green peppers, olive oil, and vinegar.

• gazpacho

• minestrone

• sopa al cuarto de hora

Greek cafe that serves as a public meeting place.

• taverna

• cafe

• plaza

Soup made with onions, carrots, zucchini, celery, cabbage, rice or pasta, and seasonings.

• gazapacho

• minestrone

• sopa al cuarto de hora

Appetizers of olives, feta cheese, pistachio nuts, garlic-flavored sausage, shrimp, and hard-cooked eggs.

• mezedhes

• antipasto

• tapas

Description of Spanish cuisine as “food of the people.”

• del pueblo

• comida

• cocido

Paper-thin pastry made with flour and water.

• phyllo

• croissant

• flan

Cooked slightly resistant to the bite.

• al dente

• almuerzo

• orrecchiette

Spanish rice dish that has many variations.

• gumbo

• paella

• risotto

An Italian appetizer course that often begins the meal.

• antipasto

• tapas

• mezedhes

Spanish appetizers.

• tapas

• antipasto

• mezedhes