Week 9- Current Event and Progress

      This week I took the time to go through my own research and decide which country I would most want to visit myself. Throughput all my research I have looked into the country’s recipes, their most common ingredients, and most their cultural background that influences a lot of their foods and cuisine. i have decided that I would want to go and visit is Peru because it has the three special regions that are all geographically different and therefore all have different types of food. It would most fun to travel there and explore each of the three regions and try each of the food from the regions. I also would like to visit Argentina because I am very much a “sweets” person, and their most popular dish is the Dulce De Leche. The sweet caramelized sauce just sounds delicious over the typical other spanish meals that include tortillas, beans, rice and meat. 

      My Current Event this week is about how the amount of vegan and vegetarian restaurants in Spain have risen by ninety-four percent! There are many people saying they are doing it for health reasons, but a lot think it should be done just to help save the animals. Previously in Spain being vegan and being vegetarian was extremely unlikely because meat had always been one of the staple ingredients so it is very interesting to hear about the rise of the all vegan restaurants in the country. 

     Next week I hope to actually start with trying some of the recipes and hopefully bringing them into class if they turn out presentable. I also will be doing another current event. Thus far, I have been pretty good at managing my time but I still hope to get better at doing a little research each day as opposed to waiting until the last minute and getting it all done at one time.