Words for Food and Festivity
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- tortilla
- disk of unleavened corn or wheat bread
- seviche (ceviche)
- appetizer of raw fish marinated in lime or lemon juice
- taco
- tortilla folded around a filling such as meat, cheese, or lettuce
- fiesta
- saint's day celebrated with processions and dances; festival; holiday
- pimento (pimiento)
- thick-fleshed pepper used for stuffiing olives and as a aource of paprika
- cafeteria
- self-service or counter-service restaurant; offering that invites consumers to make varied choices
- patio
- paved outdoor dining or lounging area adjacent to a house; inner courtyard open to the sky
- castanets
- hand instruments clicked together to accompany music or dancing
- siesta
- rest or nap, usually after the midday meal
- bodega
- grocery store; wineshop
- olla podrida
- highly seasoned meat-and-vegetable stew
- cabana
- cabinlike shelter at a beach or pool
- bolero
- 1) Spanish dance with sharp turns, stamping, and sudden pauses with one arm arched over the head; music in 3/4 time for this dance 2) loose waist-length jacket worn open at the front