Latin America-Italy-China

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Across
  1. 2. Complex Mexican sauces.
  2. 5. Starchy root plant eaten as a side dish and used in flour form in cooking and baking through South America.
  3. 7. Who were the first people to colonize Italy?
  4. 11. A commonly used condiment that can add high amounts of sodium to the Chinese diets.
  5. 12. Which tribe made contributions to Mexican cuisine?
  6. 13. Used because ovens are rare in China.
  7. 15. What are hot peppers in Latin America?
  8. 16. The geography of central Italy is ___________________.
  9. 18. Flat unleavened bread made from cornmeal or wheat flour.
  10. 20. Eating utensils used in China and Japan.
  11. 22. Spread made from mashed avocados.
  12. 25. Chinese cooking method in which uniform pieces of food are cooked quickly in a small amount of hot oil.
  13. 26. Mexico's major crop.
  14. 27. When cooking pasta, it should be cooked _______________.
  15. 28. Whole wheat pasta is high in ________________.
Down
  1. 1. Other than corn and peppers what is another staple food of Mexico.
  2. 3. A Chinese staple food that is filling and inexpensive.
  3. 4. Because of the poor soil in Northern Mexico, that region is known more for raising ________________.
  4. 6. Satisfying Italian soup.
  5. 8. A rice dish made with butter, chopped onion, stock or wine, and parmesan cheese.
  6. 9. Which explorers influenced Latin American cooking?
  7. 10. In Chinese cooking these help stretch the meat and keep their cooking healthy and economical.
  8. 14. The appetizer course in Italy?
  9. 17. The Aztecs introduced many new foods to Latin America including ______________.
  10. 19. A Chinese cooking utensil that looks like a metal bowl with sloping sides.
  11. 21. Other than pasta and rice, what is another Italian staple food?
  12. 23. A typical Southern Italian dish, made of wide noodles, cheese, and meat?
  13. 24. The most fertile land in Italy is in the __________________.