1. Response Reread the first sentence of the essay. What type of cooking is mentioned here and never discussed again in the essay? How does this decision by Gianakos affect your response to the first paragraph and to the essay as a whole?

2. Tone Describe Gianakos’s tone. Is it effective in this essay?

3. Language What do phrases such as “subtle, flavorful differences” (para. 1), “Food lovers” (7), and “richly seasoned” (7) contribute to the essay? If Gianakos had included more phrases like these, how would the essay be changed?

4. Omissions What comparisons did Gianakos not make that she could have made?