Read “Border Bites” and answer the following questions. Then “submit” your work.
1. Discussion In groups of two or three, discuss other regional cuisines that might make effective topics for a comparison and contrast essay. What traits do they share? What distinguishes them?
2. Journal Gianakos compares the cuisines of the American Southwest and Mexico using the traditions and geographic locations of the people who lived there as the basis of comparison. Explore several other possible bases of comparison that could be used to compare these cuisines.
3. Essay Write an essay comparing foods of two other regional cuisines.