Semana Santa/Holly Week.

Every year, some communities in Spain celebrate the Passion and Easter with processions that last for about a week. This period is called Semana Santa or "Easter Week" and Seville (Sevilla) is well know for its festivities. Please watch the video below in preparation for class. We will discuss its content in detail, so please come prepared with questions, if you have any.

Next Tuesday we will try to cook monas de Pascua (Easter cake). Please read this link and watch the video below to find out more about this dessert. If I can figure it out, I will try to have a gluten/lactose free version of this recipe available, we will see.

Also, remember to find out the names and location of the ten largest countries in  Western Europe, (you should already know where Spain/España and Portugal are located). And, yes, please learn their Spanish translations: eg. Germany/Alemania, Italy/Italia, etc.

Hasta el martes.

Semana Santa de Sevilla



Mona de Pascua tradicional.

Spring Break!

Spring Break!

During the next few weeks, we are going to cook some dishes (monas de Pascua, a tradicional Spanish Easter pastry and cocas, a Spanish variation of pizzas).

We will also make a piñata for Cinco de Mayo and decorate a sombrero in preparation for our festival.

Enjoy your break and please watch the videos below. The cooking ones to learn about our dishes and the song, to memorize it (so please watch it as many times as needed):

The lyrics are as follows,

Los pollitos dicen, pío, pío, pío
cuando tienen hambre, cuando tienen frío

La gallina busca, el maíz y el trigo
les da la comida y les presta abrigo

Bajo sus dos alas, acurrucaditos
hasta el otro día, duermen los pollitos.

Los pollitos dicen (cancion tradicional)





Mona de Pascua




Cocas de verduras