diverse: diversa

is found/to find: se encuentra/

encontrar
Taste of America
places: lugares
food: comida
a land of: una tierra de The United States is a diverse and multicultural nation. Diversity is
regional cuisine: cocina regional
coast to coast: de costa a costa
found among people, places and food. America is a land of good
neighborhoods: barrios eating. Delicious regional cuisine is found from coast to coast.
pride themselves: se enorgullecen
have been made famous: se han hecho
Neighborhoods, cities and states pride themselves on their regional
famosas food and some locations have been made famous by the food they best
beans: frijoles
slow-baked: horneados a fuego lento
prepare.
molasses: melaza
dish: plato
colonial days: días de la colonia
was nicknamed/to nickname: se le
BOSTON BAKED BEANS
apodó/apodar Beans slow-baked in molasses have been a favorite Boston dish since
Pilgrims: peregrinos
learned/to learn: aprendieron/
colonial days. The beans are so popular that Boston was nicknamed
aprender “Beantown.” The Pilgrims learned how to make baked beans from
to make: hacer
substituted/to substitute:
the Native Americans. They substituted molasses and pork fat for the
sustituyeron/sustituir maple syrup and bear fat used by the Natives. The navy bean is the
pork fat: grasa de cerdo
maple syrup: jarabe de arce
official vegetable of Massachusetts, and in 1993 the state declared it the
bear fat: grasa de oso original bean of Boston baked beans
navy bean: frijol, poroto blanco
declared it/to declare: lo declaró/
declarar FLORIDA KEY LIME PIE
key lime pie: tarta de lima
best-loved: más amada Key West, Florida, is famous for its key lime pie, one of America’s best-
fabulous: fabulosa loved regional dishes. Every restaurant in the Florida Keys serves this
is described as: se describe como
lime-flavored: con sabor a lima fabulous pie. Key lime pie is described as “An American pie containing
custard: natilla a lime-flavored custard topped with meringue.” Key limes are very sour,
sour: ácidas
custard: natillas and key lime juice is used to make a perfect custard filling. Nestled in
nestled in: anidado, acomodado en
graham-cracker: galleta integral a sweet graham-cracker crust, this official desert of the Florida Keys is
crust: tapa de masa tart, refreshing and delicious.
tart: ácido, agrio
has been called: ha sido llamado
greatest contribution: la mayor NEW ORLEANS GUMBO
contribución
cuisine: cocina Gumbo has been called Louisiana’s greatest contribution to American
can be found/to find: puede cuisine. Gumbo is classic Cajun food and can be found throughout
encontrarse/encontrar
at its best: en su mejor (forma) the South but is served at its best in Louisiana. When the first French
settlers: colonos
fish soup: sopa de pescado settlers came to Louisiana, they brought their love for bouillabaisse, a
missing/to miss: (les) faltaban/faltar fish soup. They substituted local ingredients because they were missing
normally: normalmente
of the area: del área ingredients they normally used at home. The Spanish, Africans, and
offered/to offer: ofrecieron/ofrecer natives of the area offered their contributions of food and the stew was
stew: estofado
no longer: ya no no longer recognizable as bouillabaisse. It became gumbo.
recognizable: reconocible

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 HOT DOGS are considered by some: son
considerados por algunos
Hot dogs are considered by some butcher: carnicero
opened up/to open up: abrió/abrir
the favorite American food. Charles is credited for: se le atribuye
Feltman, a German butcher, opened putting/to put: poner/poner
bun: panecillo
up the first Coney Island hot dog stand topping it/to top: ponerle...por
encima/poner
in Brooklyn, New York in 1867. Harry reportedly: según lo que se dice,
Magely is credited for putting the hot según se informa
instructed/to instruct: ordenaba/
dog into a bun and topping it with ordenar, mandar
vendors: vendedores
condiments. He reportedly instructed to shout: gritar
his vendors to shout, “Red hots! Get some people say: alguna gente dice
tastes best: sabe mejor
your red hots!” reports that/to report: informa que/
informar
will consume/to consume:
Some people say there is one place where a hot dog always tastes consumirán/consumir
best—at a baseball game! The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council is home: es el hogar de
sandwich: sandwich
reports that baseball fans will consume over 27 million hot dogs at long roll: panecillo largo
major-league parks just this year! sliced pieces: rodajas cortadas
steak: bistec
melted cheese: queso fundido
PHILLY CHEESE STEAK comfort food: comida que genera una
sensación de bienestar
Philadelphia is home to the cheese steak. The cheese steak is a sandwich it was invented/to invent: fue
prepared on a long roll and filled with sliced pieces of steak and melted inventado/inventar
it is said/to say: se dice/decir
cheese. The cheese steak is a comfort food for natives of Philadelphia. offers/to offer: ofrece/ofrecer
It was invented in the city in 1930 and is considered a city icon. It something: algo
it is not authentic: no es auténtico
is said by most Philadelphians that if a restaurant offers something you cannot make: no puedes hacer
called a “Philly cheese steak” then it is not authentic. According to long and thin: largo y fino
not fluffy: no esponjosos
Philadelphians, you cannot make an authentic Philadelphia cheese but also not: pero tampoco
steak sandwich without an authentic Philadelphia roll. The rolls must also say: también dicen
more than: más de
be long and thin, not fluffy or soft, but also not too hard. They also seriously: en serio
say that if you are more than one hour from South Philly, you will not as a result: como resultado
originated/to originate: se originó/
find an authentic sandwich! originarse
essential ingredients: ingredientes
esenciales
TEXAS RED ground beef: carne picada
Texans take chili seriously, and as a result, chili became the Texas garlic: ajo
cumin: comino
State Dish in 1977. Chili originated in San Antonio in the 1880s. chili peppers: chiles
The essential ingredients are ground beef, garlic, cumin, and chili public environment: entorno público
to celebrate: para celebrar
peppers. The public environment used to celebrate chili is called a is called/to call: se llama/llamar
“cook-off.” At a cook-off, thousands of people gather to create their thousands of people: miles de personas
to create: para crear
version of Texas red. You can attend a cook-off throughout the year in attend/to attend: asistir/asistir
Texas and taste for yourself some of the best chili in the United States. throughout: a lo largo de
taste for yourself: probar tú mismo

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