Spanish cuisine a signal of piety. The arrival of Europeans in America, in 1492, initiated the advent of new culinary elements, such as tomatoes, potatoes, corn, bell peppers, spicy peppers, paprika, vanilla and cocoa or chocolate. Spain is where chocolate was first mixed with sugar to remove its natural bitterness. Other ingredients traveled to the Americas, such as rice, grapes, olives and many types of cereals. Many traditional Spanish dishes such as tortilla de patata (an omelette made with potatoes), would not be possible without the discovery of America. Gazpacho, salmorejo, and pan tumaca are made with tomatoes, which traveled from America
The Vegetable Market in Amsterdam for which it has been sold go far to confirm that opinion. The writer, however, can by no means subscribe to it, for there are several described in this work that possess much higher claims to the admiration of the connoisseur." The work is 38 and 32.5 inches, on canvas. It was at one point in the collection of King Louis XVI and is now in the Louvre. This painting was recently cleaned which makes it possible to observe more details than before: The Vegetable Market in Amsterdam The Vegetable Market in Amsterdam (c.1660–61) is an oil on canvas painting