Editing Costa Rica (section)

=== Cuisine ===
{{Further|Costa Rican cuisine}}
[[File:Gallo pinto cr.jpg|thumb|Costa Rican breakfast with [[gallo pinto]]]]
Costa Rican cuisine is a blend of [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]], Spanish, African, and many other cuisines origins. Dishes such as the very traditional [[Tamal (dish)|tamale]] and many others made of corn are the most representative of its indigenous inhabitants, and similar to other neighboring Mesoamerican countries. Spaniards brought many new ingredients to the country from other lands, especially spices and domestic animals. Later in the 19th century, the African flavor lent its presence with influence from other Caribbean mixed flavors. This is how Costa Rican cuisine today is very varied, with every new ethnic group who had recently become part of the country's population influencing the country's cuisine.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southerncostarica.biz/General/cat-others/Costarican-Typical-Food/179/ |title=Costa Rican Typical Food |publisher=Southerncostarica.biz |access-date=2 November 2011 |archive-date=15 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115142555/http://www.southerncostarica.biz/General/cat-others/Costarican-Typical-Food/179/ |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=February 2011}}