Food writer Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz, while pointing to the international aspects of the dish, notes that its origin in Spain already reflected international influences: chicken was brought from India and rice from Asia; saffron was introduced by Phoenician traders; tomatoes and peppers are natives of the Americas.
Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz (June 17, 1915 - October 27, 2003) was a British-born food writer who popularized Latin American cuisine in the US and Great Britain.
Elisabeth | Christopher Lambert | Adam Lambert | Elisabeth Schwarzkopf | Elisabeth Shue | Tito Ortiz | Paul Lambert | Elisabeth Frink | Queen Elisabeth Music Competition | Lambert | Elisabeth (musical) | David Ortiz | Woluwe-Saint-Lambert | Raúl Scalabrini Ortiz | Lambert Simnel | Elisabeth of Wied | Elisabeth of Bavaria | Drexel Burnham Lambert | Andrew Lambert | Kit Lambert | Johann Heinrich Lambert | George Washington Lambert | George Lambert | Empress Elisabeth of Austria | Elisabeth Sladen | Elisabeth Olin | Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony | Elisabeth Moss | Warner–Lambert | John Lambert |