Editing Paella (section)

=== Possible origins ===
[[File:Bomba-Rice.jpg|right|thumb|Raw bomba rice]]
Muslims in [[Al-Andalus]] began rice cultivation around the 10th century.<ref>{{cite book|ref=Watson|author=Watson, Andrew |year=1983|title=Agricultural innovation in the early Islamic world|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=0-521-06883-5}}</ref> Consequently, eastern [[Iberian Peninsula]] locals often made [[casserole]]s of rice, fish, and spices for family gatherings and [[religious feast]]s, thus establishing the custom of eating rice in Spain. This led to rice becoming a staple by the 15th century. Afterward, it became customary for cooks to combine rice with vegetables, beans, and dry [[Cod as food|cod]], providing an acceptable meal for [[Lent]]. Along Spain's Mediterranean coast, rice was predominantly eaten with fish.<ref name="foodtimeline.org">{{cite web |work=[[The Food Timeline]] |first=Lynne |last=Olver |author-link=Lynne Olver |url=http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodfaq6.html#paella |title=The Food Timeline presents a history of paella |date=16 September 2009 |access-date=19 February 2010}}</ref><ref name="Jaine1989">{{cite book|author=Tom Jaine|title=The Cooking Pot: Proceedings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U-SSnkfrLCkC&pg=PA104|year=1989|publisher=Oxford Symposium|isbn=978-0-907325-42-0|page=104}}</ref>

Spanish [[food historian]] Lourdes March notes that the dish "symbolizes the union and heritage of two important cultures, the [[Roman Empire|Roman]], which gives us the utensil and the [[Arab world|Arab]] which brought us the basic food of humanity for centuries: rice."<ref>{{citation| first =Lourdes| last =March| chapter =Paella| pages =[https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00davi_0/page/566 566–567]| title =The Oxford Companion to Food| editor-first =Alan| editor-last =Davidson| location =Oxford| publisher =Oxford University Press| year =1999| isbn =0-19-211579-0| ref =none| chapter-url =https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00davi_0/page/566}}</ref>
[[File:Paellera.jpg|thumb|The traditional pan known as ''paella'' or ''paellera'', along with a traditional wooden spoon used to stir and serve it]]