The cooking of Spain is easily recognizable. It is usually plain, yet attractively appetizing in the simplest way possible. It is rarely over-decorated (The famous Spanish dish, the elaborate "paella" is the exception, not the rule). Spanish cooking is fresh and concerned more with well combined quality ingredients than with additives that may alter the taste or appearance. The ingredients of the local cooking may seem almost childishly simple; but they are used in ways that lend freshness and a certain weightless magic to each dish. The best example of this magic is "gaz pacho," a famous cold vegetable soup that is delicious and simple to make.