Corn meal, wheat flour, corn or barley, previously roasted, are eaten instead of bread with certain local dishes. Local pastries include the excellent tirijalas, bienmesabes, frangollo, bizcochos lustrados, quesadillas, rapaduras y marquesotes , meat pies and 'nougats' of corn meal and molasses. In the main resorts, restaurants offer the full range of international cuisine, as well as local delicacies. Often restaurants cater for the tastes of particular nationalities. Full range of wines, spirits and liqueurs from throughout the world.
Local beers are pilsner-type lagers and, on the whole, rather weak.
Local wines are also produced. Other drinks originating from the islands are rum, honey-rum and Malmsey wine. Besides the excellent duty-free shopping there are numerous local items to tempt the visitor. Craftsmanship is represented mainly by skilled open-work and embroidery. Pottery, basket-work based on palm leaves, cane and reed and delicate woodcarvings are also popular.