Pasta is one of the favorite products around the world. Although it is one of the most ancient foods and its origin is unknown, probably linked to the development of agriculture itself – it is simply a matter of mixing a cereal with water – it is a product that can be found in popular kitchens in many countries and cultures. Legend has it that it was Marco Polo who brought pasta to Europe from China, on one of his trips, although some historical references assure that vermicelli were previously made in the Italian city of Pisa, very similar to…
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The province of Jaén is a great destination to practice oleotourism and enjoy its gastronomy, with one of a varied offer related to the majestic landscape of the olive grove, with its many local products and, especially, with olive oil, a food without which is impossible to conceive of Mediterranean cuisine. The oils from Jaén – world leader in the production of the highest quality extra virgin – come for the most part from Picual olives and are fruity, with notes of green aromas of fresh grass and vegetables, slightly bitter and somewhat spicy. Perfect oils to use raw and…
The objective of the National Bank of Animal Germplasm is to constitute a permanent and closed collection of reproductive material of all the breeds of the Catalog of Cattle Breeds of Spain, which allows it to act as a security element in the event of a loss of genetic variability of the same, and even in case of its extinction. Through […] The objective of the National Bank of Animal Germplasm is to constitute a permanent and closed collection of reproductive material of all the breeds of the Catalog of Cattle Breeds of Spain, which allows it to act as…
Today’s Aragonese cuisine reflects the variety of foods from a privileged geographical area, a great gastronomic tradition and the influence of millenary cultures, with products such as the lamb from Aragon, the ham from Teruel, the peach from Calanda, the oil from Lower Aragon … Products that today have given rise to an interesting mix between popular stews steeped in history and tradition and an ambitious renewed cuisine. And of course, the wines of the region, the fruit of a millenary oenological culture. Not surprisingly, one of the tourist slopes that arouses the greatest interest is oenological tourism, since Aragon…
In a year characterized by the absence of large hailstorms, wind episodes and other meteorological accidents – which last season caused a reduction in the harvest – the producers of the Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) Poma de Girona foresee a good harvest this year , with more than 84,500 tons, 16% more than in the previous season. This is how the harvest of the earliest apple varieties has started and will last until November. The mild temperatures and relatively dry periods of the last few months will also allow the picking of a higher quality apple, larger in size, with…
Yesterday, Thursday, the first edition of Esférica Rioja Alavesa was launched, a new concept of event that was born with the vocation of being much more than a music festival, offering a series of experiences in unique enclaves in historic municipalities of Rioja Alavesa and that Until next Sunday, August 22, it will combine music, art, land and gastronomy. And the inauguration took place, precisely, in the unique Bodegas Ysios building, signed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava in 2001, which hosted the first act of Esférica Rioja Alavesa, a proposal that aspires to be a national benchmark in terms…
Sirloin, ribeye, entrecote or churrasco … there is a cut of beef for every taste and consumer. And also for each pocket because, for smaller budgets, there are other tasty and nutritious cuts such as needle, shoulder, entrails, vacuum or even make our own hamburgers. In addition, nutritionally the strengths of beef are many: about 100 grams of beef can provide more than 20% of the necessary iron in a day. In addition, the presence of meat favors the absorption of iron forms from vegetables, which justifies its association with vegetables. Another important contribution is zinc – 100 grams can…
Academic of the Royal Academy of Arts of San Fernando in Madrid, National Prize for Plastic Arts, Favorite Daughter of Andalusia, Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X el Sabio, first woman to receive the Manuel Clavero Prize … It is the renowned Sevillian figurative painter and sculptor Carmen Laffón, who on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Barbadillo winery. has donated one of his works, a charcoal drawing of a vineyard, to serve as a label for one of the most emblematic wines of the Sanlúcar winery, Castillo de San Diego, Bicentennial edition, of which…
Cádiz and Huelva will have more than double the sardine this year The purse-seine fishing fleet in the Gulf of Cádiz will be able to catch this year more than double the sardine quota that it had in 2020, after the General Secretariat for Fisheries has increased the quota based on the scientific recommendation of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, which indicates a notable increase in the existing biomass. So it appears in the Official State Gazette (BOE) of today Thursday, which publishes the resolution of July 28, 2021 of the General Secretariat for Fisheries by…