When we talk about Easter in Spain, we immediately think about the sound of drums and trumpets together with a figure of the Passion of Christ, surrounded by candles and adorned with thousands of flowers. But not everything in these holy days is processions, floats and “costaleros” (those carrying the floats). There is much more tradition, culture and history behind these festivals.
This story explores issues such as displacement, searching, the clash of culinary passions and respect for cultural diversity, all set on French soil. Whilst they are travelling through Europe looking for their ideal place, there are charming scenes and phrases which explain very well the cultural differences which they face, such as that used by the father and leader of the Kadam family who when searching for the vegetables that they used to buy in Bombay declares….” Vegetables in England have no soul, they have no life!”
Spices favour digestion enhance the taste of food and add a different touch to ordinary dishes. Just a pinch of these “magic powders and herbs” and our table is transformed into a magic carpet that transports us to distant horizons. But beyond the sensory pleasures, it is their nutritional and medicinal contribution that is so important for human beings.
Our Butler has decided that it’s time to get back to healthy eating after the Christmas holidays and makes it easy for us by recommending we consume the following seasonal foods
El gran sueño se ha cumplido. El Comité Intergubernamental de la Unesco, reunido en Addis Abeba, ha aprobado este miércoles la entrada de la fiesta de las Fallas en la Lista Representativa de Patrimonio Inmaterial de la Humanidad.
It’s been many years since I prepared a roast leg of pork, less than 14kilos, but as it was a present and as the saying goes “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth” I decide, as we’re a multitude for the End of Year dinner, it would be an excellent solution.
As she herself recounts with a great deal of humour in her extremely long biography, she was born in Montevideo, Uruguay on 13th August 1953 weighing in at 5kg into the heart of a diplomatic family. Her father was Ambassador to Moscow, Buenos Aires and London.
Originally Christmas was a religious holiday and it continues to be so for many people, but even for those who don’t adhere to any religious faith this period provides a parenthesis of joviality and harmony in the middle of the sometimes less than easy daily life.
It’s December and Christmas is just around the corner. The shopping begins and the gatherings of friends, of family and the eternal question for those hosting a family Christmas at home. What shall I cook for Christmas? Thinking and thinking the famous Christmas turkey popped into my head which led me to the question: Since when has turkey been a Christmas dish in Spain?
