Sitting Bull the great native American chief, lived from 1831 to 1890, which is not so distant in time as it might appear when watching Westerns in which sadly Mr Sitting Bull always appears as the baddy. Or was it Geronimo the bad Indian? Whatever the case I’m sure that neither of the two drank Ribera del Duero, or any other Spanish
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Although growth is slow, Spanish consumers are using with increasing frequency online channels to acquire foodstuffs, at the moment supermarket web pages are the both most used and the preferred method. Less than a quarter of the consumers opt for using the App developed by the brand.
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Pioneer in television cooking shows, an innovative media chef and precursor for Karlos Arguiñano, Jamie Oliver and Ferrán Adrià in the present day, she was an American chef, writer and presenter and responsible for the introduction of French cuisine into the United States.
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My mother’s birthday was approaching and I thought that she’d enjoy being able to once again taste my Grandmother’s tomato jam. As a child I had
After leaving the Higher School of Hospitality and Tourism in Madrid some seventeen years ago, he went to work in the luxurious Ritz Hotel in Madrid.
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Many different types of olives are used in the production of olive oil, depending on the geographical zone and that will determine its sensory properties of taste and smell.
I‘ve been reading many articles about what the larder of the future might be like, where we’re going and whether we’re moving in the right direction. In this article I’ve brought together several of the forecasts which caught my attention and which in some cases have unsettled me quite a lot. Over to you, to see what you think.
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The importance of food in the tourist sector lies in the fact that after any trip food is one of the factors that is most remembered even when one has seen and enjoyed spectacular scenery or impressive monuments; definitively in many cases the place will for ever be remembered for what one ate, including not
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The reality of Spanish history is sometimes told through many historical events which are coloured by Anglo-Saxon legends and that we the Spanish have needily adopted as our own, whilst knowing that they are false. There are many examples of this, such as that the Invincible Armada was actually called the Armada of Happiness. However
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Once again Álvaro de Yalocatoyo surprised a group of us, all bloggers, and according to him the best bloggers in the sector, with an event of wine, gastronomy and singer/song writing that interwove brilliantly to transmit the Soul of Protos.
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