SO MUCH ELBOW WATCHING THAT WE FORGOT TO DRINK
Let’s be frank, in this country, cheap wine, the most ordinary wine with no presumptions towards gracing the most elegant tables, always had an image of a cheapo product for boozers. In the Spain of…
SAVOURY AND SWEET
I love lentils and all hearty stews, but so that they weigh a little less heavily, are a little bit lighter, this time I’ve prepared them with vegetables and pig’s ear. This way what I´m…
MO SALINAS RED
The agency Gaia Comunicación specifically Rocío García, invited a group of bloggers and journalists to an event in Vino Premier, the specialized wine shop, to celebrate the awarding of the prize for the Superwine of…
WARNING SIGNS WHICH INDICATE THAT IN SOME RESTAURANTS ONE SHOULDN´T ORDER WINE
Tempranillo, the famous Andalusian bandit who, armed with a blunderbuss, would rob you in the Andalusian mountains, was according to the chronicles of the time polite even charming especially with the ladies. These days not…
HOME ECO TIPS – I
A good eco-tip so that garlic doesn’t repeat when eaten raw, is to cut it in half and remove the sprout. To make it easier to digest we can soak it in cold water about…
PROTOCOL AND BASIC ETIQUETTE AT THE TABLE
Undoubtedly more than one person has asked themselves what is the difference between protocol and etiquette and do they only have a bearing on diplomacy or whether they actually have something to do with ordinary…
SITTING BULL DIDN´T DRINK RIBERA DEL DUERO
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…
MENU OF THE MONTH – March 2016
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…
JULIA CHILD, THE AMERICAN WHO DOMINATED THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING IN THE FIFTIES
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…
FAMILY RECIPES
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
WHO IS QUIQUE RODRÍGUEZ?
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.
LIQUID GOLD FEVER
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.
