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Editorial 
3rd September 2020 OPEN AGAIN! SUPERB SPANISH HAM AND MORE AT ‘LÓPEZ PUERTO RESTAURANTE’
##‘LÓPEZ PUERTO’ started out as a family-run business back in 1954, specializing in ibérico meats in Spain. Their acorn-fed pigs are raised in open fields, which results in the legendary ‘bellota’ jamón ibérico that is rated as “one of the top four hams in the world.” Their ibéricos are so in demand that they now […]
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26th August 2020 CANAL NOU (VALENCIA TELEVISION) …FROM THE ’24/7 VALENCIA’ ARCHIVES
##Despite last-minute pleas and hopes for some sort of settlement, on November 27, 2013, the PP-controlled (the Conservative Partido Popular) Valencian regional parliament voted to close down Canal 9. This was after years of turmoil in the publicly owned Valencia TV channel and its parent organization RTVV, complete with on-air protests, workers being sacked and […]
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23rd August 2020 VIRGINIA DE LA CUADRA GALERA / ENGLISH SPEAKING SPANISH LAWYER
##Could you tell us something about your language and legal background? I was due to complete my law degree, specialising in civil and property law, in June 1999, but just a few months before, in January 1999, with just one subject pending on my degree, I decided to go to England. At school and college I […]
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11th August 2020 VALENCIA MUSIC… TONI COTOLI (MEDITERRANEAN GUITARIST)
24/7 VALENCIA: Tell us something about your background and musical education … TONI COTOLI: I was born in Valencia in 1974. At nine years of age I started my musical studies at the ‘Unión de Pescadores del Cabanyal’ Musical Society, where I played the clarinet. At sixteen, I exchanged the clarinet for the guitar, beginning […]
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Art 
4th August 2020 LIVE THEATRE , MUSIC AND MORE IN SAGUNTO! ‘SAGUNT A ESCENA’ 2020 (AUGUST 4th –SEPT 5th)
##The 37th edition of the ‘Sagunt a escena’ festival has arrived. This year it will be held from 4th August to 5th September with the slogan ‘Recuperem l’escena’. ‘Sagunt a escena’ will feature nearly 40 performances by Valencian groups and companies in the performing and musical arts. The director general of the Institut Valencià de […]
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Editorial 
25th July 2020 VALENCIA GINS, WHITE & ROSADO WINES
## VÍ Vid were ‘on tour’ in the Ribera del Duero, tasting white wines from the Rias Baixas in Galicia and tasting monovarietal wines from Monastrell, Moscatel and Bobal in the next phase of the ‘Concurso de Vinos Valencianos Proava.’ The first two elements have taken us out of our normal comfort zone and challenged […]
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20th July 2020 TOBLERONE-STYLE CHOCOLATE BISCUIT CAKE
##FOOD BY HELEN WESTWATER OF ‘LA OLA FRESCA’ Toblerone-style Chocolate Biscuit Cake 1 /2 packet of digestive biscuits, crushed 1 handful of walnuts, crushed with the biscuits 1/3 bar of dark chocolate (72% cocoa solids) 75 gm / 3 oz. butter 2 tablespoons honey 50 gm /2 oz. granulated sugar 50 gm 2 oz. cocoa […]
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Editorial 
13th July 2020 CHEF QUIQUE DACOSTA IS VOTED BEST BUSINESSPERSON OF SPANISH RESTAURANTS & CATERING
##The Royal Academy of Gastronomy recognizes Quique Dacosta, the chef with three Michelin stars, coinciding with the recent tenth anniversary of the founding of the Quique Dacosta Group with headquarters in the Valencian Community and an eye on the international scene. Quique Dacosta Restaurant (3 Michelin stars), ‘El Poblet’ (1 Michelin star), ‘Carolina’, ‘Llisa Negra’, […]
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2nd July 2020 VALENCIA FOOTBALL… ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST!
##Valencia have a very unhealthy appetite when it comes to football managers. Since the turn of the century they have, on average, almost gorged their way through at least two head coaches a season. To make matters worse, the “outcasts” from Valencia have gone on to prove their worth at future clubs. Nuno at Wolves, […]
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Editorial 
22nd June 2020 ALL OPEN AGAIN! CAFÉ & TAPAS & ICE CREAM…WALKING AROUND THE CENTRE OF VALENCIA
#For those who are looking for a fun day of walking around Valencia and visiting cafés, there are plenty of options for you. One day I visited Plaza de Ayuntamiento and was walking around. I noticed the restaurant ‘Cocoa.’ I was drawn in by the description on the outside saying it was an international restaurant […]
