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12th August 2022 ‘HOLA CEVICHE, CEVICHE LA OLA’…FOOD BY HELEN WESTWATER OF ‘LA OLA FRESCA’
With most of Europe in meltdown with some serious climate change wake-up call weather, here’s to a recipe that does not need to be cooked in the oven! It’s ‘Hola ceviche, Ceviche La Ola!’ Fresh fish doused in a wave of the zippiest & zappiest citric and spicy flavours. There are a variety of ceviche […]
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8th August 2022 ‘Just Cos’ Moroccan-Style Couscous
Couscous really is a vehicle for flavour and will carry whatever you team it up with so, so well. The delicate and sexy flavour of saffron in this recipe is a perfect example. Filled with other, more bold flavours of cilantro and lemon and red onion, the saffron is supported by the couscous, whispering it’s […]
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6th August 2022 SAVOURING SALMON
For my home cooking this month, I have felt the urge for an omega dose and so have adapted this recipe from one of my favourite chefs, Thomas Keller, and his book ‘Bouchon’. Thomas Keller is the genius behind ‘The French Laundry’ in California and ‘Bouchon’ is the French Bistro he opened in New York. […]
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25th July 2022 HELADOS ESTIU EXCEEDS 33 MILLION LITRES OF ICE CREAM SOLD
The company increases its workforce by 36% and invests 13 million euros. The Valencian company Helados Estiu closed the 2021 financial year with 33 million litres of ice cream sold and a turnover of 88 million euros. The profit was 5.4 million euros and the workforce increased by 36%. With an investment of more than […]
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25th July 2022 SUMMER FRUITS…FIG JAM!
Figs are the most quintessential of summer fruits and a particular favourite of mine. Once, rather drunk at a house party in Australia in the summer of ’98 in Fremantle, where fig trees grow in backyards like Boganvilleas do in Spain…I spied a laden fig tree in the early crepuscular light! Seizing opportunity and armed […]
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21st July 2022 ‘RESTAURANTE CONTRAPUNTO LES ARTS’ IS REBORN BY SUSANA LOZANO
Gourmet Catering & Espacios has chosen two outstanding Valencian professionals, the chef Pablo Ministro and the interior designer Susana Lozano, for the legendary restaurant of the Palau de Les Arts, with new dishes such as the waffle with Sarrión sturgeon caviar, creamy parmesan and cured cream or the black rice with octopus torreznos, salicornia and […]
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20th July 2022 ‘QUIQUE DACOSTA RESTAURANTE’ (DÉNIA) VOTED AS ONE OF THE TOP 50 RESTAURANTS IN THE WORLD!
Six Spanish restaurants, including Quique Dacosta’s in Dénia, have made it to the top fifty in the world according to The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, which was announced this week at at a ceremony held in London’s Old Billingsgate. The top spot went to Danish chef Rasmus Kofoed’s Geranium (Copenhagen). The vote, organised by […]
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2nd July 2022 ‘ALL i PEBRE’ COMPETITION IN ‘EL PALMAR’ ON JULY 11th
‘All i pebre’ has become the third emblem of popular Valencian cuisine, together with paella and fideuà. It is a dish that is distinct for its aromatic taste of paprika and garlic. The ingredient that defines the dish is eel, which is caught fresh in the Albufera Lake. The recipe was first created by fishermen’s […]
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23rd June 2022 Ayudadesdetumercado: an urgent appeal for aid for Ukrainian refugees
The last few months in Ukraine have resulted in devastating impacts for its citizens, many of whom have been forced to flee their home country in the face of war and destruction. From today, an urgent appeal has been released to Valencian citizens to donate food and hygiene products to the more than 2,000 Ukrainian […]
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18th June 2022 ‘FARTONS’ IN VALENCIA! BY HELEN WESTWATER OF ‘LA OLA FRESCA’
When I arrived in Valencia over 20 years ago, I was not really aware that the language valenciano existed. I remember chortling to myself in a supermarket as I spied a packet of iced buns labelled ‘Fartons’. Worse, later, I even pompously wrote to the organisers of a festival suggesting they change the festival name […]
