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		<title>Chef Joan Roca awarded Grand Prix de l&#8217;Art de la Cuisine 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are delighted to hear that our good friends at Celler de Can Roca Restaurant in Girona have received yet another award!    Yesterday, in Paris,The International Academy of Gastronomy, formed by 22 individual countries, held its General Assembly and  Joan Roca of our beloved Celler de Can Roca in Girona  received  The Grand Prix de [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Food News from Northern Spain in January</title>
		<description><![CDATA[January in Northern Spain can be lovely!   This weekend it was so beautiful – yes, a little on the chilly side, but oh with a big and strong sun shining down on the whole garden, that we decided that a barbecue was in order, albeit we were definitely going to eat everything inside!!! Afterwards it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Madridfusión 2012 -The International Grastronomy Summit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Madridfusion the International Gastronomy Summit, brings together elite chefs and experts in the culinary field to discuss avant-garde trends, the evolution of tastes and new food habits. The latest culinary creations are launched, new ingredients are discovered and styles, trends and products are merged together. Fusion, deconstructuion and globalization are the watchwords of the summit, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gourmandbreaks.com/blog/spanish-gourmet-news/madridfusion-2012-the-international-grastronomy-summit/</link>
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		<title>Les Borges Blanques Oil Fair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gastronomy and products distinguished with the food quality mark are taking part in the 15th Extra Virgin Oil Show and the 49TH Les Garrigues Fair, which will be held from 20 to 22 January 2012 in the Les Borges Blanques Oil Pavilion Lleida, The Fair promotes gastronomy and food quality and having gained a reputation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish Reyes Magos History &#8211; The Arrival of the Three Kings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The celebration originates from the New Testament where it is stated that the kings, Melchor, Gaspar and Balthasar, travelled by night from afar to bring gifts to Jesus, whom they recognized as the Son of God. As well as being regal, the Three Kings are depicted as wise men, whose very wisdom is proved by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gourmandbreaks.com/blog/spanish-gourmet-news/spanish-reyes-magos-history-the-arrival-of-the-three-kings/</link>
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		<title>Feliz Navidad &#8211; Happy Christmas from Gourmand Breaks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Feliz Navidad from Gourmand Breaks! Wishing everyone a Happy Christmas and a Healthy &#38; Prosperous New Year 2012]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gourmandbreaks.com/blog/spanish-gourmet-news/feliz-navidad-happy-christmas-from-gourmand-breaks/</link>
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		<title>Christmas Time in Spain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Christmas is really a rather religious time in Spain. It officially begins on December 8, with the feast of the Immaculate Conception, which is celebrated each year in front of the great Gothic cathedral in Seville with a ceremony called Los Seises or the “dance of six”. A very important Christmas symbol in Spain [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gourmandbreaks.com/blog/spanish-gourmet-news/christmas-time-in-spain/</link>
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		<title>Michelin Starred Restaurants in Spain 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Barcelona was chosen to celebrate the presentation party of the new Spain Michelin Guide 2012, which took place last night at the Palace in all its splendor.  The party continued at the bar “Rien de Rien” &#8211; a coincidence or a very appropriate joke under the circumstances? The closing of many restaurants, including El Bulli, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gourmandbreaks.com/blog/spanish-gourmet-news/michelin-starred-restaurants-in-spain-2012/</link>
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		<title>A Spanish Olive Oil Voted Best in the World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Spanish makers of extra virgin olive oil, Castillo de Canena, based in Canena (Jaén, Andalucia), have received yet another award, one more to add to the many they have received over recent years.  This one is just about the most prestigious yet! In the 2012 edition of the  Flos Olei, the definitive Italian olive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gourmandbreaks.com/blog/spanish-gourmet-news/a-spanish-olive-oil-voted-best-in-the-world/</link>
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		<title>The Family Meal:  Home Cooking by Ferran Adria</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How many people we wonder would love to cook like famed Spanish Chef Ferran Adria, but really wouldn’t dare.   Now comes your opportunity with a new Cookery Book just published, The Family Meal: Home Cooking with Ferran Adria. This book does not contain the spheroids, foams and complex cooking methods of El Bulli Restaurant methods, [...]]]></description>
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