The legacy of French cuisine is being honored at a major gastronomy festival in San Sebastian, Spain this week, where some of the top chefs from France have been invited to represent the past, present and future of their country’s culinary heritage.
As Hilario Arbelaitz said at this years San Sebastian Gastronomika Festival “Basque Cuisine has changed with the influence of French Cuisine. France is an example to all of us!”
One of the happiest events in Spain takes place every year on on the coast of Galicia in O Grove (El Grove), where many of the 11,000 population earn their living from seafood. The town has an annual festival in Honour of Seafood and to show off the excellence of the area’s shell fish and fish – the Fiesta de Exaltación del Marisco (Seafood Festival) attracts more than 220,000 people every year from 4 – 14 October. Read more
Catalonia and the Catalan Pyrenees in Spain are a perfect place for raising livestock. Cows, sheep and goats are raised here to produce Spanish cheeses that are very much considered to be a delicacy throughout Spain and are now slowly becoming more recognized in the United States, United Kingdom and all over Europe.
Gambas from Palamós are famous throughout Spain and prized for their flavour and size. If you have had an opportunity to sample these delicious creatures of the sea, you may understand why people even suck the juice out of the heads and shells, ensuring that they savour every last morsel. Read more
One of our most idyllic (and romantic) little lunchtime retreats arrives in the form of a 500 year old Catalan mill. Not only is the mill as pretty as a picture but is steeped in culinary history (which gets us really very excited). A visit here is as much about the passionate and knowledgeable owners, Gloria and Joseph Llavina, as it is about the cheese. Oh, the cheese….
The weather is warming up and what better than a delicious Suquet- Catalan fish stew when the sun is starting to shine but the wind is still a little bitter! This recipe is delicious and you need serve it only with a green salad and some crispy bread – perfect for lunch or dinner and even better with a delicious glass of Spanish Wine – perhaps something from Emporda DO?
Tradition Spanish Suquet Fish Stew Recipe: Read more
I was in Barcelona recently and amongst other things during a very busy day had the fortune to meet two of our clients after their Gourmand Breaks Secret Barcelona Tour. Gwenn Weiss and her husband Phil are ardent cooks and Gwenn has a nowadays internationally respected website, www.cookinginpajamas.com
It seems the magnificent legend of Restaurant Celler de Can Roca in Spain has no boundaries!
We are thrilled to confirm that Spanish restaurant Celler de Can Roca, our own very precious Girona based Michelin 3* restaurant, has been confirmed, yet again, as No: 2 Restaurant in the World, at the much-anticipated World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards 2012, which was held tonight, Monday 30th April at the historic Guildhall in the City of London, in the company of the world’s finest chefs, international media and the world’s most influential restaurateurs.
In the heart of the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona our Clients have been tasting local Catalan cheeses with Katherine – a specialist in her field, who is delighted to explain the local cheese and its background to all of our clients when they visit with a private guide. Read more
Everybody in the “foodies” world in Spain knows Spanish chefs Ferran & Albert Adria’s Tickets restaurant and 41º coctail bar next door in the bohemian Parallel avenue of Barcelona. Now, from April 20th the lucky (or well connected) ones who will be able to get a booking, will enjoy the “Frosted Rain” futuristic dining experience there. Read more