I came to find Duero Wine Fest, the festival of celebration of wines made by the Duero River in the NW of Spain in a bizarre way: after reading negative comments on social networks about the low presence of women in the program. I who never went on quotas commented that perhaps it was…
Elena F. Guiral Catalonians have always been great traders thanks to their geographical position in the NE of Spain in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea. From one coast to another Pere Selles arrived to the Pacific NW more than 15 years ago to bring a piece from Spain to the US. He began his…
Elena Fernandez In the maremagnum of blog, bloggers, and food bloggers It´s always a luck and a pleasure to meet somebody like Ronald Holden, author of Cornichon.org and Home Grown Seattle: 101 true tales of local food & drink. Not only for his decades of experience and his gigantic knowledge about Seattle´s food scene, but for…
Romaine lettuce, goat cheese, Norway Smoked Salmon, blueberries, radish, salt, pepper, dill, aceto balsamico di Modena and extra virgin olive oil
If we combine the concept of Mediterranean Diet with star summer dish in Spain, results can not be more clear: Andalusian gazpacho. This “liquid salad” or cold vegetable soup, whatever you want to call, gathers some of the healthier market ingredients: tomato, pepper, cucumber, onion and garlic, as well, of course, the irreplaceable olive oil.…
I love the contrast between the endives bitterness and blue cheese
Elena Fernandez A few months ago I was lucky enough to be invited as a speaker to the University of Washington Public Health School to talk about The Yummy Bull project. My mini talk was part of another conference, Marketing the Mediterranean Diet, presented by Ana María Gómez Bravo, a UW teacher specialized in…
Super veggies salad with nuts, feta and blueberrys, roasted pork tenderloin, cherries
Elena Fernandez Almudena de Llaguno is not only another Spanish wines importer. She was the aunthentic pioneer when she founded Classical Wines from Spain, 30 years ago. She moved from Spain to Seattle to build a common dream with her partner Steve, who had been graduated at UW and loved the Pacific Northwest. Three decades later, Almudena…
