02 Friday Feb 2024
This weekend (Feb 2-4) the Festival de los Guisos y Arroces takes place down by the river in Paseo de Colón. Another delicious collaboration between the Academia Sevillana de Gastronomía y Turismo and Hosteleros de Sevilla, with 13 bars and restaurants from the province of Sevilla offering their best stews and rice dishes, with music, cooking demos and other fun stuff. I won’t be able to make it until Sunday afternoon, but am looking forward to it.
17 Wednesday Jan 2024
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Each year the Academia Sevillano de Gastronomía y Turismo chooses a provincially grown or produced product to feature in their annual programmes and events and this year they have proclaimed 2024 as the Year of Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Sevilla. I think during the present drought, with crop yields way down, it’s extra important to promote what we have growing on our doorstep so that, even if people have had do cut down on olive oil purchases, they remember to shop close to home whenever they can. We need to support homegrown.
D.O. Estepa is the only Denomination de Origin for olive oil in the province of Sevilla, so they will have a prominent role in our activities and events this year, but there are many other excellent small olive oil producers to highlight. Plus we will also be hosting other fun food events here in Sevilla so keep an eye on the ASGT Instagram account.
16 Tuesday Jan 2024
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It’s January 16th and you know what that means… it’s International Croquette Day! Which kind is your favourite?
19 Tuesday Dec 2023
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My first visit to the Avolution Lab was back in September, a part of my first official event with the Academia Sevillana de Gastronomía y Turismo. This time it was a visit for the Gastro Guías new members and it was a hit! I enjoyed it just as much the second time and our members loved it. We are trying to come up with a different gastronomy-wine related activity each month for them and this was an easy option before Christmas as it was in Sevilla and easy to get to. As many of the activities will involve visiting producers most of our future ones will take place outside the city. Between the Academia and the Gastro Guías it looks like 2024 is going to be a busy year!
08 Friday Dec 2023
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This week the Academia Sevilliana de Gastronomía y Turismo held its closing gala for the Año del Arroz de las Marismas del Guadalquivir. Who knew that Sevilla produces 40% of all the rice grown in Spain? Who even knew that Sevilla produces rice? Anyhow, the closing ceremony brought everything full circle with the recognition of the various collaborators over the past year. As I have only been a member of the Academy since late June I missed most of the activities but look forward to taking part in next year’s Año del Aceite de Oliva Virgen Extra de Estepa.
Afterwards we were treated to a delicious tapas lunch, including three rice dishes, provided by Restaurante Manolo Mayo. As a newbie I didn’t realise I was supposed to stick around for the group photo of the Academy members (duh) and headed straight to the dining area with everyone else. I did get a pic taken later on with the Gastro Guías but really felt like a dunce for missing my first Academia foto de familia. Oh well, next time.
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