28 Thursday Sep 2023
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With the recent change in local government we Gastro Guías are doing our best to stay in the loop, finding out who is who now and where we should be. This week we had a great meeting with Javier in his new office at the amazing Costurero de la Reina building.
Honestly the most unexpected team I could have imagined and we are great together. Plans are afoot. Stay tuned.
18 Tuesday Jul 2023
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Julio, me, Lola, María, Ignacio & Baptiste
Yesterday my new Academy and my new Association got together and it was fabulous. I say “my” but of course in the sense of proudly belonging to both now. This is teamwork at its finest. All of us working towards common shared goals without personal interests getting in the way, other than that I think for most of us the goals also feel personal as we have lived them for so long.
Anyhow, for years I’ve felt so alone doing this, being a one-woman (non-Spanish) Spanish gastronomy ambassador however I could, but now… I got these guys! And it’s great. Just sitting around a table, talking about ideas, sharing opinions – and not always agreeing but that’s okay. That’s called debate and a time to learn something. The Academy and Association overlap in many ways, though we also have separate goals, but we are very complimentary and it really is better together.
Can’t wait to see what happens next. Watch this space!
30 Friday Jun 2023
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This week I was invited to Asturias – Cocina de Paisaje, a moveable feast sponsored by Turismo Asturias and held at the Escuela de Hostelería de Sevilla to promote the gastronomy of Asturias by bringing it to various parts of Spain. Three ambassador chefs provided all the deliciousness and we also enjoyed regional cider and wine.
Chef Luis Albetero Martínez – Casa Fermín
Chef Xune Andrade – Monte
Chef and Guisandera Ramona Menéndez – Casa Belarmino
The menu below…
16 Thursday Mar 2023
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The Andalucia Academy of Gastronomy & Tourism held its annual awards this week at the Hotel Alfonso XIII, hosted by Academy president Iván Llanza and broadcaster Pepe da Rosa. It was a pleasure to celebrate the award presentation with friends and colleagues in the sector and later enjoy local dishes and wines at the reception in the beautiful orange blossom scented courtyard. Congratulations to all the winners.
11 Thursday Aug 2022
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food, gastronomy, maps, spain, wine
Came across these on Twitter the other day, posted as the only 4 maps of Spain you need to know. Not sure about that but they’re quite interesting for food and drink lovers, even if not exactly complete . They’re from a site called El Orden Mundial and if you’d like to see the maps enlarged then click on the links below.
