Seville, along with Genoa, Leghorn (Livorno), Venice, Ancona, and Naples, was one of the great commercial centers of the Mediterranean in the sixteenth century. The riches of America flowed to Seville exclusively because it was in direct line of the trade winds and had a legal monopoly on that trade. The soil was productive, and […]
Stew as the Wife of the Cordoban Farmer Would Make It
February 19, 2018 by 1 Comment
This delicious winter stew from Córdoba in Andalusia is called olla cortijera de Córdoba in Spanish and is long simmered cabbage and chickpea stew. Andalusians are quite fond of cumin as a spice. The plant was brought to Spain from North Africa and entered the cuisine. The famous Spanish Arab agronomist Ibn al-‘Awwam, who flourished […]
Andalusia’s Dried Bean Soup for A Winter Weekend
January 17, 2018 by Leave a Comment
A winter weekend soup that can more or less be an entire meal is a dried bean soup from Andalusia. Dried beans are popular everywhere in the Mediterranean. They also have a flavor a tad different than the fresh bean, which means they are ideal in earthy and deeply flavorful soups such as this one […]
Why Not Grill Asparagus?
July 27, 2016 by Leave a Comment
If you have a grill blazing away any of these summer weekends it seems a waste not to grill everything. There are some foods you may not have thought of as suitable for the grill. One of those foods is certainly asparagus. Espárragos a la parilla, asparagus on the grill, is a grilled asparagus that […]
Swiss Chard the Andalusian Way
May 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Extolled for its large leaves, colorful stems and ruggedness, both as a plant and as a vegetable, Swiss chard surprisingly remains intimidating to some home cooks. READ MORE
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