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A foodie´s (real) Seattle fairy tale
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...
My salad went North today
Gazpacho: the perfect healthy summer dish
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,...
Belgian endives with smoked salmon and blue cheese
Mediterranean Diet: past, present and future
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,...
Hearty summer meal after a recovery training session
Almudena de Llaguno: the story of a Spaniard wines importer pioneer
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...
How and where you can find Mexican fare and cook it for 5 de mayo: the real deal
Elena Fernandez It´s fun to know how strong the city celebrates 5 de mayo, a non significant fiesta for most of the Mexicans, but a great excuse for local people to dive into the bold and spicy flavors of the Southbound neighbor. If anybody thinks that...
Caribbean meal for a warm sunny day at #Laisla Redmond: camarones en escabeche
My eggs Benedict crusade, chapter III: the Barking frog
Elena Fernandez A disgraceful row of events, a torn ACL in a ski accident that doctors can´t fix yet because they have found two blood clots in the injury leg, are taking me off for a while of two of my passions: doing exercise and... drinking wine. But as I´m a...