El chef Jamie Oliver ofrece su versión de la receta de gazpacho

Traditional Spanish Gazpacho Andaluz Recipe

Want to practise your Spanish reading skills? Here is the Jamie Oliver “gazpacho” article. You can read the original article in English here.

Los orígenes del gazpacho son un misterio, y como en la mayoría de los casos nunca ha sido documentado y la poca información que existe está llena de imprecisiones, sin embargo casi todos coinciden en que los andaluces pre-romanos elaboraban algo parecido al gazpacho en tiempos fenicios y cartagineses, aunque el hecho es un poco confuso sobre si fueron italianos pre-romanos que vivían en la península. El hecho es que es bastante común en las culturas del mediterráneo, encontrar recetas de comidas frías en las que se utilizaba pan duro, vinagre, aceite de oliva, ajo y agua. El concepto aparece incluso en el viejo testamento, en el libro de Ruth 2.14 “Ven aquí y come del pan y moja tu trozo en el vinagre”.

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Visit a vineyard and wine tasting in Ronda

Visit a vineyard and wine tasting in Ronda

NOTE: This is an archived article about Visit a vineyard and wine tasting in Ronda…. Please see the more current and updated information here: https://rondatoday.com/wine-tasting-tours-and-visiting-a-winery-in-ronda/

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Café Bar Faustino, Calle Santa Cecilia €€

Cafe Bar Faustino in Ronda review...

Calle Santa Cecilia 4, near Plaza Carmen Abela
open noon until very late, Tuesday through Sunday
(closed Mondays, but available for private parties by advance arrangement)
Tel: 952 190 307

Café Bar Faustino was already legendary when it closed earlier this year for a major remodel.  It has now reopened, and to the delight of patrons, it’s truly the same, but different.  Faustino still offers a hearty “Hello” as you enter.

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Spanish Turron at Christmas

What is turron?

Christmas in Spain is a time of different traditions from England or America, and one of the traditions most loved by Spaniards at Christmas time is the joy of eating Turron after dinner.

Turron, which is pronounced Too-Rron, is bought and sliced into cubes and served on plates along with coffee or brandy, and typically given as a gift when visiting friends and family. In Ronda most supermarkets sell dozens of varieties of Turron, though the best quality Turron can be bought from the Campinas store in Plaza Socorro.

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Wines of Ronda

Visit a vineyard and wine tasting in Ronda

NOTE: This is an archived article about wines in Ronda…. Please see the more current and updated information here: https://rondatoday.com/wine-tasting-tours-and-visiting-a-winery-in-ronda/

Wine has been made in Ronda and the Serrania since Phoenician and Grecian times, and in fact may have been made by iron age peoples before them. We can only speculate at the quality of wines produced in those olden times, though it is certain that wines were produced commercially during the Roman era, notably at Acinipo and Arriate, and most likely stored in warehouses at Setenil for eventual transport to Rome and the other great cities of the Roman Empire.

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