Bring Spain to mom this year in the comfort of your own backyard or living room.  Honor your loved ones and yourself with the finest, healthiest food available.  Have a celebration, Spanish style! For Mother’s day, give the luxuriously rich experience of our sweet delicacies black box.  Choose from our exclusive selection of the finest chocolates found in Spain, delivered to your doorstep.  Or, why not have a Tapas party? Tapas are perfect for brunch or as an appetizer for that Memorial day barbeque.   Try our Tapas Plater which contains both Serrano Ham and Bonito Tuna, featured in the two Tapas recipes below,  as well as several other Spanish delicacies that are sure to please you and your guests.  For other great gift ideas, check out our Gift Food and Certificates. Casa Oliver is on Facebook and we want to hear from you.   Share your recipes, successes and how you’ve brought Spain to your family.  Bringing you the finest products and best wishes from our family to your family.  At Casa Oliver, mi casa es su casa! Hasta Pronto! Rosaura Fabra-Jaques

The amazing Zocalo Gluten Free Flour from Peru.

South America, and in particular, the Peruvian Andes, is home to one of the most important centers of genetic diversity in the world. Peru alone has over 35 species of corn, 2000 varieties of potatoes, and 650 native species of fruit. Zócalo Gourmet seeks out these ancient grains, legumes, and fruits, and purchases them directly from the small producers who have cultivated their land for generations.

Offering not just great taste, but amazing nutrients and antioxidants, these Peruvian flours provide many health benefits and are naturally gluten-free!

There are 9 unique flavors to choose from: Purple Corn, Sweet Potato, Mesquite, Kaniwa, Amaranth, Quinoa, Lima Bean, Maca and Lucuma, and they're available in two convenient sizes, 1lb and 40lb bags.

Want a healthy, gluten-free alternative to any celebratory cake? Try this delicious recipe for Coconut Cupcakes, using these incredible products.

Visit Casa Oliver Gluten Free Flours page for a complete description of the health benefits offered by this amazing, organic product.

Hasta Pronto!
Rosaura Fabra-Jaques

Recipe for paella at the Edible Magazine

Nice article from Jay Friedman at the Edible magazine about my mom's paella recipe.
If you have the time and the ingredients and you like this typical dish try it, you can download the article here.
Enjoy.

Going for pintxos at Txori, the tapas restaurant of Seattle

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We are at Txori again today, we heard about a beautiful pintxo named Gilda -Pintxos ara small bites of food on top of a bread slice hold together by a skewer (pintxo)-, Joseba Gimenez de Gimenez will show us how to prepare it. We will learn also a dish made with those flavorful Matiz Organic wood-fire roasted Piquillo peppers and anchovies.

Ingredients:
Gilda
Manzanilla olives
Anchovies
Boquerones
Piparras

Roasted Piquillo pintxo
Matiz Organic wood-fire roasted Piquillo peppers
Anchovies
Chopped garlic
Award winner Extra Virgin olive oil Neus

Pocha beans with Manila clams at restaurant Txori with Spanish chef Joseba Jimenez de Jimenez

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Today we are at Txori, the new tapas bar from Spanish chef Joseba Jiménez de Jiménez and Carolin Messier de Jiménez (Harvest Vine). A cute Belltown spot modeled itself after traditional San Sebastian Pinxtos bars. Joseba is going to prepare for us Pochas with Manila clams, delicious!

Ingredients:
Matiz pocha beans
Manila clams
Caramelized onions
Fresh chopped parsley
Olive oil

Txori, 2207 Second Avenue, Seattle. between Bell and Blanchard (206-204-9771) 

Mussels a la marinera (sailor style)

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In this episode I'm going to take you to a fisherman's home in Palamós where Rosa, a local of this small town in the Mediterranean sea will cook for us a typical recipe, Mussels "a la marinera" (sailor style).
I wanted to share this dish with you because I like it so much, you will see is not prepared in a fancy restaurant or by a famous chef but for people that has been cooking it this way for generations. Just follow the instructions, its very easy but full of flavor. Enjoy.

Ingredients:
Fresh mussels (about 3lbs)
Water
Olive oil
Laurel
Garlic
White wine
Organic fresh tomato
Spanish pimenton, paprika
Salt
Pepper

Tapas at "El Tap de Suro" Puigcerda

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In this episode we will have some tapas at “El Tap de suro” (The cork) in my hometown Puigcerdà in the north of Spain, we enjoyed simple staples easy to prepare at home and sure to delight. The tapas would be pincho de chorizitos (small chorizo sausages), a plate of cheese and pincho of piquillo peppers with anchovies.

Ingredients:

• Manchego cheese
• Cabrales cheese
• San Simon cheese
  
• Wine cured goat cheese
• Pyrenees cheese
• Organic Wood roasted Piquillo peppers
• Anchovies in olive oil
  
• Chorizitos cantimpalo
• Baguette bread