Arcimboldo
Arcimboldo's conventional work, on traditional religious subjects, has fallen into oblivion, but his portraits of human heads made up of vegetables, plants, fruits, sea creatures and tree roots, were greatly admired by his contemporaries and remain a source of fascination today.
Fish, Food and Literature
Here you will find an activity that allows to relate the great diversity of edible fish to the richness of literary texts on Catalan cuisine.
A Gastronomic Vision of Art
The magical universe that surrounds the world of
gastronomy, begins to be revealed observing the first artistic creations, the
cave paintings. Eating is not only a vital necessity that we cover daily to
survive, but also an act, full of rituals and superstitions, which lead to our
ancestors, those primitive beings to create their hunting scenes, as something
transcendent, a trace of their lives. Read more here
The History of Gastronomy
The food history of the Spanish Renaissance and Baroque will feature a
leading personality and an enormous prestige.
The history of the cuisine also has a social dimension. The chefs are serving the aristocracy and monarchy and they will
The Cooking of Painting
On the 29th of April a
group of our students visited the
exhibition ‘The cooking of Painting’
within the conference ‘Art and Gastronomy’ organised by the Valencian Museum of Modern Art (IVAM).
The exhibition presents a new review of the relationship
between the fine arts and the cuisine, combining contemporary art and classical
works, making room to creative and innovative modalities. Paintings,
installations, videos, photographs, drawings and sculptures, belonging to the
collections of IVAM, the Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum of Ceramics make up
the exhibition.
After enjoying these works of art, we participated in the
workshop ‘Art and Gastronomy’ where we became creators of our own culinary
pieces of art. We could reinterpret some
paintings of the exhibition, mainly still lifes, using cooking ingredients,
such as cinnamon, parsley, sugar, vegetables, etc.
All in all, a very pleasant and enriching experience.
Winter Traditions
Winter begins the 21st of december and
all Spanish households are prepared for one of the most deeply-rooted celebrations in our country: Christmas. But other traditions and celebrations as the Saint Antón's day and Saint Blas' dayfill our tables with delicious delicacies suitable for the cold season of the year. Therefore, all our homes include potent dishes, with high energetic value
that help us to overcome the harshness of the winter season.
Spanish Recipes
Here you will find some yummy recipes that we have prepared
Bravas Potatoes
Spanish Omelette
Torrijas
In Autumn
Autumn starts with a subtle
change in the light, with a sky of the deepest blue, with a few nights that
make us leave behind the heat of the summer, with an ocher coloured landscape
and seasonal delicacies that accompany the festivals and traditions of this season
of the year.
Do you follow a healthy diet?
Diet is essential if you want to have a healthy life. Together with physical activity is one of the factors on which we can influence in order to maintain general health. Through this test you will know whether your eating habits are the appropriate or not. Here we ask you 17 questions which will let you know something more about your diet. Please, notice that your answers need to be true if you want to obtain a result that really reflects you lifestyle.
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