Bring Valencia to the First Coast. Real Paella Catering cooks authentic Spanish paella on-site in giant traditional pans for Jacksonville weddings, rehearsal dinners, corporate events and private parties: a live
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Paella & Wedding Catering in Gainesville, FL
Looking for catering in Gainesville that guests will actually talk about? Real Paella Catering cooks authentic Valencian paella on-site for Gainesville and Alachua County weddings, graduation parties, rehearsal dinners, corporate
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Paella Catering in St. Augustine, FL
St. Augustine was founded by Spain, so a Spanish feast fits right in. Real Paella Catering cooks authentic Valencian paella on-site for St. Augustine weddings, destination weddings, rehearsal dinners, welcome
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Montessori Learning Center’s Taste of Spain 2022
Join us February 25, 2022 from 5:30pm-7:00pm, for our annual Taste of Spain dinner. This benefit dinner is for the growth and development of Montessori Learning Center. Hosted at Saint
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About Spain
Learn the history, traditions, and facts about some of the ingredients typically used in Spanish cuisine and a key to Real Paella. For additional information:
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A Taste of Valencia, Spain Comes to the Emerald Coast at Real Paella
By Susan Benton
Just like many argue about what ingredients constitute the best Cajun versus Creole Gumbo, paella aficionados in the know are often in dispute about what to use in Spain’s most authentic dish, as the ways of making paella are as many and varied as the people who cook it.
My money is on Juan Ten, the man with the pan, who was born in his parents (Salvador and Lola’s) native Valencia, raised in Madrid, has a thriving Real Paella business in Tallahassee, and is now residing part time in South Walton to bring his family recipes, passed down from generations before him, to the Emerald Coast. …
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Paella
(pronounced: “pah-EH-yuh”) A saffron-flavored Spanish dish made with varying combinations of rice, vegetables, meat, chicken, or seafood traditionally eaten on Sunday.
Initially the consumption of rice in Valencia was limited to its use in the form of flour or semolina. In the XVIth century baked rice in a clay pot was already consumed in Valencia , by the XVIIIth century, there is already documentation of the dish known as paella. …
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Olive Oil
Spain has approximately 1,800 factories dedicated to the production of virgin olive oil (half of which are located in Andalucia) and 308 million olive trees(185 million in Andalucia), and produces 830,000 tons of olive oil annually, around 34 percent of the world production. That makes Spain the main producing country of olive oil in the world.
The province of Jaen in general, and the city of Martos in particular, claims to be the “World Capital of Olive Oil” as the largest producer of olive oil in the world. …
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Have paella, will travel: Caterer specializes in authentic Spanish dish
By LAUREN DELGADO | Daily News
Growing up in Valencia, Spain, Juan Ten ate paella twice a week. He still makes the Spanish rice dish today, just a bit more expansively.
He now operates Real Paella Catering, a Tallahassee-based catering service that serves fresh, authentic paella. They can bring the completed paella or cook the dish onsite at gatherings to serve up to 1,000 people. …
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Azafran
The word saffron derives from the Arab word zafaran, meaning yellow, and it was mentioned as far back as 1500 b.c. in many classical writings, as well as in the Bible. Further derivations come from the Old French safran, Medieval Latin safranum, and Middle English safroun.
Saffron is harvested from the fall-flowering plant Crocus sativus, a member of the Iris family. It is native to Asia Minor, where it has been cultivated for thousands of years to be used in medicines, perfumes, dyes, and as a wonderful flavoring for foods and beverages. …