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Hot tips for Tenerife’s top tapas

Thursday, April 26th, 2007
A tapas contest is one of the more unusual features of colourful celebrations to mark the anniversary of the founding of the Tenerife capital of Santa Cruz. A full range of events is planned for the week-long festival, starting on Sunday April 29 and continuing through to Sunday May 6. They take place across the city, but mainly in Plaza del Príncipe, Parque García Sanabria and Calle La Noria. The colourful series of events include an International Marionette Festival, several other puppet shows, an exhibition of flowers, a concert of Canarian music, and a flower crosses workshop and competition. The whole city will be decked out with traditional floral crosses and the highlight of the programme will be on the evening of May 2, a Great Canarian Fiesta with traditional Canarian dress a prominent feature. In 1999, the party, known as the Dance of Magicians, went ...

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Comments: Leave a Comment » Categories: All about Tenerife, Culture, Eating, Festivals, Flowers & Plants, History, Locations, May celebrations, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tourism

Quick recipe for wrinkly potatoes

Sunday, April 22nd, 2007
Culinary skills on the island of Tenerife stand comparison with anywhere in the world. Thanks to centuries of influences stirred into the mix by the island’s location along the busy trade routes down the coast of Africa, an eclectic collection of dishes now claim a place on the menus of Tenerife’s diverse restaurants. However, there is one speciality certain to be found in any respectable Canarian restaurant, Papas Arrugadas. These small new potatoes are boiled in their skins in salt water and usually served with a traditional mojo sauce, either green in colour when made with coriander, or fiery red when chillies and paprika have been added. The potatoes are cooked in heavily salted boiling water, preferably using sea salt. Years ago sea water would have been used. The potatoes should float in the salted water. If they don’t, more salt needs to be added. They should simmer for around 20 ...

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Storm in a coffee cup

Sunday, April 15th, 2007
Disenchantment with politics and politicians has led many to the view that our leaders are completely out of touch with the problems of everyday living. The Prime Minister of Spain, José Luis Zapatero, had to deal with just such an allegation in the build up to the country’s forthcoming elections when he took part in a live question and answer session on television. Did he know the price of a cup of coffee, he was asked by a member of the audience. He thought it was about 80 cents, a response that was greeted with much laughter by those in the studio, who were quick to accuse him of being out of touch with reality. The following day the Spanish press, quick to latch on to his obvious discomfort, despatched reporters to all corners of the kingdom to conduct a nationwide survey. They discovered that in most towns and cities across the peninsula a cup ...

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