The Mediterranean Diet Foundation and the University of Barcelona established the Mediterranean Diet Chair: Health, Sustainability, and Culture The Mediterranean Diet Chair: Health, Sustainability, and Culture, recently established by the Mediterranean Diet Foundation and the University of Barcelona, represents a fundamental initiative dedicated to training, dissemination, and knowledge transfer on the invaluable legacy of the […]
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Gastronomy is an integral part of the Mediterranean Diet, a statement supported by the conclusions of the round table entitled “Mediterranean Diet and Culture”, held during the XIV International Mediterranean Diet Conference. This event, organized by the Mediterranean Diet Foundation, took place in Barcelona on March 20 and 21. Mediterranean gastronomy is much more than […]
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Mediterranean Diet: Scientifically reaffirmed as the healthiest, most sustainable eating pattern
The XIV International Mediterranean Diet Conference demonstrates, throughscientific evidence, the Mediterranean Diet’s fundamental pillars and the need topromote its adherence. The update of the Mediterranean Diet pyramid reflects an ongoing commitment topromoting health and well-being, through the adoption of eating habits that reflectthe essential principles of the Mediterranean Diet and its lifestyle. Barcelona, March 27, […]
This 2023, the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage celebrates its 20th anniversary. The Ministry of Culture and Sport of Spain wished to join in this event by organizing various public and free dissemination events about those elements of the Spanish Intangible Cultural Heritage that are part of the Representative List […]
The Tomorrow Tastes Mediterranean is an industry leadership conference organized by the Torribera Mediterranean Center (TMC). The aim of the conference Tomorrow Tastes Mediterranean aims to help the restaurant, foodservice industry and affiliated sectors better understand and transfer the healthful, sustainable, and cultural principles of the Mediterranean Diet into menus and products suited to the […]
November begins with the holiday of All Saints’ Day, in which we remember all our loved ones who are no longer with us and is and invitation to living together. That is why, in Spain, there is the custom of going to the cemetery to visit our ancestors, tidy their graves up and decorate them […]
A very summery traditional Spanish recipe One of the typical dishes of Mediterranean cuisine is the Gazpacho, originally from the autonomous community of Andalusia.This “cold soup” of vegetables has many variations, due to regional and/or personal preferences. It is traditionally prepared as a mixture of tomato and other ingredients such as cucumber, pepper, onion, garlic, […]
In October, the 9th, Valencia (the Comunitat Valenciana) celebrates its regional day. To commemorate this special date, we want to speak about a unique product from the Mediterranean Diet, characteristic of this beautiful region: the chufa (tiger nut) milk. The chufa (tiger nut) is a tuber with different sides and forms, with a sweet and […]
Doughs fried in olive oil and then sweetened with honey or sugar, and in some cases filled with creams that have been part of our kitchens since the Middle Ages and come from Sephardic cuisine.
This stew maintains its old name “Olla podrida” (rotten pot) understood as a pot enriched with meats, legumes, mostly chickpeas, although in some cases beans are great protagonists and vegetables.
