It is the great unknown when the beginning of the campaign of the olive arrives. When is the best time to pick the olives?

With the arrival of winter, festivities and christmas holidays we love enjoying the best fooding products as hams. The quality of the ham may depend of the cut of ham.

Sardines and anchovies are very appreciated in and outside Spain. I propose to get into the history of Sardinophilie or Sardines . Sometimes, sardines are used in idioms with not good fame . We use it as a comparison when we talk public transport or when it does need describe the little space available on the beaches of the Mediterranean seashore. There is a well-known idiom in spanish which says: "I felt like a canned sardine".

Peppers are one of the main summer ingredients. Cooked or raw, both ways are delicious. With fresh,or cooked meals, with fish or meat... This ingredient is as versatile as it fits with everything.

France is the seventh country producing olive oil in the world. Even so, production is very scarce, barely covering 3.5% of French demand. The areas producing olive oil in France are in the regions of Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence. "Le Var" is the main one, with an extension of 22% of the total olive trees planted in France. At the moment it has 5 Regulatory Councils of Denominations of Origin of Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

The Dehesa is the natural habitat of the Iberian pig, it is a unique ecosystem that is only found in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain). This large area that cover between 4 and 6 million hectares, and is characterized by its oak trees and its unique landscape.

The event will take place from 6 to 8 October in the famous Cordovan locality of Los Pedroches.

“Maladúa” the world’s most expensive ham costs 4,100€ a leg. No doubt Spanish Brand “Dehesa Maladúa” is the world’s most expensive ham. it was recently prized with the charcuterie world’s equivalent of an Oscar in Biofach - Nuremberg. The Europe’s leading organic foods trade fair declared this unique dry-cured ham its best product. 

Andrés Iniesta Ambassador to ARCOS knives.

When we speak about Italian hams, the word prosciutto immediately comes to our minds as it is the Italian term. In Italian gastronomy, it is common to find prosciutto in the starters, especially in the famous Italian sausages and cheeses tables, which are usually accompanied by breadsticks and fruits such as melon, grapes or figs. We can also find it in salads, pizzas, sandwiches and paninis and even in the famous salad caprese, made with basil, tomato and mozzarella.

Sausages are delicious, right? In sandwich, with some bread, some others with anything else... but today we are going to talk about a different sausage. I give you some clues: No sausage is spead, but this one does. It comes from Balearic Islands, exactly in Majorca. It colour is laud orange.

The Iberian ham is one basic element in the traditional mediterranean diet, well-known for their components full of healthy properties.