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The farmers look up waiting for those rains without which the tomato plants will not be able to give their red fruits. Could we find ourselves with a season in which this jewel that we are looking forward to savoring and that we associate with the hot months is scarce? In this report, Hada Macià launches the question to a series of experts.
Without wanting to be catastrophic, farmers lament that the problem of an unprecedented drought is compounded by the effects of the war in Ukraine, which has skyrocketed the price of fuel, machinery and fertilizers and therefore has also made the prices more expensive. production costs.
- Flat Teia. Dr. Teia Plana, coordinator of the Eating Disorders Unit of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, stars in the new episode of the podcast Stay for a meal, where she discusses what we should do as a society to help those who at some point in their lives could arrive to suffer a mental illness that increasingly begins to debut at a very early age.
- Native grapes. After decades in which native grapes were substituted by others that came from afar, fortunately they opted for local varieties that, in addition to producing great wines, have also demonstrated their resilience to climate change. We propose a selection of seven reds from the 2023 Wine Guide, including Garnacha, Mandó and Moneu.
- Children in Nazi horror. "Can you imagine an 11-year-old boy abruptly separated from his family and subjected to a thousand cruelties? And can you imagine that same boy was only worried about one thing: trying to save bread and deliver it to his mother? ". Don't stop reading, here it is, this new chapter of En su tinta, signed by Domingo Marchena.
- Loxe Mareiro. Radically local and seasonal. This is how Jorge Guitián describes the kitchen at Loxe Mareiro (the term loxe designates in Galician those old shops where you could buy everything). He was born in Carril (Pontevedra) as the younger brother of the successful Abastos 2.0 and has been in excellent health for a decade.
- Pizza with sobrassada and honey. If it's already hard to resist a good pizza, being able to prepare it at home with the tasty combination of sobrassada and the sweet touch that honey will bring is most tempting. Here we have the recipe that Ana Casanova proposes to us.
