El pasado fin de semana, el festival gastronómico «Settembre Gastronomico» en la ciudad italiana de Parma dedicó un día completo a la cocina de Dénia y la comarca de la Marina Alta, as well as the UNESCO Creative City project, a recognition also held by the capital of the Emilia-Romagna region. Chef Miquel Ruiz surprised the audience with a preparation based on dried octopus and sweet potato.
La muestra culinaria tuvo lugar el sábado en el Laboratorio aperto, un espacio dedicado a la innovación y experimentación en el ámbito de la cultura de la excelencia agroalimentaria, situado en el complejo monumental del monasterio de Sant Pau. El chef Miquel Ruiz preparó en vivo un plato al que llamó «Mar y Tierra», utilizando dos productos tradicionales de la dieta popular de la Marina Alta: el pulpo seco y el boniato.
The preparation, although simple, was touched by the creativity of the chef at Baret de Miquel, and his story aroused the interest of those present: the dried octopus was flamed and the sweet potato was roasted in the oven in a traditional way, presented in an original way with the octopus blades inserted in cuts made in the sweet potato, which, according to Miquel Ruiz, represented the habitat of the octopus hiding among the rocks of the coast. A tender marinated almond crowned each tasting dish.
In the afternoon, in the Borgo delle Cucine square, a presentation was dedicated to the city of Dénia and its project as a UNESCO Creative City. The mayor intervened, Vicent Grimalt, the technician from the Office of Innovation and Creativity, Enric Gil, and the chef Miquel Ruiz, who offered a new tasting of his octopus and sweet potato dish. The event was introduced by the councilor of the Creative City of Parma, Marco Bosi, and presented by the gourmet Paolo Tegoni.
Greater Collaboration between Dénia and Parma
During the visit to the Italian city, the mayor of Parma, Michele Guerra, and the mayor of Dénia, Vicent Grimalt, signed a collaboration agreement in the Parma city hall that reaffirmed and expanded the one that both cities had signed a few years ago.
The renewed agreement expresses the willingness of both parties to join forces and competencies in an international context that they consider rich in opportunities to enhance their respective peculiarities based on the interest in gastronomic tourism that they share.
Both cities will also strengthen interactions and synergies in mutual participation in tourist, ethno-gastronomic, cultural and fair events and activities organized by the respective municipalities.
Dénia and Parma have maintained a close collaboration since their incorporation, both in 2015, to the UNESCO network of Creative Cities of Gastronomy. Parma has participated in different editions of the D*na festival, student training exchanges have been carried out and together they have promoted the European transnational university master's degree Food City Design. On the other hand, Dénia has been regularly invited to participate in the gastronomic festivals that Parma has been organizing and which have now all been concentrated in the month of September with a diverse program that includes showcookings, workshops, debates, presentations, cinema, samples of products and a great outdoor dinner, the Cena dei Mille, served every year by the city's most renowned chefs. This year, in addition to Dénia, the Creative Cities of Gastronomy Alba (Italy) and Thessaloniki (Greece) have also participated.
I don't understand this attitude. Everything that is done "touristically" and gastronomically well done is for
attracting a different tourism than the one we have in Denia is this tourism that especially comes to
Enjoy the chefs and others of Denia, where you eat wonderfully.
Let's not forget that these restaurants pay good taxes and that these taxes benefit everyone. Well I hope so!!!
That we can't all enjoy it? Well, of course this is. But it gives a fantastic boost to Denia, and those who cannot go regularly or never to these stalls can enjoy a good wine with a tapa. Anyway.
More tourism in Denia? for if but :
We saw this summer how crowded we were in a super hot city due to all the air conditioning devices installed in the streets and that have normally been prohibited for years and years, of the success that our city has at a national and international level, also of the fact that the infrastructures in Denia is not ready to attract more tourism than it is trying to contain.
But also that our government has to handle everything with the maximum equality of problems and various aid so that we can all try to move forward together.
That the demonstrations created take place above all in Marques De Campo, Glorieta, Mercado, Plaza del Consell, La Via, and that it is urgent to create less touristy events so that people know more than 5 positions in
Denia
Denia needs much more native trees and the latest Marques de Campo project in the old Health Center does not have enough.
All European cities are paying attention to the urgency of planting more native trees in city centers to "refresh" as much as possible the citizens and tourists who gather in the center.
The climate is not going to improve but worsen.
We need tourism. Let's see what can be done to make us all happy...
Look, there are good chefs in Dénia and they always benefit. Why would it be?
None of those who have commented here have any idea about tourism.
And much less gastronomy.
Curious. They only know how to criticize.
These events are necessary for the promotion of culture and tradition. And what better way than cooking.
Tourism is necessary to make ourselves known and make the economy prosper.
It is a global need.
But those who comment here have intelligence in their tails.
I repeat.
THESE EVENTS ARE NECESSARY
Medication, run!
Since you talk about tails and accuse me of not having any idea about gastronomy. How do you cook a good tail stew at home? Share the recipe and go. Illustrate us with your culinary skills.
How good it must feel to have a free “viaxet”, paid for by your neighbors, for I don't know what gastronomy event of I don't know what for I don't know what.
But "hey, who travels this month!"
It seems very good to me that a chef presents his dish of his own creation.
What I still don't understand is all the nonsense around "creative cities" or "world capitals"... which has no other purpose than to attract subsidies.
Well, let's not fool ourselves that we ordinary citizens get little benefit from it or its performance we will see because these are private activities.
Subsidizing with European funds, that is, money from all taxpayers, businesses and private activities is more than monstrous nonsense.
Because the benefits that these companies obtain thanks to let's not forget, are they going to distribute public money again among us citizens who pay for the party?
Sorry but you don't even know what you're saying.
Many things are paid for with taxpayers' money, including courses for workers for which you don't pay a dime.
So don't give me the waste nonsense.
The courses for workers are a waste.
If you want courses you pay for them out of your pocket.
You should be thankful that this man has gone to Italy to do this event because that means promotion and therefore tourists.
And businesses thrive on that.
Think a little bit
Just what the neighbors needed.
Curious…countries that don't have to eat while others have so much left over that they even organize Gastronomic Festivals. It is the world. These also draw on European subsidies so that we see the enormous amount of money wasted.