Eating Asturias eatingas_mw19279 https://eatingasturias.com/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.39.3 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Eating Asturias Eating Asturias talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Property Property talk Form Form talk Concept Concept talk smw/schema smw/schema talk Rule Rule talk GeoJson GeoJson talk Boilerplate Boilerplate talk Module Module talk PagePropertiesForm PagePropertiesForm talk Portal Portal talk Draft Draft talk Extension Extension talk 0 1 9495 9377 2024-10-14T11:28:54Z JonTillman 1 Who am I section shortened and user page link added 9495 wikitext text/x-wiki [[File:Asturias Mountain View.jpg|alt=A landscape of mountain peaks along a rural road in Cabrales, Asturias |thumb|500x500px|An average July afternoon in rural Asturias.]] {{DISPLAYTITLE:Eating Asturias}} {{SHORTDESC: The English-Language Encyclopedia of Asturian Gastronomy}} '''Now with [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles and counting.''' {{Cquote | quote = In Spain, perhaps more so than anywhere in Europe, the geography of the land has played a major role in the political. cultural, and culinary history of the people who lived on the land. It has certainly played a role in what those people put in their cooking pot | author = Ann and Larry Walker | source = A Season in Spain: Uncommon Encounters with Spanish Food and Wine (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1992), 14 }} <strong>Welcome to Eating Asturias.</strong> A website dedicated to bringing the best of Asturian food culture to the English-speaking world. Equal parts [[Recipe Index|cookbook]], [[Visit Asturias|travel guide]], and [[Food Culture|ethnography]]. Eating Asturias is a project that explores, documents, translates, and studies the food cultures of Asturias. It is an independent ethnography of food and eating in Asturias. It is produced from an outsider perspective. While I live in Asturias, I did not grow up here. What do people in Asturias eat? Why do they eat those things? How do they feel about their food? What foods do they no longer eat, and why? How do people’s memories of those “forgotten” foods influence their current food choices and attitudes? Here is where you can learn about the food and food culture of one of the most interesting [[regions]] of Spain. It is a place quite unlike other regions of Spain. It consumes far more cider than anywhere else in Spain (and [[Cider Consumption in Asturias: By the Numbers|more per capita]] than anywhere in the world). It produces more cheeses in a smaller area than anywhere else in the world. It is unique, not just in Spain, but in all of Europe for its adherence to that food connected to geography mentioned above. {{#if:{{Main Page banner}}| <div id="mp-banner" class="MainPageBG mp-box"> {{Main Page banner}} </div> }} <div id="mp-upper"> <div id="mp-left" class="MainPageBG mp-box"> <h2 id="mp-itn-h2" class="mp-h2">Food Culture</h2> <div id="mp-itn" class="mp-contains-float"> {{Main page image/TFA|image=Food culture box image.png|caption=}} The [[Food Culture]] section contain all of my writing about the gastronomy and drinking culture of Asturias. This is the bulk of the ethnographic portion of the site. Farming, Food History, artisan production, ingredients and products all fall under this category. ''If you want to know more about food in Asturias and what is grown, made, and eaten here, this section is for you''. '''New Food Culture Articles''' {{#ask: [[Category:Food Culture]] [[Creation date::+]] | limit=5 | searchlabel=Previously added articles... | sort=Modification date | order=descending | format=ul }} </div> <h2 id="mp-otd-h2" class="mp-h2">Start Here</h2> <div id="mp-otd" class="mp-contains-float"> To get started on your journey into Asturian cuisine. I have compiled a few of my favorite informational posts in one place. You can’t go wrong starting with any of these: <ul> <li>[[The Reasons You Should Visit Asturias]] – I share my personal reasons why I think every visitor to Spain should skip the well-worn trail and instead head for Asturias.</li> <li>[[The Cider House Rules]] – A primer on drinking Asturian cider properly.</li> <li>[[A Brief History of Cider in Asturias]] – Cider is more than just a drink in Asturias. In many ways it '''is''' the history of Asturias. Start here to be well versed in the importance of this unique tipple.</li> <li>[[The 7 Different Types of Asturian Cheese]] – Asturias has dozens of cheeses. Here’s a guide to making sense of them, using internationally accepted types.</li> <li>[[Asturian Sausages]] – There are '''tons''' of different sausages in Asturias. Here I break them down into groups and talk about the ones I think you should try as soon as possible.</li> <li>[[Craft Beer In Asturias|Craft Beer In Asturias – A Broad Overview]] – Get up to speed on the rapidly expanding and maturing craft brewing scene in Asturias.</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="mp-right" class="MainPageBG mp-box"> <h2 id="mp-tfa-h2" class="mp-h2">Recipes</h2> <div id="mp-itn" class="mp-contains-float"> {{Main page image/ITN | image = Recipe box image.jpeg | width = <!--Width is determined automatically. Only use this parameter to override autosizing.--> | caption = | title = | link = | border = | caption align = }} The [[Recipe Index]] contains my recipes, and my writing about those recipes. I provide both context and a trans-cultural perspective on each recipe I post. Like much regional American food, Asturian food is easy to cook, homey, and hearty. It’s basically perfect for home cooking, and the majority of Asturian restaurants pride themselves on being home-cooking types of places that serve exactly what people want to eat. <br /><br />''If you want to learn about how people cook in Asturias and how to reproduce those dishes at home, this is where you should look''. '''New Recipes''' {{#ask: [[Category:Recipe Index]] [[Creation date::+]] | limit=5 | searchlabel=Previously added recipes... | sort=Modification date | order=descending | format=ul }} </div> <h2 id="mp-dyk-h2" class="mp-h2">Recipe & Cooking Tips</h2> <div id="mp-dyk" class="mp-contains-float"> <ul> <li>[[Notes on Recipes]]</li> <li>[[How to Read a Recipe]]</li> <li>[[Units of Measurement]]</li> <li>[[Seasonality|Seasonality of Recipes]]</li> </ul></div> </div> </div> <div id="mp-middle" class="MainPageBG mp-box"> <h2 id="mp-tfl-h2" class="mp-h2">Visiting Asturias</h2> <div id="mp-tfl" class="mp-contains-float"> [[File:Mercadodevillafrancadeo.jpg|frameless|left|alt=Mercado de Villafranca de Oria|Mercado de Villafranca de Oria]] <div style="float: right; border-left: 3px solid #92BDFF; vertical-align: middle;"> <h3 id="mp-tfl-h3" style="">Destinations</h3> <ul> <li>[[Restaurants]]</li> <li>[[Markets|Food Markets]]</li> <li>[[Llagares|Cider Makers]]</li> <li>[[Breweries]]</li> <li>[[Cheese Makers]]</li> <li>[[Sidrerías]]</li> <li>[[Bars]]</li> <li>[[Bakeries]]</li> </ul> </div> The [[Visit Asturias]] section contains information useful to people coming to visit Asturias. If you are considering a trip here, this is where to start. I write about the cities, towns, villages, and regions of Asturias. I also provide guides to the artisan food producers in Asturias, and a calendar of food related happenings. And, of course, I offer guided tours in English of literally anything I write about on this website. ''If you are looking for information to plan a trip to Asturias, dive in here.'' I am available during most months of the year to help with vacation questions, planning, or [[English Language Tours of Asturias|personalized tours]]. Anything from answering a question or two all the way to a week-long culinary tour of Asturias with translation services and one-of-a-kind experiences. If you are interested in more information, please get in contact with me. <h3 id="mp-tfl-h3" style="">Available Tours</h3> {{#ask: [[Category:Tours]] [[isTour::yes]] | format=ul }} </div> </div> <div id="mp-bottom" class="mp-box"> <h2 id="mp-other" class="mp-h2">Who Am I?</h2> <div id="mp-other-content"> [[File:Jon.jpg|frameless|right]] My name is [[User:JonTillman|Jon]], and I’ve spent almost my entire professional life around food. I first began working in [[restaurants]] at 15, and over the next 20 years held pretty much every conceivable job in food service; from dishwasher to executive chef. On my first visit to Asturias I fell in love, and now I live here full time. When I moved here in 2017, there was precious little information about the region in the English language. Disappointed by that fact, I made the decision to remedy the situation. The result of that decision is this website. It is meant to be the most comprehensive collection of English-language information on the food culture and [[Food History|food history]] of Asturias. '''[[User:JonTillman|Read more about me]]'''. </div> <h2 id="mp-sister" class="mp-h2">What Do I Do?</h2> <div id="mp-sister-content"> * '''I Document.''' First, and foremost, I am interested in the unsung and endangered. I am constantly in a mad scramble to document things before they slip away into oblivion without record. I am interested in what is being cooked, has been cooked, and will be cooked, by '''all''' of the people who make up Asturias. Immigrant food is often the best way to see what is universal in a local food culture. For that reason alone, it should be more closely studied. I am not interested in official lists (or even worse, tourist office lists) of what is or is not the correct or authentic Asturian cuisine. To be honest, I find this kind of conservatism misguided, and very boring. I am just as interested in Asturian style pizza or kebab as I am in the ur-[[fabada]]. * '''I Provide Context'''. All meals and all dishes need context. And context is no longer merely place-historical. Internet-connected post-modern societies cross the boundaries of their inherited food traditions constantly. This trans-cultural food knowledge can create or accompany new behavioral patterns, new food preferences, and new eating patterns. * '''I Eat & Drink'''. I am, as Raymond Sokolov once called himself, a “gastro-ethnological reporter”. While I do not review restaurants, I do tell stories of them. I point out the places, and dishes, that I think are worth a visitor’s time. My desire is to reward good clean cooking. * '''I Cook'''. It is not enough to merely passively consume Asturias. I contribute to Asturian food culture through original recipes. While working within the milieu of contemporary Asturian food, I give things my own, immigrant, twist. Partially that is to adapt things to an American kitchen. Partially it is because I feel a need to imprint my own mark on the collective.</div> <h2 id="mp-lang" class="mp-h2">Additional Content</h2> <div>The encyclopedia is not all of the information I have to offer! In addition to the main site, I have: * An annotated '''[[Bibliography]]''' of all of the sources I use in my research. * An old-school '''[[Blogroll]]'''. In addition to the bibliography, I get quite a few leads and tidbits from bloggers in Asturias and around the world. These are the ones I actually subscribe to [[RSS Feeds|RSS feeds]] from. Remember RSS? * A [[Asturian Food Suppliers in the United States|'''list of suppliers''']] of Asturian and Asturian-style food [[products]] in the United States, * A [https://eatingasturias.com/blog/ '''blog'''] about living in Asturias and starting a market garden as an immigrant, * A [[Newsletter|'''newsletter''']] with a bunch of additional information about Asturias, Spain, travel, and living off-grid, * I additionally post about things tangential to this website at [https://epicure.social/@eatingasturias '''Mastodon'''], * I also post pictures from my daily life at [https://pixelfed.social/i/web/profile/424834595043706607 '''PixelFed'''].</div> </div> __NOTOC____NOEDITSECTION__ pageproperties 7532 pageproperties-semantic application/json { "page-properties": { "display-title": "Eating Asturias" }, "SEO": { "meta": { "title mode": "append", "title": "The English-Language Encyclopedia of Asturian Gastronomy", "title separator": " | ", "type": "article", "author": "Jon Tillman", "published time": "{{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}" }, "subpages": "1", "entire-site": null } } 4r85flc6qgda1vwk4ae5vr14e4la9ak