Giant Paella at Dupont Circle FRESHFARM Market February 11, 2007

Join the Chefs from Jaleo - as well as their special guests, Mari Carmen & Lola Velez of La Sirena Restaurant in Alicante, Spain - as they create a giant paella at the Dupont Circle FRESHFARM Market. And there will be samples available, of course!

A recent Food & Wine article described Velez's food as:
"...clean, neotraditional cooking with an occasional avant-garde flourish is at the forefront of Spain’s "back to real food" movement—which emphasizes pure flavor and amazing local ingredients over space-age techniques.

Right now, all compasses point to El Levante, a region along the eastern coast that includes the provinces of Valencia and Alicante. Famous for its vegetable gardens and orange groves, rice paddies and fishing ports, El Levante is where Spanish cuisine shows off its vibrantly Mediterranean side. Here, too, a new generation of chefs is marrying traditional flavors with futuristic techniques, and, in many cases, completely reimagining the area’s numerous rice dishes—including its famous paella."

Official Website: http://www.freshfarmmarket.org/