A Taste of Spain
Last month, LANE executed events designed to introduce and educate key media and trade about the olive oils of Spain.
Two events were held, the first at Spur Gastropub in Seattle, and the second two days later at Mercat a la Planxa in Chicago.
Spur’s chefs, Che
fs Brian McCracken and Dana Tough, were recently called rising star chefs by Food + Wine magazine, and Jose Garces of Mercat recently won the title of the Next Iron Chef.
Both events included an informative olive oil tasting led by olive oil producer, Rosa Vañó, followed by a six course meal, each dish featuring one of the following varietials: arbequina, hojiblanca, cornicabra and picual.