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Salma’s special Hummus

Salma Alfarouki is a dear Palestinian friend who arrived in Córdoba almost 40 years ago. A master of beauty and perseverance in her mission to show that a better world is possible, taking the art of living from Al Andalus as her reference and example of peaceful coexistence.
Salma is the quintessence of cooking, as she is of almost everything she sets out to do. Her dishes are exquisite for their organoleptic complexity. She greatly appreciates our EVOOs which, in addition to using in her preparations, she gifts to her most special guests.
Among her recipes, we begin with something simple: her hummus with La Cultivada Quintaesencia.

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The Poem for Breakfast

The Poem for Breakfast played a very practical and educational role in the early days of La Cultivada.
It carried the narrative of a project just starting out, and embodied the initial values of this new brand.

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A new day, a new discovery

Today I’m going to share a legend with you: one that isn’t new, but was born at the dawn of time.
It comes from the Macuxi tribe, native to the Brazilian Amazon, one of our planet’s lungs and now under threat from deforestation, forest degradation, wildfires and other dangers placing biodiversity and climate balance at serious risk.

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EVOO, a healthy ally

Extra Virgin Olive Oil is ‘EVOO’. The new jewel in the crown of millions of kitchens worldwide, either for its characteristic flavor, its nutritional properties or simply for being an essential and very healthy ingredient, for a long time now, in all our meals.

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