Dacosta

“That the first cipher of the number should happen to be the first letter of the word Dacosta, and I think you will agree with me that that is not probable.”

Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon 2003

"That the first cipher of the number should happen to be the first letter of the word Dacosta, and I think you will agree with me that that is not probable."

Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon Jules Verne 1866

"I love saffron," says Mr. Dacosta, a native of Spain's Extremadura region who moved to Valencia when he was a teenager.

The Purple Gold of La Mancha J. S. Marcus 2011

Unlike many of the spice's aficionados, Mr. Dacosta doesn't assign superlatives to La Mancha saffron.

The Purple Gold of La Mancha J. S. Marcus 2011

At the time I noted that more women of color began appearing both on the covers of and inside of major fashion magazines following President Obama's election, including actress Halle Berry who landed the coveted September 2010 cover of VOGUE, and YaYa Dacosta who appeared on the cover of that month's issue of W.

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Mr. Dacosta, who is known for finding radical culinary solutions lurking behind local Valencian customs, is a fan of saffron's most famous application in Spain—paella, the rice mélange that Spaniards associate with Valencia but also treat as something of a national dish.

The Purple Gold of La Mancha J. S. Marcus 2011

Quique Dacosta Restaurante; Teubner Foodfoto GmbH Spanish paella "I love the crop," says La Mancha farmer Juan Antonio Ortiz, who, along with his wife Maria Ángeles Serrano, grow and process a small but prestigious saffron supply outside a village called Minaya, an hour's drive north of the provincial capital Albacete.

The Purple Gold of La Mancha J. S. Marcus 2011

In Denia, an hour's drive south of Valencia, innovative Spanish chef Quique Dacosta uses saffron, blood oranges and red mullet to create a dish named in honor of painter Mark Rothko, who himself once named a red-hued abstract painting after the spice.

The Purple Gold of La Mancha J. S. Marcus 2011

"They come out of training to combat drug trafficking which doesn't exist anymore in a UPP area," said Dacosta.

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To confirm our absolute greatness and my theory about the World Cup, this team went on to win the Olivier Shield which was a championship game between the Kingston-based teams that played the Manning Cup, and the Dacosta Cup team that played in the rural competition (keep in mind that nearly half of Jamaica lives in Kingston and its suburbs).

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