The Farmer's Monument hosted this Monday the presentation of the book Traditional Cuisine of Lanzarote, a work by José Nieves Caraballo, known as Fefo, which collects, preserves and values the recipes and culinary knowledge that are part of the island's cultural identity.
The event, sponsored by the gastronomic journalist, Fran Belín, was attended by the president of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, Oswaldo Betancort, who stressed that "this book not only tells us about cooking, but connects us with the collective memory of a people who have known how to turn scarcity into ingenuity and the landscape into life." Betancort stressed that "each recipe, each story in this work, is a testimony of resistance, creativity and love for the land. It is also a tool to transmit to new generations a legacy that we cannot afford to lose."
For his part, the author, José Nieves Caraballo, moved by the presence of friends and representatives of the sector, said that "this project is born from the deep respect for the elderly, our mothers, grandmothers, farmers and fishermen who, with their wisdom, have left us a living recipe book that is part of our identity." He added that "it is not just recipes, but stories, emotions, a way of understanding life in Lanzarote that deserves to be told and preserved" and thanked the support of the Cabildo and SPEL-Turismo Lanzarote.
The book includes more than 160 traditional recipes collected over years of work, with a focus that combines history, local product and sustainability, aligned with the Cabildo's strategy to strengthen food sovereignty and recognition of the island's agricultural landscape, recently distinguished as an Important World Agricultural Heritage System (SIPAM) by the FAO.
The presentation of the book, illustrated with images by photographer Moisés Acosta, concluded with a tasting of dishes made from the recipes collected in the work, in a symbolic environment such as the Farmer's Monument, an icon of the agricultural and cultural effort of Lanzarote.
