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‘Fabada. History and symbolism of an Asturian icon’ is the latest creation from the Gijon-based editorial La Fabriquina, where new data on the earliest references to the dish are revealed, advancing several decades before the first known mentions, and a new theory about its origin is developed. The presentation in Gijon will take place on May 29 at the Casa Natal de Jovellanos at 7:00 PM.
According to the editorial, the hardcover, large-format volume reviews the significance of the Asturian dish over 170 pages through a documentary work that also features a modern design and extensive visual content, including photographs, press clippings, and works by various Asturian artists.
The work, signed by Alicia Álvarez and David Guardado, editors of the volume, also includes the participation of well-known Asturian experts in different fields; such as historians Arantza Margolles, Xuan F. Bas Costales, and José Luis Carmona; gastronome Lluis Nel Estrada; communicator David Castañón, and the recently deceased journalist Damián Barreiro, who, from different angles, manage to capture with their analysis the shine of this social phenomenon by which we are known, in which we recognize ourselves and with which Asturians present ourselves outside of Asturias.
From a novel perspective, the book analyzes from the origin of fabada as a social event to its impact in contexts such as art and advertising, transitioning from its image as an exquisite dish with slow preparation to an indigestible dish or joke in television commercials for canned fabada.
‘Fabada,’ available in Asturian and in Spanish, is a work that offers a unique journey through the history of the Asturian dish, but above all, through its evolution as an icon and identity symbol, which runs parallel to the evolution of the idea of Asturias in the last two centuries.