National paella day

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Invite the whole family and then some for a pile-on paella party – March 27 is National Paella Day.

Not only is this dish rich in a multitude of flavorful ingredients, but paella is just bursting with a storied heritage as well. None of the three varieties are the same, so you’ll have plenty to keep you occupied today.

Originally created in Valencia on the east coast of Spain, it has been called Spain’s national dish by non-residents, but proud Valencians refer to it as one of their main symbols. Varieties include Valenciana (no surprise there), de marisco (seafood), mixta (a mixture of meat and seafood) and vegetariana (vegetable).Valencian paella typically combines short-grain white rice, chicken, rabbit, snails, butter beans, great northern beans, artichokes, tomatoes, rosemary, sweet paprika, saffron and garlic. Seafood, as you can guess, substitutes fresh fruits of the sea for the meat and beans. And somewhere down the line, people living outside of Valencia mixed the two recipes together, creating mixed paella.

Making paella involves toasting a layer of rice at the bottom of the giant paella pan over an open flame or burner. The name of the crisp rice that sticks to the bottom of the pan is socorrat.

Try paella with poblanos for a spicy dinner. One thing is for sure – with paella, you won’t need side dishes for the one-pan meal that makes enough to feed an army.

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Nick Farina, chef at Verdad Restaurant and Tequila Bar

Is it just us or does it seem like every week, there’s a different food being honored? Last week it was Ravioli. Thankfully thought, Philadelphia’s diversely cultured restaurants give us a proper place to celebrate each and ever food that’s celebratory.

Today, it’s paella. You know, the very popular and very rich Spanish rice dish? There’s no better place to order paella than Verdad Restaurant and Tequilla Bar so, it seems obvious that they’d be offering a special to help everyone celebrate.

They posted the news to their Facebook page and instantly got our minds set on dinner tonight:

Come celebrate National Paella Day, Spain’s most famous dish, on Tuesday March 27 with us. We will be offering $10 off all our award winning Paellas all day. And nothing goes better with Paella then Tequila. So pair any and many of our over 70 tequila offerings with this amazing dish.

Verdad offers a selection of paella nightly that easily serves two to four people. But, keep in mind that these delicious dishes are not for the rushed diner. It takes 45 minutes to get your paella from the time you sit down and you can’t order them at all within 30 minutes of closing. The price you pay to get it right, right?

Verdad, located at 818 W. Lancaster Avenue in Bryn Mawr on the Main Line, opens for dinner at 5 p.m. I’d get there early so the waiting time is even more bearable…as if that’s possible at all.

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