GringoCool News and Articles

I have neglected the business blog.  I know better.  I should be taken out to the woodshed and be asked to explain why.  I don't know if my excuse would hold water.  Maybe just by saying it was the year 2020 would be enough?  I think everyone was a little out of sorts durin...

Pulpo a la gallega is very famous in Spain.  Pulpo is octopus and "a la gallega" refers to how the octopus is prepared for eating.  Basically, there is a necessary procedure for cooking octopus so that it does not become rubbery to eat.  The cooking to tender is th...

GringoCool recipe for chipirones - the smallest size of cuttlefish served in Andalusia, Spain.

A very curious statement is printed on every bottle of certified extra virgin olive oil in Spain. The statement is: "Superior category of Olive Oil obtained directly from olives and solely by mechanical means." Read more

Recently, a US District Court in Minnesota sided with one of the largest olive oil companies in the world, and ordered a permanent injunction against further publication or dissemination of false and misleading information circulated on social media.  The main source for th...

We are proud to announce our new product - our Tasting Set of olive oils from Spain.  The set includes three bottles (8.45 fl oz/250 ml) filled with three different premium quality extra virgin olive oils (EVOOs) from Spain. Read more

More than half of the extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) sold in Spanish supermarkets and superstores does not pass standardized taste tests.  Wow! This, according to an article recently published in El Pais (a leading newspaper of Spain).  See article here. Of course this is contr...

Six years ago in 2012, I was frantically preparing to open a “Holiday Store” in the largest mall in the Northwest US – in Tukwila, Washington (a suburb of Seattle, sort of near the airport).  I had run some numbers and was convinced that the margins allowed for factory direct ...

Container shipping from Spain to the United States involves many details.  This blog article provides an overview of what is involved.

This is a tribute to the men and women of Macetas Gonzalez. Let me start by asking, “How many of us have worked long days?”  We all have probably?  Many workers face long days during seasons such as a harvest.  When the crop is ripe and the conditions are correct, days don’t q...