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a la riojana

English translation: Rioja style

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Spanish term or phrase:a la riojana
English translation:Rioja style
Entered by: Jason Willis-Lee

18:09 Feb 23, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary
Spanish term or phrase: a la riojana
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Jason Willis-Lee
Spain
Local time: 02:31
Rioja style/"a la Riojana"
Explanation:
Hoy va de cartas...
The latter might be acceptable too - coining a term I know, but not unreasonably.
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Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 02:31
Grading comment
Thanks very much!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +16Rioja style/"a la Riojana"
Noni Gilbert Riley
4Rioja chicken
Robert Forstag


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +16
Rioja style/"a la Riojana"


Explanation:
Hoy va de cartas...
The latter might be acceptable too - coining a term I know, but not unreasonably.

Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 02:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 233
Grading comment
Thanks very much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lindsey Crawford: yes. This is good.
1 min
  -> Thanks!
agree  Patricia Rosas
2 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  Cinnamon Nolan: Yes, keep Rioja/Riojana, but perhaps adding "(in tomato-red pepper sauce)" to help those not knowing Rioja...
3 mins
  -> Thanks Cinn - didn´t want to display my ignorance about what R style actually was!!
agree  moken: Con canela - not the sauce, but Ms. Nolan above. :O) :O) (Busy asa a bee...or a hive of them for that matter)
13 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  Mercedes L.
19 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  Aïda Garcia Pons
23 mins
  -> Thanks Aida!
agree  David Cahill
31 mins
  -> Thanks David!
agree  Carol Gullidge: yes! or even "a la Rioja". A bit like Chicken a la King - totally illogical!
35 mins
  -> Was wondering where you were. V valid comment!
agree  María Teresa Taylor Oliver: Tampoco sabía en qué consistía el estilo. I agree with Cinnamon (what a spicy name! :P).
36 mins
  -> Thanks María Teresa!
agree  Cecilia Della Croce: voto por style; si es la 2ª va con tilde à la
37 mins
  -> Thanks Cecilia
agree  Sandra Holt
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Sandra.
agree  Rachael West: Yes, I also prefer Rioja style, it gets round "Riojana" which would really confuse them!
3 hrs
  -> Quite right.
agree  neilmac: can I have chips with that? and a sprinkle of Canela ;)
5 hrs
  -> Bon appetit!
agree  Nedra Rivera Huntington
18 hrs
  -> Thanks Nedra
agree  Andrea Sacchi
1 day 3 hrs
  -> Thansk Andrea
agree  Victoria Lorenzo
1 day 23 hrs
  -> Thanks Victoria
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3 days 17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pollo a la riojana
Rioja chicken


Explanation:
This will sound a lot better (and look a lot better on a menu) than "Rioja-style chicken" or "Chicken a la Riojana". An explanation of what it is would then follow.

See references.

Suerte.


    oduamy.com/rioja_chicken.html - 2k
    Reference: http://food.cookinglight.com/cooking/display/recipefinder.dy...
Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 20:31
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20
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