Color: Red Ochre | Country: Spain

Our thin earth crust is rich in natural occurring minerals. Known as ‘earth pigments’, these minerals produce colors such as Red Ochre, Ochre, Sienna and Umber. Because these colors come from minerals, they don’t wash away or decay, allowing the evidence of their use by our ancestors to persist through the ages. Red Ochre is believed to be the very first color to be utilized as paint and a method of recording early man’s thoughts and events. It can be found globally, in the Americas, Africa, Europe, Japan, and in particular, in the Southern hemisphere.

Some 19,000 years ago, a very special Paleolithic woman was coated in red ochre and buried in El Mirón, a cave in northern Spain. She was privileged to have a tombstone, at a time when cave burials, let alone one so elaborate, appear to have been very rare. It was a momentous honor, and no one knows why she was given it.

Menu

Monet Huertano, Roasted Tomato, Olive, Egg, and Tuna Salad

Patas a la Riojana, Potatoes with Chorizo and Baby Back Pork Ribs

Lombarda, Red Cabbage with Apples, Raisins, and Pine Nuts

Pastel de Nuez, Walnut Cake with Blood Orange