Go eat some paella!

A variety of meat, seafood and vegetables are used in the eight paellas on this year’s menu.

It’s time for José Andrés’ annual paella party.

The special “soupy rice” with softshell crab Jaleo is serving up for the Paella Festival. Photo by Rebecca Cooper In case you haven’t been getting your paella fix lately, or you’ve been bored by the same-old, same-old, never fear: Jaleo to the rescue with the 2010 Paella Festival. The restaurant has brought in María José San Román, the self-dubbed “queen of saffron,” as the guest chef for this year’s festival, and the special rotating…

The first White House Freshfarm Market of the year starts today at 3 p.m. To help kick things off, local celebrity chef José Andrés will be making his annual giant paella at the market. The paella festivities run from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Check out our coverage of the opening of last year’s inaugural White House market here. And if you can’t make it to the market today in time for paella, mark your…

Image courtesy of Bethany L. King Dish of the Week: Paella A few years ago at a Smithsonian Associates talk, Jose Andres spoke about how one of his first cooking responsibilities as a kid was to watch the paella cooking in the backyard. In some ways, paella is an extremely basic dish that has its variations in many cultures – a combination of stock, rice, and whatever proteins and vegetables that happen to be…