It’s a more significant move than it seems. Pistachios are among the most expensive nuts in the world, pipped only by macadamias. Adding pistachio to a dish adds significantly to the cost.
Local pistachio grower Jean E.C. Laborde proudly watched his granddaughters, Sophia and Jessica Silva, picking pistachios and comparing the staining on the nuts at the beginning of a new harvest after ...
Garcia harvests 10 to 20 tonnes of the green nut each year at his 26-hectare (64-acres) farm in Manzanares in the central region of Castilla-La Mancha, part of a boom in pistachio production in Spain.