El Faro’s fish soup with orange

Typical of El Puerto de Santa Maria, the port across the bay from Cadiz, this tangy fish soup is said to date back to the Reconquista when its odd Spanish name was coined. Allegedly, Christians who were brought from the north to live in Cádiz called all pork-averse Muslims “dogs” (perros). For some reason, the fish soup gained the same nickname. What’s in a name though? The soup is delicate with a faint orange flavor, and since Mario