Allioli

In an arc from Valencia in Spain to the French Riviera, a special garlic mayonnaise predominates as a condiment for anything from rice dishes to fish soups. In Spain, allioli is used on a variety of seafood-based tapas, especially those with cooked shrimp or lobster either atop canapés or in a dip. In Catalonia, probably its home, it is also known as allioli and appears to have an ancestry that goes back to the first century CE. In Provence and Languedoc, aïoli and aillade, re