Piper. A fish of the gurnard family which has a white belly and red back and is larger than most of the gurnards.
A general term for cold soups made with local ingredients which, originally, included broken bread, olive oil, vinegar, garlic and water. The dish originated in Andalusia before being popularised by an Andalusian, Eugenia de Montijo, when she became Empress of France, a hundred years after the discovery of the New World had brought tomatoes to the old.
