For a dish so quintessentially Spanish as paella (pronounced pa-EH-ya), you’d think there’d be only one way to make it – one cherished national recipe meticulously followed and kept intact down the ages by passionate master chefs. But the fact is, wherever you go in Spain, you’ll come across unique regional variations, with new ones popping up all the time. More info
Although it can be a frustration to many an ill-prepared tourist in Spain when shops and business almost universally haul down their shutters at two in the afternoon and don´t open them until five, the siesta is nevertheless an integral part of the Spanish national culture. Considering that the average Spaniard may not eat dinner until nine, ten, or even More info
As America, along with many other countries around the world, gears up to celebrate Fathers Day this coming Sunday, we thought we’d take an in-depth look at how the Spaniards do it – or rather did it, back on March 19th. Relative to Mothers Day, the tradition of setting aside 24 hours for the exclusive celebration of fathers is particularly More info
High in the otherworldly beauty of the Alpujarras mountains in Granada, the town of Lanjarón is famous for its San Juan ham and water celebrations on the 23rd June every year. The annual San Juan Bautista (Saint John the Baptist) festival is celebrated all over Spain, usually with roaring bonfires, ostensibly to empower the waning sun after the summer More info
Each year, for a period of several days around May 15, the city of Madrid celebrates its patron saint with the Fiesta de San Isidro. But before Isidro was a ‘San’, he was Isidore the farmer (Isidro Labrador), a Spanish day laborer born to peasant Catholics in eleventh century Madrid. Spending much of his life in the service of the More info
The north-western province of Galicia is split between four regions: A Coruña, Pontevedra, Lugo, and Ourense. Of these the most northwesterly is A Coruña, which, with its extensive coastline, is also the most open to the Atlantic Ocean of any Spanish region. As a result, the cuisine of the area is abundant in fish and seafood; pulpo a feira (chopped More info
We can’t resist an artisanal Spanish sheep cheese at Ataula. Served with fresh bread and olive oil, scattered amongst fresh salad leaves or presented on an indulgent after dinner Tabla de Quesos (cheese board), there’s no escaping the richness and variety of Spain’s classic cheeses. To give you a taste of the delicacies created every day across the diverse regions More info
Literally translated, the Spanish word for the first meal of the day – desayuno – has the same meaning as the English (des- being a prefix meaning ‘not’, similar to the English ‘dis-‘, and ayuno referring to a fast) but the similarities largely end there. The Spanish breakfast is typically very small, especially by comparison to American standards, and this More info
Taking its name from the word cova, meaning ‘cave’ or ‘cellar’ in Catalan (the language of Catalonia, where 95% of this wine is produced), cava has until recently been viewed with derision as a cheap and somewhat tacky alternative to champagne. However, this situation has been changing over the last few years, with snobbery beginning to soften as experts start More info
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