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Is Aníbal the Most Instagrammable Restaurant in Seville? (and a food review,...
A blast of hot air met me as soon as I’d unloaded my bag, a stoller and my kiddo from the bullet train. Ay, mi Sevilla. Nearly two months had passed since the Feria de Sevilla, but that’s the best part...
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The Curious Case of Spanish Extra Virgin Olive Oil
“Passion and quality are at the heart of this venture. It’s that simple.” I sneezed, a clear sign that spring was about to settle onto Andalucía for a brief period of time before melting into summer....
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Tapa Thursday: 10 Winter Fruits and Vegetables You Should Be Eating in Spain
My stand-alone freezer is currently stocked with enough stews to get me through the long winter days. Even when the sun is shining midday, my cavernous house feels like a tundra, and I usually need a...
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Tapa Thursday: Tasting Jerez de la Frontera
I’ll admit it – I have a big ol’ crush on Jerez de la Frontera. While Seville swoons, Jerez pokes and teases, yet always entices. It moves slower. It seems to stay for just one more round of ‘la...
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Tapa Thursdays: Five Must-Eat Canarian Dishes
I knew that my travel style had changed when H and I planned our trip to Croatia and Montenegro. After staking out a place to stay, we focused on the most important aspect of our weeklong vacation in...
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Desafío Eterno: Learning to Cook Spanish Food
I may have mastered the art of midday siestas, long lunches and dropping syllables, but Spanish cooking has always alluded me. Ask me to make a full turkey dinner or a kick ass pad thai? I’m all over...
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Tapa Thursday: Vermouth
My biggest ambition in life is to become a Spanish abuelo. Who wouldn’t want to spend the days leisurely reading a paper in the bar down the street, sucking down a vermouth while looking adorable?...
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Tapa Thursdays: Los Zagales in Valladolid
Castilla y León may often be associated with being the breadbasket of Spain – cookie giant Cuétara is based out of Aguilar de Campoo (not a typo) – but it’s also renown for robust red wines, roast...
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Tapa Thursday: Meson Sabika in Naperville, Illinois
Growing up, I didn’t even know Spanish food existed. My mother is not an adventurous eater, and even our tacos were devoid of spice, onions and garlic powder. When I began studying Spanish at age 13,...
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Behind Every Plate: A Day with Insiders Madrid
The more immersed I become in the Spanish gastronomic world, the more interest I have in where food comes from, who makes it (or butchers it or cures it or raises it) and the stories behind everything...
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Tapa Thursdays: Eating at a Guachinche on Tenerife
Julie’s plan had only three itinerary stops on my only full-day on Tenerife: Rental car. Teide. Guachinche Eager not to ruin my own surprise, I refused to give into sneaking a peek at what this...
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Tapa Thursdays: Free Munchies in Seville
When I moved to Seville, I imagined I’d nibble on cheese and cured meats as I had a glass of beer, munch on free tapas and never have to go to the grocery store. Andalucía would practically be enticing...
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A Cooking Day in Málaga: Preparing Spanish Dishes in Andalucía
Spain is a country that’s easy to get lost in. I don’t mean the culture or the romanticism – I mean, GPS systems are absolute crap, and it’s easier to end up on the wrong road than it is to arrive to...
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Tapa Thursday: A Field Guide to Spanish Christmas Treats
Two weeks ago, I couldn’t find the aisle that is home to eggs and milk in my local supermarket. I walked in circles, desperate to locate what was needed for the Novio to make me croquetas. The aisle...
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Picking Winter Fruit in Southern Spain
In the winter months, citrus fruits, figs, mushrooms and chestnuts are ripe and ready to be picked. Olive oil harvests begin, and crops like pumpkins, avocados and leeks begin to pop up in...
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The five best Spanish foods I never knew existed
I’m pleased to give some space to my friend and fellow Midwesterner, Katie Stearns. Our first meeting was serendipitous and mostly based around a shared interest: food. When not working in marketing,...
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Tapa Thursdays: Castañas
cred where cred’s due I never knew that ‘chestnuts roasting on an open fire’ was actually a thing until moving to Seville. When the weather turns crisp (which finally happened last week), peddlers...
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Tapa Thursdays: My Most Memorable Spanish Meal
I squinted, trying to make out the words on the menu as the sunlight reflected off the bay near Mogán, a small port on the southern end of Gran Canaria island. Enrique gave me a quick tsk and a shake...
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Eating Coruña: The City’s Best Restaurants
Galician food makes my heart flutter – the piping hot pimientos del padrón, raxo smothered in roquefort sauce, fresh-caught shellfish displayed in every window of every bar on every street. There are...
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Tapa Thursdays: A Gastronomic Experience at Restaurant Puerto Blanco in Calpe
The Novio does’t understand my “world.” He doesn’t understand why I’m a smartphone addict, why I take pictures of details, and why I spent my hard-earned cash (hard-earned on a slot machine in Vegas,...
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