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Tapa Thursdays: The Effervescent Jamón Ibérico
Some thing are just better experienced than written about. Among my favorite moments of my five years in Spain are the “early nights” that turn into café con leche as the sun rises the following...
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Tapa Thursdays: Huesos de Santos
As a self-confessed Halloweenie, I love things spooky, from cemeteries to haunted houses. Lucky for me, Spain celebrates a national holiday, Día de Todos los Santos, or All Saint’s Day, so I can...
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Tapa Thursdays: Carillada (Braised Pig Cheek)
When I say I’ve eaten every part of the pig, I seriously am not joking. While my family is more about beef and chicken than pork, having a partner whose family business revolves around the...
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Tapas Thursdays: Ensaladilla Rusa
My first meal in Spain was less than memorable: Aurora muttered something as she schlepped a large bowl of something in front of us. “Cat, quick! tell her I’m allergic to seafood! I think that’s tuna...
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Tapa Thursdays: Eating (and drinking) La Rioja
When it came to the last region of Spain left to visit, I didn’t have to do much planning: I was in La Rioja, Spain’s wine country, and I was going to drink as much vinate as possible. But, as any...
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Tapa Thursdays: The Mercado de San Miguel, Madrid
When I came to Spain to study, my first meal was far from memorable – a slop of mayonnaise, potatoes and nothing else discernable. I was convinced that I didn’t like Spanish food, nervous to move back...
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Seville Snapshots: When in Rome…
I have to admit that Seville has been less-than-inspiring lately. Between the master’s and work, plus rainy weather and holing up with a recently-returned Novio, I’ve barely even been in the center! So...
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Tapas Thursday: Eating Italy
Little known fact about me: Italian food is as much a part of my family’s table fare as meat and potatoes. And I have not one ounce of sangue italiano in me. There’s two parts to this story: firstly,...
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Tapa Thursdays: Hamburguesas
“You not liking a hamburger would tell me you’re more Spanish than American,” Samu says as he served us a hamburger, his style, at Taberna la Tata. The mini ox burger has carmelized onions and beets,...
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Tapa Thursdays: Cevapi
Right, this blog is about Spain, and Tapa Thursdays should be about Spanish tapas. But I can’t get over the spicy sausage sandwiches we ate in the Balkans, called cevapi. It’s street food perfected,...
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Tapa Thursdays: My Favorite Food Markets of 2013
As I grow more and more interested in food and its place within culture, I find it hard to resist visiting markets when I travel. When I went to China five years ago, I got to witness the fish monger...
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Tapa Thursdays: the Best Ice Cream Shops in Seville
It’s 8pm on a Friday night, and I’m currently shuttered in my office, typing away at a computer with the shades drawn and the fan on. They may say ‘hasta el 40 de mayo, no te quites el sayo’ but summer...
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How to Eat Like a Dane at Christmas
“There is no word in any other language for hygge,” Maria says quite matter-of-factly. “The closest we can do is ‘cozy.'” The rain was coming down outside Copenhagen’s new Torvehallern food hall, and...
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On Pessoa, Portuguese Cuisine and Hidden Tastes: a Food Tour with Taste of...
The prolific Portuguese philosopher and writer Fernando Pessoa had no less than 80 heteronyms, facets of his personality re-imagined as thinkers and poets in his most notable works. And from his home...
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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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