Tapa Thursdays: Gazpacho
I have never been one to stand up to the hot summer sun in Seville. I made the poor decision one year to cycle home from my friend Stacy's house…
Andalusia: Off the Eaten Path
Spring is here, and while it brings all the things I love - sunny afternoon coffees over charlita, the springtime fairs and romerias and renewed ganas to trip around Andalucia,…
Tapa Thursdays: Caracoles
Spain is a country in which some foods are seasonal: pumpkins are ripest around Autumn, chestnuts are peddled on the street at Christmastime and strawberries show up on the market…
Tapa Thursdays: Pescaíto
One thing that stuck out about my host mother and her eating habits was that she'd fry a fish and just suck the meat right off the bones, leaving the…
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.…
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…