Autonomous Community Spotlight: Madrid
Not one to make travel goals, I did make one when coming to Spain: visit all 17 autonomous communities at least once before going home. While Madrid, Barcelona and Seville…
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…
Love and the Art of Flamenco Guitar Making: A Visit to the Guitarrería Mariano Conde
The sawdust on the floor gave it away: this was actually a living, breathing sort of workshop, not one where the workers are tucked away, out of sight for appearances.…
Tapa Thursdays: Yakitoro, a Chicote-run Dining Concept in Madrid
Faced with a lunchtime dilemma in Madrid, I was thrilled to get a message at the very moment my stomach rumbled from my friend Lauren, a self- and media-professed foodie…
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…
Spain Snapshots: My Perfect Madrileño Day
Danny and I were on our third glass of vermouth in Malasaña when it dawned on me: Madrid had finally won me over. Between the barrio life, the collision of…