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…
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: Gurumelos
I will buy you a beer if you knew what a gurumelo is before this post. I mean it. Santiago confessed to never having been to Plaza del Salvador, so…
Tapa Thursdays: Champiñones
If I were to list the three foods I most despised, it would be easy: canned tuna, eggs and mushrooms. Yes, I picked three of the most commonly used ingredients…
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…