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Spanish Food and Culture
Hamming it up!
Jamón Jamón

Spanish ham has been celebrated in literature, music and on celluloid. Serrano ham is unique and that is why so many authors have sought to write about it....

Spanish Food and Culture
Dying for Spain
The Spanish Pig

Authors of many nationalities and persuasions have been writing about Spanish food for centuries.

And one animal figures large in such writings. The...

Spanish Food and Culture
Olla Podrida by Richard Ford
Spanish food in Literature

Spanish food has long played a central role in literature.
It is not just in modern times that Spanish food has become fashionable.

In books...

Interviews & Opinion
Menu del Dia
Fast cooking. Slow eating.
Missing Menu del Dia

It has been fascinating to catch up with people who have lived in Spain, but moved away. Particularly when it comes to what they miss about the excellent...

Interviews & Opinion
Bye bye Barcelona
Missing Meal Deals

In my penultimate conversation with an expat who has left Spain behind them, I got back in touch with Brian who I first met several years ago in beautiful...

Editors Pick

Habas con Jamón
Tapas Touring
Tapas touring tips

In part three of our short guide to tapas, we meet a lady who has consumed more than is possibly good for anyone. The whole process of tapas bar hopping can be a mystery to some visitors to Spain. What time is tapas time? With which drinks will you be served a tapa? Just what are the rules of tapas touring?

Who better to ask that exiled Scot, Gayle Mackie. She runs tapas tours in the city of Granada, where tapas is served free with your drinks. I asked her for her some helpful hints. So Gayle, how might bars differ in the way they serve tapas? Gayle: "Well, in Granada, you will find two ways of serving a free snack with your drink....

Interviews & Opinion

Black Rice
Missing Spain in Portugal
1 month 1 week ago by Vernon
Jenny didn’t leave Spain to go back home to Birmingham. She didn’t travel north. No, Jenny moved further south. She left Valencia, where she loved the paella...
Missing Hot Stuff
1 month 1 week ago by Vernon
I've been talking to some people who lived in Spain long enough to get a taste for its food and the whole culture of culinary life in the country. They have...
Missing Spanish breakfast
1 month 1 week ago by Vernon
Some expats who moved to Spain have, for a variety of reasons, moved back to their native countries. I recently surveyed a handful of them to find out what...
Chef, Kevin Richardson
Eating Spain
1 month 2 weeks ago by Vernon
As the year comes to an end I have been taking part in a debate about how Spanish food has changed in the past decade. The questions posed included:- is there...
Wine with your meal
Spanish Wine - Now and Then
5 months 4 days ago by Vernon
I came across some old guide books the other day. They dated from from the mid seventies and featured the best restaurants in London. There was then just one...
Dali and Gala dining
Dining like Dali
5 months 1 week ago by Vernon
While I have mixed feelings about the work of surrealist Salvador Dali; I have enjoyed visiting the former homes of the controversial artist. I've been to his...
Baking bread in Spain
Rick Stein - Baking in Spain
5 months 3 weeks ago by Vernon
During his recent extensive tour of Spain, the restaurateur and chef Rick Stein witnessed how much the Spanish value their local bakeries. Rick has spent his...

Regional Food and Cooking

Seafood in Galicia
Go to Galicia!
2 months 4 weeks ago by Vernon
Many people visiting Spain never find their way to Galicia. The argument they often use for not going there is the weather. “What” they say, “do we do there if...
Ham and Chorizo
Appreciating Andalucia
3 months 1 week ago by Vernon
I once asked a Madrid living authority on Spanish food why he came south every summer and lived in Andalucia for two months. Was it for the food I asked? His...
Eduardo Sousa on his farm
Duck Farming and Foie Gras
3 months 2 weeks ago by Vernon
Duck farming is big business in the Navarra region of Spain. But the farming of duck, geese and even free range chicken has taken flight and can now be found...
Santander
Cooking in Cantabria
3 months 2 weeks ago by Vernon
I didn’t visit Cantabria in order to milk cows, but that’s what happened. The idea of staying on a traditional farm in a region where dairy farming is massive...
Piquillo Peppers
Knowing Navarra
3 months 2 weeks ago by Vernon
When people discuss Spanish food you rarely hear them talking about the cuisine of Navarra, an area of Spain within touching distance of France. But the word...
Aubergines and Cheese - two of the finest foods from La Mancha
The food of Castilla La Mancha
3 months 3 weeks ago by Vernon
In my continuing culinary journey around the vast expanse of the country that is Spain, I look next at Castilla La Mancha. A region more famous for Don Quixote...
Charming Catalunya
Catalan Cooking
3 months 3 weeks ago by Vernon
The year was 1324 when the first food manual appeared in Catalunya. A manuscript called Libre de Sent Sovi was one of the very first food manuals in all of...
Almond picking
Almonds - As I was out walking - Day 1
4 months 3 weeks ago by Vernon
I am writing about the food I see growing or being harvested while I am out on my morning walk in Andalucia, Spain. This morning I saw many people busy in the...

Spanish Food and Culture

The opuntia or prickly pear
Prickly Pear - As i was out walking - day 4
4 months 1 week ago by Vernon
In the space of a few hours walking in Spain this morning I came across produce that does best in the warmer and more tropical climes of Spain. As I walked out...
Learning languages just got seriously fun!
4 months 2 weeks ago by JaJaJa Books
As you pack your suitcase for the family holiday this year, don’t forget some light reading to entertain the children. With JAJAJA BOOKS, both you and the...
Saffron
Centuries old Spanish food
5 months 3 days ago by Vernon
You will often read of how Spanish recipes have their origins in Arab culture. How certain tastes, ingredients and meals can be firmly attributed to the...
Tortilla Española
Taste Tortilla
5 months 1 week ago by Vernon
Hands up all those of you who love to eat a good Spanish made tortilla. Thought so. Lots of you. I include myself in that group. Tortilla sounds so much better...
El Rinconcillo, Seville
Rick Stein on Tapas
5 months 3 weeks ago by Vernon
In his four part television series on Spanish food, Rick Stein travelled the length and breadth of the country experiencing what all those who live in the...

News

Tapas Tapas Liverpool Refurbishment
A New Spanish Basement Bar for Liverpool
Those of you who have visited our City centre restaurant in the last month will have noticed that some big changes have taken place! We've refurbished the...
3 days 18 hours ago
Cocktail training
at Bar Bodega Liverppool
Cocktail Training
Looking for a special way to spend a birthday party, leaving do or hen night? At Bar Bodega, we offer a range of cocktail training packages to make that...
2 weeks 3 days ago
Bar Bodega Liverpool
at Bar Bodega Liverpool
Free Paella on Finish Early Fridays
Bar Bodega will be offering complementary tapas of Paella on Fridays between 5-6pm. For all of you who like to have a few drinks after finishing work, you...
2 weeks 3 days ago
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Discussion

  • On 31st Jan 2012 coamp commented on Cherimoya - a sublime fruit:
    hi!!!
  • On 28th Jan 2012 Paul & Barbara Allen commented on The Fish Deli:
    This is a super shop, the staff are very knowledgeable about their products. All the fish is sourced in an environmental manner, you can not ask for certain...
  • On 27th Jan 2012 andyp commented on Missing Spanish breakfast:
    Try the Churros Garcia stall outside the Electric Cinema at Portobello Market (or check out www.churrosgarcia.co.uk)
  • On 24th Jan 2012 Gerri commented on Jamon Broth:
    I tried this soup for the first time in a little village in the Serrania de Ronda. It was absolutely perfect!! A really rich and flavourful broth, with a few...
  • On 23rd Jan 2012 BALAI commented on Evans the Butchers of Langport:
    Lovely service, lovely meat and a good variety.
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