If throwing yourself into the whole Spanish eating experience you will, from time to time, come up against something on a menu that will really test your willingness to try everything at least once. Tortilla de Sacromonte (lamb brain omelette) was one such experience for me. It tastes OK actually and, if you didn’t know in advance what you were [...]

In this recipe ternera meat, or veal fillet, is combined with Cabrales cheese from the region of Asturias.

Many areas of Spain are proud of their cheese production. None more so than Asturias where they churn out Cabrales, just one of 40 varieties of cheese made here. The cheeses of Asturias are often produced via a few hundred small scale family businesses. Much of the cheese here is produced is made using traditional recipes dating back centuries and [...]

Salmon from Asturias in Spain should be cooked in a simple fashion. Here’s a recipe using salmon fillets cooked in a traditional fashion.

When you study the culinary history of Spain one quickly notices that, while some recipes can be traced back centuries; how certain foods are thought of can alter dramatically over time. What is prized today, or considered a luxury, may have been less valued in times gone by. If you go back to the Middle Ages, salmon was far from [...]

A chef from the beautiful region of Asturias in north west Spain has won a prestigious award in America. José Andrés, 41, has been credited with making tapas popular in the USA. He won the top award handed out each year by the James Beard Foundation. José began his culinary career as a young chef in the kitchens of the [...]

When lobster is good, it is very good. This recipe comes from Asturias where, believe me, they know how to cook a mean lobster.

Asturias is not short of quality apples. They are everywhere. So here is a local signature dish that combines apples and cider (sidra).

Cider is big in Asturias and is used in cooking many a simple snack or main meal. Here we combine cider with chorizo. They suit each other.

Fabada Asturiana is a popular stew throughout Spain but particularly where it hails from; the scenic orner of Spain that is Asturias.