Many young chefs at the casual fine dining restaurants of Madrid’s “bistronomica” movement are working with recipes and ingredients from all over Spain.
Porto has long been Portugal’s relatively sleepy second city, but in the last few years the city has woken up and become an exciting, cosmopolitan destination.
Priorat may be the star of Cataluña’s wine lineup. Since a few brave winemakers recuperated old vines here in the 1970s, Priorat’s quality has exploded, along with its reputation.
Deep in southern Spain, in the province of Cádiz, spring arrives slowly, timidly, sometime after the drums of Semana Santa die down and before the flamenco and horses and sherry ferias begin. Spring: languid lunches in beachside chiringuitos, walks on the region’s pristine beaches, horse and wine and spring festivals seemingly every week, and almadraba season.
Cassie and Christopher recently spent a day with us in Aracena near Seville visiting the free-range Iberian pigs and learning about the Spanish ham-making process. It's a day tour we offer from Sevilla which includes pick up with a private guide in Sevilla, a visit to the dehesa where the pigs roam, the ham-making facilities, and (a hamful) lunch, before returning to Sevilla in the late afternoon.
