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Semana Santa in Spain
Every spring throughout the entire country of Spain, Spanish citizens celebrate Semana Santa, a week-long festival culminating on either Easter Sunday or Easter Monday. The holiday, known as Holy Week or sometimes Easter Week in English, is filled with processions,...
Easy Spanish Paella Recipe
Do you want to learn how to make a real Spanish paella in the privacy of your home? Like most old recipes, the paella one has been refined with time. It has become kind of a canvas on which you can add your own preferred ingredients. Paella doesn't take its name from...
Spanish cheese varieties
Cheese is an integral part of Spanish gastronomy. It goes perfectly with tapas, on its own or on a crusted bread with some olive oil. Of course, our hearts melt for it in various dishes. Finally, it is also a very popular way to conclude a meal, with a small glass of...
How Spanish wine is made
A visit to the wine region of La Rioja in northern Spain offers you tastes of delicious wines at any time of the year. The fall, however, might be the best season to take a trip to the Spanish region because you’ll be surrounded with autumnal colors. Burnt red, fiery...
Fall is the best time to forage mushrooms in Spain
One of the most important and high-quality ingredients in Spanish cooking is the mushroom. You can find a wide variety of mushrooms in dishes from Spain, from the button mushroom to the porcini mushroom to the chanterelle mushroom - all are staples in Spanish cuisine....
Dining al fresco: Spain’s outdoor dining culture in NYC
Outdoor dining in Spain Spain’s culture of enjoying outdoor dining on restaurant and bar patios, or terrazas as they’re known in Spanish, is one of the easiest customs in the country to spot. Walking through the squares, you can always find patio tables filled with...