10 Spanish Sayings About Food

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As we know, exploring the gastronomy is a great way to know a culture. Looking at the popular expressions, proverbs and sayings in a culture is a great way to understand the mentality of its people.

What Is the Mediterranean Diet?

What Is the Mediterranean Diet?

Every season seems to bring to the light a new fad diet, based on a new concept, from your astrology sign to your blood type or centered around a specific ingredient.

Origins of the Spanish Tortilla

Origins of the Spanish tortilla

First of all, the Spanish tortilla has nothing to do with its Mexican cousin. The Spanish tortilla is much more than a variety of bread: it is a traditional dish all by itself.

All About Tapas

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To tapear (enjoy tapas) is to picar (pick at) small plates of food that are accompanied by alcohol.

All About Paella

Paella NYC Socarrat

Paella is one of the most widely enjoyed, and perhaps fiercely debated, traditional Spanish dishes in food culture – akin to the debate of thin versus thin crust pizza.

PAELLA

Lobster paella at Socarrat NYC

Similar to pizza, paella started out as the “people’s food” and has grown to become an internationally-known and loved dish.