The Bordeaux answer to Bilbao’s Guggenheim was revealed recently, we feel it could look like a thumb or a decanter or even wine swirling in a glass – what do you think?
Spanish winery, Gonzalez Byass, has doubled it´s production for the re-launch of its Tio Pepe En Rama – rama means ‘raw’ – and the product is an is an ultra-fresh and young fino sherry made from unfiltered and unclarified Tio Pepe taken from the cask in spring when the flor is at its thickest.
Spanish chef, Jose Andres, the man credited with popularizing our famous Spanish food in the USA was named the nation’s most outstanding chef last Monday during the James Beard Foundation’s annual awards ceremony, the so-called Oscars of the culinary crowd. Spanish chef, Andrés, whose company, the Think Food Group, runs a string of popular restaurants in Washington, Los Angeles and Las Vegas, beat fellow chefs Gary Danko, Suzanne Goin, Paul Kahan and Charles Phan to win the prestigious accolade.
Some may take the Pellegrino Restaurant Survey with a pinch of salt and yes, sure, it isn’t the Michelin listing, but how proud are we in Spain, particularly those of us in the Girona area, that Celler de Can Roca has just been elevated to the 2nd best restaurant in the world in the Pellegrino Restaurant Survey! Read more
Ingredients for Basque Chicken – typical Spanish recipe:
8 Chicken joints to include all parts of the chicken or Joint a 1.70 kg chicken yourself into 8 pieces
Spanish chef, Ferran Adrià, this week assembled some of the best chefs of the world, Joan Roca, Juan Mari Arzak and Pedro Subijana at his restaurant El Bulli in Roses, Spain, for what has become an annual meeting of the great! Read more
Ingredients for traditional Spanish Recipe- Asparagus & Romesco Sauce (4 servings) Read more
Sauteed Asparagus with Romesco Sauce Traditional Spanish Recipe
24 green asparagus
sea salt
For the traditional Spanish romesco sauce
40 gr of toasted hazelnuts
40 gr of toasted almonds Read more
The “Xatonada” is a ritual meal eaten in Spain during Lent, when historically meat would not pass the lips! According to legend the name of this typical Catalan dish comes from the word chateau, a reference to the size of the plate and the shape of this delicious winter salad. Originally cooked by the fishermen and consisting of cod fish, salad and a sauce
We recently had a chance to look at the new 5 star Ohla Hotel in Barcelona. Ideally situated on the Via Laietana, just 5 minutes’ walk from Plaza Catalunya, this stylish design hotel is built on the site of a former Roman canal and the palace of the first Count of Barcelona. Read more