At Easter (or Pascua), Valencian kids get to enjoy the monas de pascua sweet breads topped with a hard-boiled or chocolate egg.
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Learning about all the Valencian rice dishes
Strolling around the rice festival is letting getting an instant education in how paella and other Valencian rice dishes are prepared.
Empanadas make the handiest of lunches
The Spanish have their own style of empanadas, but they also enjoy the varieties from Central America and Argentina.
Tastarròs, when the city plaza is a giant cookout
Spaniards are probably at their happiest when they are in a crowd with other people eating and drinking. That’s Tastarròs in a nutshell.
Tastarròs toasts Valencia’s gastronomic heritage
Valencia celebrates 1,200 years of rice cultivation with a big, tasty party known as Tastarròs. Life is too short to eat bad rice.
Back to Spain – and the great Valencia market
After two years of COVID-imposed restrictions, we decided to return to Spain. Who could resist an apartment across from the Mercado Central?
Sopa de ajo cures whatever ails you
Sopa de ajo, which is Spanish for garlic soup, really is the peasant bowl of Iberian penicillin. It may even cure the common cold.
World on a Plate: elusive ketchup bun from San Sebastian
Trying to choose a favorite pintxo from San Sebastián makes us throw up our hands and … World on a Plate: elusive ketchup bun from San SebastianRead more
Patatas a la riojana feeds the pilgrim body and soul
We have all become pilgrims, if only in spirit, during our days of worldwide plague. The … Patatas a la riojana feeds the pilgrim body and soulRead more
An American shortcut to Spanish tortilla
Wherever we go, the local cuisine always seems to have a go-to item—something easily ordered, quick … An American shortcut to Spanish tortillaRead more