Nearly every culture in the world has a hearty, home-style dish, cooked long and slow, that brings to mind childhood nights around the table with family and friends. In Madrid, this “motherly” dish is the humble “Cocido Madrileño”. The Cocido began as a meat-free stew cooked by sephardic jews in ...

Would you order a chilled glass of “Panther Milk”? What about “Pink Panther Milk”? Maybe not, but you would be missing a classic tavern drink with lots of history and plenty of bite. “Leche de Pantera” (Panther Milk) was first created in the 1920s by the Spanish Foreign Legion—a branch ...

Forget what you know about vegetables in a can! In Spain—specifically the northern region of Navarra—white asparagus is often times canned (or jarred) right after harvesting to preserve the delicate stalks at their point of optimal tenderness. White asparagus from Navarra isn’t cheap. A lot of labor goes into packing ...

Have you ever tried the typical Spanish tapa known as “Migas”? As basic as it gets, migas (crumbs) in Torrox are semolina flour sauteed in olive oil with garlic, salt, and a little bit of water (in other parts of Spain, diced bread is used). The flour fries and makes ...

Fiesta del Orujo. Potes, Cantabria. The first week of November often brings a chill along the northern, Atlantic coast of Spain. In the region of Cantabria, sandwiched between Asturias to the west and Basque country to the east, the people of the town of Potes have been celebrating since 1984 ...