Paella Valenciana
Paella is Spain's most iconic export to the world's dinner tables, and the Valencians will be the first to tell you that most of... read more >>
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Professional Kitchens Never Use Extra Virgin Olive Oil for Cooking. Here Is What They Use Instead.
The expensive bottle on your counter is the right call for dressings and finishing. For everything that goes in a hot pan, professional kitchens use something else entirely. The reason...
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The Pretzel Was Invented by a Monk as a Reward for Children Who Learned Their Prayers. The Shape Is the Hands.
The pretzel shape is not decoration. It is a pair of arms: a child's arms crossed in prayer, pressed into dough by a monk... read more >>
Spanakopita
Spanakopita is the dish that turns skeptics of both spinach and pastry into believers in a single bite. These crisp golden triangles or the... read more >>
Tortilla Española
Ask any Spaniard what they eat when there is nothing to eat and the answer is always tortilla. This golden potato-and-egg omelette is Spain's... read more >>
The Spice Trade Killed More People Than Most Wars. Nutmeg Was the Reason the Dutch Massacred an Entire Island.
Nutmeg grew in only one place on earth. In 1621, the Dutch East India Company decided to own that place completely. What happened to... read more >>
How You Cut Garlic Changes What It Tastes Like. Four Cuts, Four Flavours.
Take one clove of garlic, cut it four ways, and you get four genuinely different ingredients. Professional kitchens know this. The chemistry behind it... read more >>
Croquetas de Jamón
Spain without croquetas would be like France without baguettes - technically possible but spiritually impoverished. These golden-crumbed tubes of molten creamy bechamel studded with... read more >>
Moussaka
Moussaka is Greece's answer to lasagna - and depending on who you ask, the superior version. Layers of fried eggplant, spiced ground lamb or... read more >>
Patatas Bravas
The name means fierce potatoes, and while the cubes of crispy fried potato themselves are quite well-behaved, the bravas sauce that coats them earns... read more >>
