Seville, along with Genoa, Leghorn (Livorno), Venice, Ancona, and Naples, was one of the great commercial centers of the Mediterranean in the sixteenth century. The riches of America flowed to Seville exclusively because it was in direct line of the trade winds and had a legal monopoly on that trade. The soil was productive, and […]
Andalusia’s Dried Bean Soup for A Winter Weekend
January 17, 2018 by Leave a Comment
A winter weekend soup that can more or less be an entire meal is a dried bean soup from Andalusia. Dried beans are popular everywhere in the Mediterranean. They also have a flavor a tad different than the fresh bean, which means they are ideal in earthy and deeply flavorful soups such as this one […]
Why Not Grill Asparagus?
July 27, 2016 by Leave a Comment
If you have a grill blazing away any of these summer weekends it seems a waste not to grill everything. There are some foods you may not have thought of as suitable for the grill. One of those foods is certainly asparagus. Espárragos a la parilla, asparagus on the grill, is a grilled asparagus that […]
Put Away the Recipe and Try Spain’s Grand (and Historic) Cuisine
August 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
As cooks, we are naturally drawn to recipes. Recipes are instructions to be followed to create a dish. However, to be a better cook, to gain insight into a culinary culture, which is, after all, whence all cooking springs, I believe it is helpful to put aside our recipes occasionally. Recipes are like fireflies that […]
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