It turns out that slicing ham isn’t just a skill, it’s a profession. What, you’ve never heard of the famous jamon slicers of Spain? Either way, for anyone interested in correctly slicing a full leg of ...
“Hey, how much do you think this bone-in leg of jamón iberico costs?” I ask my girlfriend, as I sit in our living room casually paging through the newest catalogue of La Tienda, a Spanish specialty ...
“Ta ta ta TAM, ta ta ta TAM!” sang the Master. It sounded like a percussion class, but instead of banging on drums, Raúl Garrido, 35, slicked back black hair and tweed vest over his white button down, ...
I’m standing eye to eye with a pig in the rugged woodlands of southwest Spain ready to see exactly how the sausage—or Iberian ham, in this case—is made. As you may well know, it’s easy to pig out in ...
Editor’s Note: Watch CNN Original Series “Eva Longoria: Searching for Spain,” following the award-winning actress on a gastronomic pilgrimage across the rich tapestry of Spanish cuisine. The series ...
Spain has more than 100 food and drink products with specific denomination of origin status and has invested increasingly heavily in marketing these premium quality foods both at home and abroad.
Elena Campbell Martinez and her husband were returning to Los Angeles from Spain with a pound of vacuum-sealed jamón ibérico. She was familiar with the luscious ham, which has made legions swoon. And ...
As recently as late 2019, we didn’t have very many Spanish restaurants in Dallas. Then Sketches of Spain, which opened near the Bishop Arts District in early 2020, offered a nice glimpse into the ...
(CNN) – It’s fair to say Spain was late to the table when it came to recognizing the global superpowers of food. In recent years, however, people have come to celebrate the extraordinary flavors and ...