My husband and I just got back from 2 weeks in Spain (cities in southern Spain and a week in Galicia in the northwest). Seeing the posts from a couple of days ago about food in Spain, I’ve got to report on our experience....

from Southern Spain. The triple distilled extra seco from Machaquito is particularly fine. http://www.machaquito.com/pag1in.htm More prosaically, the other thing I always stock up on is Valor chocolate bars specifically the nut...

? Or are you eurorailing around or gonna focus in on one spot? Barcelona and Madrid have excellent and extremely cheap in city transportation. Barcelona is also remarkebly walkable. The transportation is clean and rather safe,as...

Dear Chowhounds, I can’t believe how wholly obsessed I am planning for a trip that is not going to take place until May 2009, but I have fallen in love with Spain, and this is only through reading online travel guides. My...

after much debating over where to go, from africa to south america to central america to southeast asia to europe (actually, pretty much everywhere except cincinatti), eunice and i have decided on an andalusian tour of spain for...

I’m living in a little town in Spain nowadays and while the tapas are amazing as tapas go, I’m absolutely dying for some Thai spice in my life. Anybody know any Asian stores near Sevilla or Cadiz- or even the entire...

I will be in southern France late in November (exact dates are flexible). Aside from the truffle festivals in northern Italy, are there any good food-centric festivals in the area around that time? I’m willing to drive into...

TEX’S TRAVELS PART 1 : France(Montpellier, Strasbourg), Austria(Solden), Germany(Regensburg,Berlin), Spain(Cadaques,Barcelona). This winter I am going to be traveling alot, primarily filming a documentary about Female Alpine...

There are over 25 wineries in New Mexico, which claims to be the oldest wine producing region in the US (while still part of Spain, of course). Balloonist Maxie Anderson started Anderson Valley Vineyards, for example. I...

Ensalada Catalana, “F&WofS” page 112. About this salad, Casas writes: "In Southern Spain, where the temperatures in summer often top 100 degrees, a cooling salad such as this one is ideal." This statement is accurate!...

My wife and I have 2 vouchers for a flight that will take us (we live in Spain) anywhere in Europe. Being that we are not big fans of X-Mas but are wine writers and foodies, we thought it might be fun to find something different...

, but there certainly are a fair number of worthy shops that stock a broad selection of out-of-the-way wines. One option, if your tastes run to Aussie, New Zealand, or South African wines, would be the Southern Hemisphere Wine...

and bring with them gracious Southern hospitality and a delicious Southern influence on stellar California ingredients. At last some original menu ideas like the Stone ground grit cake & Bodega Bay rock shrimp with Tabasco butter...

. Third the store is neat, clean and well-organized. Fourth, while carrying a full line of regular groceries, they have an impressive selection of Mexican, Filipino and, especially, Southern groceries. There are also items here...

anise