One of the first things we started buying regularly at the Central Market was charcuterie. Not because we were planning elaborate tapas spreads (though we’ve had a few), but because in Spain, charcuterie isn’t a luxury, it’s just food. You slice off a few pieces, put them on a plate, and suddenly your meal isContinue reading “The Cure for Everything: A Deep Dive into Spanish Charcuterie”
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Thursdays at the Market: Getting to Know Valencia, One Stall at a Time
It’s one thing to live in a city, but it’s another to have your habits in that city. One of the ways we’ve started to feel at home in Valencia has nothing to do with paperwork, language classes, or learning how to buzz delivery people into the building. It’s this: we go to the marketContinue reading “Thursdays at the Market: Getting to Know Valencia, One Stall at a Time”
Pizza vs. Coca vs. Pinsa: A Mediterranean Flatbread Throwdown
Let’s talk about flatbread. Specifically, let’s talk about how every Mediterranean culture seems to think they invented it, and everyone else just copied it with too much cheese, not enough olives, or some other culinary crime. In fact, after living here a while, I’ve started thinking about flatbreads the way I think about Mediterranean empires:Continue reading “Pizza vs. Coca vs. Pinsa: A Mediterranean Flatbread Throwdown”
Secret Jews and Crypto-Cuisine
Portugal’s relationship with Judaism is long and complicated, with some unexpected twists and turns to it. One of my favorite aspects to the story turns out to not only be interesting, but delicious as well! How long have there been Jews here? At least since the Romans, who made note of Jewish settlements in theirContinue reading “Secret Jews and Crypto-Cuisine”
A Modern Odyssey - Expatriates in Iberia 