La pomme espagnole

Take a look at the this picture: What was your first thought? Mine was “EW! What’s with all the little black toes?” When I first saw these at the market, I had no idea what they were and why anyone would even think of eating such an ugly thing. Then I was told these are [...]

Summer has finally arrived! And in Spain, it’s getting seriously hot. They say that June is the mildest month of summer in Madrid. If that’s the case, I might not be alive to continue this blog by the time July and August come around. It’s already 30˚C everyday with a sun that is so bright [...]

Last weekend, I decided that I could no longer handle Madrid’s loudness, heat, and general bigcity feel. I needed to get out. So I decided to head up to northern Spain’s most beautiful coastal town. Luckily for me San Sebastián, or Donostia in Basque language, is not only a gorgeous beach town but is also [...]

After a week of being sick, I’m finally up out of bed, ready to write about some yummy goodness! If there is one food that Spaniards are really really really proud of, it’s their jamón. Jamón is the spanish word for ham. However, do not mistake this as plain old deli meat that you’d put [...]

Ok, I’m going to start off the foodblog with one of the most typical foods of Spain: Churros. Churros are fried dough similar to doughnuts, but made in very large spirals which are then cut into edible-sized pieces. In my opinion, while the churros themselves are very good, they wouldn’t be nearly as delicious if [...]