Year: 2021

With its tumultuous and rich history, the Basque region, in Spain's north east, must be considered as one of it's most interesting.Once another kingdom but now absorbed into Spain, Basques are a still fiercely independent and proud race using their own cultural and language heritage.Surely in culinary circles that they have a lot to be proud of, the place is traditionally considered Spain's best for gastronomy and a seemingly endless production line of top chefs and Michelin stars have maintained the area's reputation as a gourmand's dream...

Cheese.It is a superbly versatile food.We use it to high pizzas, to scatter our spaghetti, to spread on crackers.And with no cheese, a grilled cheese sandwich could be nothing but buttered toast.Cheese is produced in many regions of the world, two of the most well known countries being France and Italy.There are many kinds of cheese, but they're all made in a similar manner.Milk and cream consist of 2 parts, the good milk fats, along with the whey...

Barcelona - a city famous for its cultural diversity and many influences and in no place is this more noticeable than its cuisine.Heavily influenced by the neighboring Arabian area and its diverse geographical landscape the area is a melting pot of fresh vegetables and choice fish, poultry and game.Catalan's have a growing reputation throughout Spain and the world and the area is quickly becoming renowned for creating the best chefs and greatest gastronomy in the nation (a name that's been traditionally held by the Basques and one that they are not likely to relinquish without a struggle )...

Beer making is a complex process that involves several steps which need to be carefully thought out.Here are a few basic ideas that can enable you to begin on your beer making experience.The initial step in brewing is called malting.Malting involves steeping grain in water for many days until the grain starts to germinate or sprout.During germination, enzymes inside the grain are converted into a sort of sugar called maltose...

Undoubtedly one of Spain's most culinary rich regions, Andalusia is an area famous for its cuisine and its culture of food.Much like the rest of Spain, food is an important part of social life; here the meal is about far more than just eating.Andalusia is also the home of one of Spain's favorite exports; tapas.Restaurants can now be found in most major cities around the world, but to taste the first you should visit Seville...

The Madrid region (one of Spain's smallest), as you would expect, is mostly dominated by the capital city.It's been said, by gourmands and food critics alike, that Madrid doesn't actually have a single cuisine all its own, instead it draws on influence from all of Spain, absorbing a rich tapestry of tastes and ingredients and turning them into it's own gastronomic melting pot.This is certainly true to some extent; in no other city in Spain are people likely to be presented with such a broad cross section of those countries flavours...

This root vegetable is probably among the most popular vegetables in our contemporary world.It's come a long way from its atmosphere thin roots in the South American mountain ranges.Long before the potato reached the beaches of the Emerald Isle, it was widely cultivated some 7,000 years prior to its debut in Europe.The Western World did not even encounter it before about the mid-sixteenth century and it wouldn't make it into the Old World for another few decades...

Buttermilk was traditionally a byproduct of homemade churned butter.Buttermilk was the liquid that remained following the butter was made.The liquid contained small particles of floating butter and a few traces of butterfat.This gave the buttermilk a rich sweet taste and made the drink really refreshing.It was also widely utilized in homemade snacks, salad dressings like ranch and as the dipping liquid for fried chicken...

It's a refreshing and rewarding pastime for many people to sew their own aprons.Sewing your own aprons may provide you the opportunity to put in a personalized and creative flair to this accessory.Several sewing shops, both offline and on, now provide a massive number of apron patterns to pick from.In case you've got a specific apron pattern in your mind, you can search specifically for this on the other hand, if you're not sure what you want to create, many sites provide plenty styles to navigate through...