Chocolate: Tastes and flavors in different parts of the world

The gift from Quetzalcoatl, Moctezuma went around the world, where each country is transformed according to their customs and enriched with new knowledge and recipes. Today the chocolate gourmand invites a tour of some places that put you in the heart of its tourist attractions and restaurants.

Photography by Claudia_midori

Mexican proverb says that «life without chocolate is no life.» Well I know the heirs of Moctezuma, the recipient of the divine gift is now consumed throughout the world and many different forms: (más…)

Visit Granada’s always an enjoyable and full of charm. Whether it is the first time, there are many places to discover and taste Granada will always find a place, a view or a new tapas bar in your exercise target travelers.

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Granada tour in search of «Tapas»

Tapas in Granada is more than tradition. It is a social convention, a delightful excuse to enjoy the city, the environment and good conversation while sipping the numerous tapas that accompany free of charge to a wine, a cold beer or other refreshment. Read well, this appetizer is free in Granada. (más…)

The market in San Miguel de Madrid – A place of worship

It’s funny over time. Who would tell the locals that where now enjoy good servings of pure, traditional tapas and some culinary delicacies, it was centuries ago, the birthplace and shrine of one of the greatest writers that has had the Spanish language and universal, not to mention is the sole survivor of an architectural style born in Paris and that modernity was in charge of play by European countries. This is the Mercado de San Miguel, in the most traditional heart of Madrid, just a few meters from the Plaza Mayor.

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Wherever we see, the market is located on what was once the parish church of San Miguel de Octo. (más…)

The other day, eating a delicious plate of bucatini (spaghetti with holes that have their origin in Lazio), we asked ourselves what is the origin of pasta and spaghetti? have their origin in China? Do the Arabs brought it to western Asia, Greece or Italy?

Photography by TheCulinaryGeekPasta dish

As of this story there are different versions, counting the most popular start on how they got the spaghetti and Europe. As the story was thanks to Marco Polo, when after returning from his trip (1295) introduced in China in the West (among others), ice cream and spaghetti. (más…)

In Malaga the sun and sea dominate everyday life and also the visitor. Situated between the mountains and the sea, the view of the Mediterranean is present in many aspects from the activity of its inhabitants and it is almost impossible to escape its influence. Some of the best pleasures that can be enjoyed in the capital of the Costa del Sol are at the seashore.

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Malaga to Gastronomic routes:

However cliché it sounds, eating sardines and other seafood almost a foot of sand is possible in Málaga (capital) and many of the villages close to a very affordable price. In the city’s most famous restaurants to eat pescaito found on the promenade of Pedregalejo. The tour passes by the beach, where we can also see the seines, typical fishing boats on the Málaga coast and have been recovered thanks to the implementation of the races in seines. (más…)

Visit Granada’s always an enjoyable and full of charm. Whether it is the first time or is continuously in this city, there are so many places to discover and taste Granada will always find a place, a view or a new tapas bar in your exercise target travelers.

Photography by BocaDorada

Tapa in Granada is more than tradition. It is a social convention, a delightful excuse to enjoy the city, the environment and good conversation while sipping the numerous tapas that accompany free of charge to a wine, a cold beer or other refreshment. (más…)

Now we will go in Catalonia, to know their food and institutions together to preserve local cuisine and the diversity of their crops.

Gastronomic routes:

The people of Gallecs, today is a natural paradise where your neighbors are struggling to care for about 750 hectares that prevail in their products field to turn, step by step in a truly organic garden.

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In Gallecs (Vallès Oriental) native species were planted tomatoes, green beans, zucchini or cauliflower. His neighbors have recovered ancient varieties of wheat, some of which survive in very few places in Catalonia. And he cultivated a type of bean (called the gantxet) very popular and nutritious, but very productive, which is the essential complement to a good sausage. (más…)