Learn About Spain

Right now, our family is gathering in an old farmhouse on the island of Menorca, celebrating an important anniversary together. Aunts and uncles, grandparents and friends will be gathered around a big table, sharing the amazing foods of the Balearic Islands. I have visions of coca flatbreads, roasted lamb and ensaimada pastries dancing in my head!

After a big feast, we will undoubtedly...

Beautiful, fragrant saffron is the essential ingredient to paella, and many other classic Spanish dishes. These valuable threads impart a golden hue and deep, aromatic taste to any dish it flavors. Saffron is the stigma of the crocus flower, laboriously plucked by hand and toasted to perfection.

Our saffron comes from a...

What an amazing variety of cities and products, castles and crocuses in this fascinating part of Spain! We have traveled here and there over the region, but from the moment we first began exploring Spain, we were attracted to Toledo, just about an hour south of Madrid. There you can see a fascinating mosaic of all that has occurred in Spain over the past 2,000 years. 

We...

This is an itinerary I designed for a couple who wanted to get immersed in the heart of Spain while avoiding the usual tourist destinations. This was a little over two weeks, which I think is the minimum to do Spain justice. Even with that, we only concentrated on perhaps one third of the country, always bear in mind that there are 17 autonomous regions with their own distinct styles and...