spanish cuisine – Robert Gérard Church

Potaje de Garbanzos I love this stuff! It’s a potaje, a thick Spanish stew that originated around Madrid but can also be found in various permutations in Cuba and the Canary Islands. Some versions call for sausage (usually chorizo), lentils, spinach, and a variety of vegetables. My version is true to its Spanish origins, and consists of cooked garbanzo beans andContinue reading

I like just about everything that originates in Spain, be it passionate flamenco music, a glass of sublime ruby-hued tempranillo, or dark-eyed chestnut-haired señoritas. And tapas. I could easily live on tapas, accompanied by Spanish wine and Portuguese sherry, for the rest of my life. What a great idea tapas are! You order some rioja, or whatever you’re drinking at the time, andContinue reading