Journal

By Ines Keane Say the word ensaimada in a Mallorcan bakery and you get a flat, coiled, sugar-dusted pastry. Say […]

By Porter Lang Gift season sends people to the second-hand shelf. A porcelain figure from Valencia looks like a safe

By Isla Quinn Wide stripes. Heavy, soft, a little coarse underfoot. A jarapa looks like a rug and works like

By Porter Lang Three things on an Idiazabal tell you more than the label’s front: a numbered back-label, a plaque

By Rafe Calder Two dates compete for the credit. One is 1909, the year of a large grape harvest in

By Rafe Calder A shoe begins as a block of wood. The block is called a last, it sets the

By Porter Lang Start with the process, because it explains the label. A conserva is seafood that has been cooked,

By Isla Quinn Here is the strangest thing at a Catalan Christmas market. A log. It has a smile, two

By Porter Lang A pearl that is described as a Majorica pearl is a manufactured one. That is not a

By Rafe Calder The Spanish Christmas lottery is held on the morning of 22 December. According to Wikipedia, that is