Taste of Mexico: Veracruz
For our next installment of “Taste of Mexico,” Chef Gabbi takes you to one of the country’s coastal gems. The state of Veracruz is a slender strip of land, squeezed…
Tag Archives: Spain
Stay-at-Home Tour of the Wineries of Spain & Portugal: Sherry and Port
Carrying on with my class on ‘Tasting the Wines of Spain and Portugal’, I am going into the third segment, the fortified wines: Sherry, Port and Madeira. In our class […]
At-Home Tour of the Wineries of Spain & Portugal: the Reds
According to the instructor of my wine-tasting class, Spain is the second largest wine producer in the world when it comes to reds, and Portugal is ramping up production of […]
At-Home Tour of the Wineries of Spain & Portugal: Cava and the Whites
In my tasting class at the university we tested 12 bottles of wine from Spain and Portugal. I have added in a few more bottles from the Iberian Peninsula that […]
Spanish tapas at UBC, Class # 1
For our first cooking class in Spanish tapas we prepared paprika-spiced almonds, marinated olives, eggplant dip, a Spanish potato omelette known in Spain as a tortilla, fresh grilled tuna and two-bean salad, cheese and olive empanadas, rich chocolate cake […]
