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Jun 16, 2013

Chocolate, food of the gods A few years ago, a study released by the BBC showed that melting chocolate in the mouth produced an increase in brain activity and heart rate more intense than that of a passionate kiss and four times more durable. They also saw that it reinforced the defenses and compensated chemical imbalances that occur in the central nervous...

Jun 10, 2013

Somontano, in the  province of Huesca in Aragon, is a wine region you may never have heard of. Why? Because anyone who professes to have more than a passing interest in wine should already be aware that there are more than 60 Denominacion de Origen (DOs) in Spain that have their own special rules and regulations – and La Rioja and Ribera del Duero are but...

Jun 9, 2013

Spanish has more native speakers than any language other than Mandarin. Yet its success could not have been foreseen Published in The Economist 1 June 2013 The Iberian peninsula was conquered and settled many times, but only one of those conquests was a long-term linguistic success. The languages of the Celts and the Iberians left little mark on Spain. The...

Jun 4, 2013

Climbing into a cliche in Spain Read any good-life, back-to-basics, season-in-the-sun farm yarn about expats moving to Spain, and you can be fairly sure there will come a moment when the narrator takes to the mountains for a walk that proves to be a state-of-the-heart experience in which engagement with the landscape aspires to a quasi-spiritual...

Jun 2, 2013

Recipes from my Spanish Grandmother by Pepita Aris Review by Lynsey Drake To find a recipe book completely filled with recipe upon recipe that you just need to cook is always a delight, many books I try just one or two recipes, and then it will sit nestled between my many others with a rare outing when I remember it.  Recipes from my Spanish Grandmother by...