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Spain Scores Record For World's Longest Restaurant Table
Perhaps the world's lengthiest dosa has finally found its place at table.
Over the weekend, a dining table measuring 1.258 kilometers, or more than three quarters of a mile, entered the Guinness World Records. The front-page furniture hailed from the Valencian town of El Campello in Spain.
Titanic Tomato Fight Takes Over Valencia, Spain
For many, corn boils and clambakes are the highlights of the season. But others look forward to very different Summer festivities — like the La Tomatina in Valencia, Spain. Yesterday, the town of Buñol, Spain (population: 9,000), held its annual world-famous tomato food fight.
A Taste of Casa Balbino's Classic Spanish Tapas
In the heart of any Spanish city, there's a plaza filled with countless tapas restaurants. The menus hardly vary from place to place — everyone offers their version of classics such as gambas al ajilo, patatas bravas, or tortilla Española. That's why places like Casa Balbino, located in the Southern city of Sanlúcar de Barrameda, are a dime a dozen.
The Seafood Is Fresh and Delicious at Spain's Romerijo
While YumSugar's favorite seaside seafood joint has an amazing view and outdoor fireplaces, my preferred place for fresh and fried fish is a gritty, sometimes chaotic restaurant with wax paper napkins and plastic chairs. Located in the southern Spanish town of Puerto de Santa Maria, the wildly popular Romerijo is part restaurant, part fish market. It may not be elegant, but the incredibly fresh fish and classic Spanish atmosphere make this eatery a place I return to every time I visit Spain.
Spain Introduces the World to Light Wine
While many winemakers are worried about the increasing levels of alcohol in wine, one winery, The Bodega Casa de la Ermita, is actually doing something to stop it. The Spanish winery has just released the world's first ever "light wine." In this case, light means less alcohol — just six and a half percent — and lower alcohol levels means fewer calories.
Gwyneth, Batali, Bittman, and Claudia Hit the Road
A few months ago, I mentioned that Gwyneth Paltrow was heading to Spain with Mario Batali in order to film a show for PBS. Well, for all of you who thought it was too crazy to be true, I have news for you: They've started filming!
That's right, according to the Associated Press, Paltrow and Batali — along with Mark Bittman (aka the New York Times's "Minimalist") and Spanish actress Claudia Bassols — are spending much of the next four months cruising around Spain in a fleet of Mercedes.
Spain Serves Up the World's Largest Salad
This weekend, the Spanish town of Pulpi set a new world record for the world's largest salad. The salad, which was tossed on Saturday, weighed 6,700 kilograms and consisted of lettuce, tomatoes, onions, peppers and olives. Twenty cooks took three hours to toss the salad, which will be distributed to Pulpi restaurants to serve to their clients for free.
Take Two and Call Me In The Morning
As I've mentioned before, we've got a small candy problem here at Sugar HQ. So it should come as no surprise that at least five of my cohorts forwarded this information to me.
In the town of Barcelona, Spain, the coolest candy store has set up shop.
You Say Tomato, I Say Fooood Fight!
Every year, on the last Wednesday in August (which happens to be today), the folks of the Spanish town of Bunol get together for the annual tomato throwing festival. That's right, the town citizens, along with tens of thousands of tourists, get together for a giant tomato food fight called La Tomatina.
For exactly one hour (11am-noon), 117 tons of plum tomatoes were hurled into the air, at folks, into the streets, everywhere.
Happy Hour: Tandem Ars Nova Red Blend
PartySugar mentioned that we were fortunate enough to meet Michael Chiarello last week - she also mentioned that we got to taste the wines from the Napastyle Wine Club. What she didn't mention was that one of the wines really stood out from the rest. I even had to take a picture of the bottle and remind myself to look it up when we got back.
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