Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhat is Chorizo? (EP 21)
Chorizo shows up everywhere in Spain: sliced on a cutting board, tucked into a bocadillo, cooking down in a pot of lentils, skewered at a bar. It be…
7 hours ago
What is Manchego? (EP 20)
Manchego is Spain's most exported cheese ... and its most copied. Nearly 60 percent of all Spanish DOP cheese sold abroad carries that name, which ma…
1 week ago
What is a Puente? (EP 19)
In Spain, when a public holiday falls on a Thursday or Tuesday, taking the working day in between as leave turns it into a four-day weekend. The coun…
2 weeks ago
What is San Fermín? (EP 18)
Six fighting bulls. 849 meters. Under three minutes. Every morning for nine days straight, Pamplona does this during the fiesta of San Fermín. That…
3 weeks ago
What is a Tapa? (EP 17)
While the word tapas may have gotten loose in the world, from London to Hong Kong, it is distinctly Spanish and distinctly different than what it ha…
4 weeks ago
What is Gazpacho? (EP 16)
Gazpacho looks like the simplest thing in the world. Blended vegetables, tomatoes, olive oil, vinegar. But did you know it spent centuries with no to…
1 month ago
What is the Camino? (EP 15)
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people walk across Spain to reach a single cathedral in the far northwest corner of the country. Some of them a…
1 month, 1 week ago
What is a Churro? (EP 14)
Churros are another one of those foods that reveals everything about Spain's regionality. This episode breaks down what churros actually are, where …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
What is Flamenco? (EP 13)
Flamenco is one of the world's great musical traditions: a singing art so emotionally raw it can feel like possession, a guitar technique unlike any…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
What is Pan Con Tomate? (EP 12)
Pan con tomate literally means "bread with tomato". It is just four ingredients. Bread, tomato, olive oil, salt. (Ok, sometimes a little garlic, too)…
2 months ago