Category Archives: FOOD NEWS

The Scoop covers the food culture including restaurants in Barcelona, restaurants in Madrid and Granada. Seville is famous for their tapas which are among the best among Spain tapas.

Behind The Shop: Barlife In Granada

You know when you've reached Bar La Trastienda because it says “Bar La Trastienda” over the door, but everything else is telling you to turn around. It's quiet and you're facing an antique and slender double door of plain sheet metal. The upper section of each half is a paned glass panel, covered with net curtains which fail to obscure the interior scene

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By admin | Published: February 2, 2012

Also posted in GRANADA, GUEST POSTS | Tagged Alhambra, bars, GRANADA, guest writer, robin graham, tapas |

Why we are all about TAPAS!

Nancy and I have traveled all over Spain doing 'research' on tapas. We have gained a few pounds and some seriously good scoop on some fabulous tapas joints from Madrid to Sevilla. For the next few weeks beginning Thursday, we'll be posting our top tapas round-ups. From patatas bravas to pinxos, we have savored it...

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By admin | Published: January 21, 2012

Also posted in BARCELONA BUZZ | Tagged barcelona, jai-ca, patxoca, pinxos, tapas, tapas con arte |

Top Mental Institution For 2011: Reina Sophia Museum In Madrid

Is it a prison? Is it a shopping mall in Chicago? As I walked along side of the Reina Sophia Museum in Madrid, bars striped the windows. Turning the corner to the stark front facade, I was fortunately greeted by a Miro sculpture diluting yet more bars on more windows.

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By admin | Published: January 8, 2012

Also posted in MADRID | Tagged art, DALI, gonzalez, gris, guernica, MIRO, paintings, picasso, reina sophia museum in madrid, sculpture, serra, The Blogdog, the spain scoop |

Weirdest Fruit of 2011 – Smugglers Slip On Bananas

By Nancy Todd Comments by: The Blog Dog The Scoopettes bring you our favorite posts of 2011. With over 390 posts and counting, The Spain Scoop selected these posts with a Scoopometer rating of 10. You wander into a fruit, veggie store in Spain. It could be your small, friendly vendor, a grocery store, or one [...]

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By admin | Published: January 4, 2012

Also posted in RANDOM SCOOP | Tagged algeciras, bananas, benalmadena, blogdog, cocaine, ecuador, spain |

I’m Waiting – Bar Life in Cadiz

The people either side of me are grinning. The barman is laughing. I had already been waiting here for some time, hemmed in on all sides by the tell-tale, claustrophobic crush of any Spanish bar that has earned its stripes with a local clientele

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By admin | Published: January 2, 2012

Also posted in GUEST POSTS, RANDOM SCOOP | Tagged bars, cadiz, robin graham |

Sopa de Galets – Barcelona Food For Christmas

Pig's ears? Pig's tails? I never thought those would touch my mouth, but when you move to a foreign country, you do things you never thought you would do. These are some of the ingredients found in Sopa de Galeta, Soup of Shells, Barcelona food commonly eaten in Catalonia on December 25th

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By admin | Published: December 26, 2011

Also posted in BARCELONA BUZZ | Tagged barcelona food, blogdog, food, galet, pegs tails., pigs ears, recipe, sopa de galeta, soup |

Photo Scoop: Winter Wonderland? Solsona for Skiing, History and R&R

I was pleasantly surprised by Solsona, a cobblestone village on the foothills of the Pyrenees. It's gorgeous, and close by ski station Port del Comte.

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By admin | Published: December 20, 2011

Also posted in BUDGET SPAIN, RANDOM SCOOP | Tagged llosa del Cavall, pyrenees, sant llorenc de morunys, skiing, Solsona, spain |

How To Make My Mother-in-law’s Paella Valenciana – Part 3

Zach is back! Our guest writer from Valencia gives final tips in making Valencians Paella like a pro. Part 1 and Part 2 are on The Spain Scoop.

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By admin | Published: December 19, 2011

Also posted in RANDOM SCOOP | Tagged food news, food traditions, guest writer, paella, traveling in spain, VALENCIA, Zach Frolich |

15 Gifts To Buy On The Spain Euro

You can buy gifts on the Spain euro and be in budget bliss!

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By admin | Published: December 17, 2011

Also posted in BARCELONA BUZZ, BUDGET SPAIN, GRANADA, MADRID, SEVILLE, SHOP SPAIN | Tagged aioli, chocolate, gifts, ham, in spain, matador travel, pottery, Spain euro |

Put on the Sweatpants-time: A Spanish Christmas List from Barcelona, Spain

It's that time of year, when merriment, Jack Frost's bite, and Christmas lighting fill the winding alleyways and grand avenues of Barcelona, Spain. It seems like most of the people I know don't 'Do' the holidays.

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By admin | Published: December 13, 2011

Also posted in BARCELONA BUZZ, SHOP SPAIN | Tagged Barcelona xmas, Caga Tio, christmas in Spain, holiday parties, Kings Day, la navidad, Los Reyes, Roasted Piglet, Xmas |

How To Make My Mother-in-law’s Valencian Paella – Part 2

I’ll take you through the steps on how to prepare it the way my Valencian, and expert paella-maker mother-in-law makes it.

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By admin | Published: December 5, 2011

Also posted in GUEST POSTS | Tagged food news, guest writer, VALENCIA, valencian paella, zach |

Yum! Autumn Street Food – Food Culture In Spain

Walking down the street in Barcelona, a smoky, sweet scent draws me to the street vendors, the casteneros. In many cities including Granada, Madrid, Toledo and Seville, the Autumn food culture in Spain is being celebrated.

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By admin | Published: November 28, 2011

Also posted in BARCELONA BUZZ, GRANADA, MADRID, SEVILLE | Tagged autumn, BARCELONA BUZZ, cansteneros, chestnuts, fall, food culture in spain, GRANADA, in spain, MADRID, negu the blogdog, People in Spain, SEVILLE, sweet potatoes |

Thanksgiving With The Scoopettes-Barcelona Style

A Barcelona Thanksgiving

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By admin | Published: November 24, 2011

Also posted in BARCELONA BUZZ | Tagged barcelona style, holiday, thanksgiving |

Magic Mushrooms – Good With Garlic

You can still get mushrooms all over Catalunya as NOW is the season for the fungus among us.

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By admin | Published: November 23, 2011

Posted in FOOD NEWS | Tagged boqueria, catalunya, MUSHROOM FESTIVAL, mushrooms, spain |

A Small Bodega, Penedes In Spain

Travel the Penedes region right outside Barcelona for small wineries.

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By admin | Published: November 16, 2011

Also posted in BARCELONA BUZZ, SHOP SPAIN | Tagged BARCELONA BUZZ, bodegas, cava, champagne, in spain, Penedes, wine, wineries |

Food For Fall – Spain Images

Old Spain images are found with the vendors that sell hot, roasted chestnuts. Sold in newspaper cones, the smells of roasing chestnuts waft through the streets.

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By admin | Published: November 15, 2011

Also posted in BARCELONA BUZZ, GRANADA, MADRID, SEVILLE | Tagged BARCELONA BUZZ, castanas, chestnut, chestnuts, food, GRANADA, MADRID, Negu, SEVILLE, Spain images, street vendors, sweet potatoes, The Blogdog |

How To Make My Mother-in-law’s Valencian Paella (Part 1)

Finally, mysteries revealed: how to make my Mother-in-law's famous Spanish paella, “Paella Valenciana." Perhaps it comes from being a Texan who lives in the city of Valencia, but I sometimes think the Spanish paella culture is like BBQ culture back home.

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By admin | Published: November 14, 2011

Posted in FOOD NEWS | Tagged city of valencia, cooking, food news, guest writer, LAS FALLAS, Spanish paella, traveling in spain |

10 Differences – Celebrating Thanksgiving In Spain

Yes, we celebrate Thanksgiving in Spain. The reason we have not written about Thanksgiving sooner is because we are celebrating on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

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By admin | Published: November 12, 2011

Also posted in BARCELONA BUZZ, RANDOM SCOOP | Tagged barcelona, food news, pavo, thanksgiving in spain |

Daily Bread – Food Traditions

The Spanish love their food traditions. Dinner starts at ten p.m. Check out the Scoop for the ebb and flow of meals.

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By admin | Published: November 7, 2011

Also posted in BUDGET SPAIN | Tagged breakfast, food tradition, ham, mediterannean diet, menu del dia |

Dance With the Devil?: Witch Festival in Sant Feliu Sasserra, Spain

We got in the car and went north on the Day of the Dead, or Tots Sants here in Catalonia. I wanted to check out the Witch Festival held every year on the 1st of November in Sant Feliu Sasserra, where in the 17th century 23 women died

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By admin | Published: November 6, 2011

Also posted in BUDGET SPAIN, RANDOM SCOOP | Tagged CATALONIA, Sant Feliu Sasserra, spain, Witch Festival |