Saffron is expensive, but there is no substitute! This delicate thread (the stigma of a crocus flower) is produced in various corners of the globe, though the best comes from Spain—La Mancha to be exact! In the tiny town of Consuegra, surrounded by Cervantes-esque windmills on the plains of Castilla ...

On the island of Menorca, ceramic artifacts used in cheese production have been found that date back to the year 3000 B.C. Everyone from the Greeks and Carthaginians to the Moors and Aragonese noted in the annals of their collective histories the importance and quality of cheese from this tiny ...