As I was biking through downtown Minneapolis on my way home from work yesterday, I noticed the new exterior at Solera, a tapas restaurant that I have enjoyed many times. I didn’t enjoy the new look. I find the Spanish flag awnings are a bit garish – not to mention nationalistic – compared with the […]
19 comments | Language, Marketing, Solera, Spain, Spanish, Tapas
Some days, everything goes right: the sun is shining, you can ride your bike around town carefree after a winter full of slow ice-patch vigilance, you’ve just eaten a fine lunch and there’s nothing in particular to do that afternoon. You roll into your favorite butcher shop – just to say hello – and suddenly […]
No comments | Blood Sausage, chickpeas, Clancey's, Madrid, Spanish
One of the greatest pleasures the table offers is a leisurely couple of hours spent snacking over wine: embracing the Spanish concept picar – just a nibble here and there. For something so delicious and satisfying, a dinner of tapas is also easy to prepare: we already had a chorizo in the fridge from Olympic Provisions in […]
1 comment | Aioli, Chabrin, Cheese, Chorizo, Garlic, Mediterranean, olives, Olympic Provisions, Patatas Bravas, Portland, Potatoes, Salsa, Spanish, Tapas
Although there are plenty of delicious steaks, pork chops and sausages routinely on offer at Clancey’s Meats & Fish, it’s the more exotic offerings that keep me going back. For example: the time I got my goat. More recently, I was greeted by the sight of fresh – not frozen – rabbits, curled up in their […]
6 comments | Chorizo, Game, Paprika, Parsnips, Rabbit, Rice, Rosemary, Saffron, Seasonal, Spain, Spanish, Valencia