spanish food

Spanish Flavours is on our list of must-own cookbooks for this spring. London-based chef José Pizarro's volume of regional Spanish dishes from tapas and peasant dishes to restaurant-worthy composed dishes is our latest obsession. Next up: a delicious quiche with add-ins you won't find at your local brunch spot.

Humanes is a gritty little industrial town located 30 km south of Madrid. It’s hardly on the tourist route. The guidebooks? Not a chance. But it’s here where chef Mario Sandoval has made a huge name for himself at familial Restaurante Coque. Earlier this year we were able to spend some time with him.

We were recently in Spain, where we hunted for truffles with a dog named Tito and discovered one of the country’s great hidden wine regions, Somontano in the country’s northwest corner. The majority of the wineries there are operated by Gonzalez Byass, one of the country’s leading sherry bodegas, who invested heavily in the region in 2008. One such investment was in a cookbook library at Blecua.