Originally Posted by Dick Dasterdly (Post 9679245)

By far the best grub I've had in Spain was in small bars run by decendants of families who left Spain for Central America and eventually returned complete with recipes and cooking skills, most especially those of Venezualan origin.

Originally Posted by Domino (Post 9558360)

you come on this forum and suggest food is over-rated :confused::rofl:

i know i picked up a couple of ideas from the series, what I think is more important is how much i was able to learn about Spain.
I'm not so sure about the incredulous tones he used when commenting on the grinding poverty the local workers lived in, and importantly only a few decades ago. So many think of Sun, Sea, Sex, Sangria, Spain. thats the problem it has, so few go inland to see the workings of the engine.
Granada has over 2m visitors every year mainly due to the Alhambra, but.....they only go for the day from the coast, or spend a night or two in a local hotel..
the GDY who told me he had "done the Alhambra" that morning (and not yet noon) and was waiting for the coach to take them to Cadiz for the afternoon is just collecting notches on the bed post. :thumbdown:

I never frequent tourist traps, only places the locals use. some sniff as one or two may not seem so plastic clean as they feel they warrant, but if it don't kill the locals it won't kill me (Ihope)

not sure I will cough for the book but will consider it
rgds