Archive of month: September 2011

My trip to Barcelona was quite unplanned, and with 4 days on hand I decided I’d just walk around with a map trying to cover the major tourist-y places and let my nose lead me to my food. In the four days I was there, I fell in love with Barcelona. Madly in love with […]

View the slideshow One of the best (and the most delicious, of course) ways to observe cultures is to see how the locals eat, how they buy their produce, how they chit chat with sellers and each other about what’s in season and what they’re planning to cook for lunch. Here are some moments I […]

View the slideshow While I was creating a list of places to visit in Barcelona for my trip a few weeks ago, the first name I added was ‘La Boqueria’. Just so I didn’t forget, I highlighted it three more times. Arguably Europe’s best food market, La Boqueria (bo-care-ia) has been operative since the 13th century, and […]