In the United States we call them tapas. In northern Spain they’re better-known as pinchos. Spaniards love the little bites (pronounced PEEN-chos) so much that they set aside a week each spring — actually 10 days this year, April 8-17 — to sample them. Pinchos are taking center stage at some 90 restaurants and bars in … Continue Reading →
Sneaking a cigarette, tasting that first beer or borrowing Mom and Dad’s car for a joy-ride are about as daring as it gets when it comes to rites of passage for American teens. In Pamplona, boys of all ages — and a few girls, too — run with the bulls. From waiters and cab drivers … Continue Reading →
The Camino de Santiago in northwestern Spain has long fascinated me not only as a hiking route but as a spiritual phenomenon. Catholics and others have walked the 500-mile trail for centuries, but I had been at a loss to find an engaging account of this famous route until I picked up “A Sense of … Continue Reading →
