Food & Drink news & information for Spain

On a clear day you can see the PyreneesSomontano is a small region in the southern foothills of the Pyrenees and is Aragón’s most recent D.O. zone. Meaning at the foot of the mountain, Somontano owes little in style,...

You may have noticed that amongst the many things the Spanish enjoy doing is eating - especially if it involves something they have either caught, hunted, grown or collected themselves. This is the time of year when...

Eating at least five portions of fresh fruit and vegetables every day is recommended by doctors to help maintain a healthy body, but have you ever wondered just how healthy the food that you are eating really is? Alex...

Nothing could be more relaxing than a delicious home-cooked Mediterranean meal eaten on a sophisticated terrace overlooking the beach, with relaxing music to soothe your mood.

Feeling peckish and looking for a lively night out for one, I decided to head south - to Andalucía’s culinary outpost in Torrevieja. Fantastic food at silly prices and guitar-playing gitanos can all be found in El...

A sausage-making company in Palencia has launched a new product - Morcillas Ecuménicas or Ecumencial Black Sausage - made without blood and aimed at Jehovah's Witnesses who will now be able to enjoy sausages...

A SCHOOL pupil of Muslim origin has put in a complaint about his teacher because he was talking about ham.

A YEAR and a half on from the anti-tobacco law banning lighting up in public places, bars and restaurants are calling for smoking rooms to be allowed on their premises.

SUPERMARKET chain Mercadona has increased its gluten-free product range and now offers more foodstuffs for the wheat-intolerant, or coeliac, than practically any other store.

TEENAGERS under 18 in the northern region of Asturias will no longer be able to buy or consume alcohol from this May thanks to a change in the law which has been on the table for a decade in the only part of Spain where...

A GERMAN court has upheld a Málaga-based vegetable cooperative's claim for compensation after the E.Coli scare was incorrectly linked to Spanish cucumbers.

PROCESSED meat being classified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the same category of cancer-causing substances as cigarettes has caused a stir among manufacturers throughout Europe – and highlighted the fact...