Food & Drink news & information for Spain

Every year, to celebrate Epiphany, people in Spain consume somewhere in the region of 30 million Roscones de Reyes - traditional brioche-style, ring-shaped cakes often baked with a citrus peel and/or orange blossom...

2022 will see six new restaurants in the Comunitat Valenciana boasting a Michelin star, whilst four of the region's restaurants are set to lose the coveted gourmet distinction. The region's overall number of...

WORLD Cup national team goalkeeper Iker Casillas' ex-wife is the voice behind McDonald's 'Happy Meal Readers' audio-book collection for children.

NOT all top-rated wines will set you back a week's salary if you buy them on home turf – and, in fact, six of Spain's best are on sale in mainstream supermarkets for between €2 and €9.

SPAIN'S highest-up restaurant has just opened in Madrid, offering panoramic views of the capital and traditional Basque dishes but with a haute cuisine flair.

THE most international household name in Spanish cuisine, paella has now been awarded 'intangible heritage' status nationwide.

THE BIRTHPLACE of one of Spain's most popular Christmas confectioneries is applying to the United Nations for global recognition – for November 7 to become 'World Turrón Day'.

WELL-TRAVELLED people who have experienced an international range of bars and restaurants will no doubt have discovered that different countries have very disparate approaches to what they charge for, how much they...

HOME-PRODUCED foodstuffs from Spain appear to be on a roll just lately – hot on the heels of a Spanish olive oil being named number one on earth, the country can now take credit for churning out the planet's top...

A SPANISH-MADE extra-virgin has been named the world's best olive oil in the most recent annual guide to the 100 highest-ranked by international experts.

PERHAPS there's no honour that quite lives up to winning a Nobel Prize, but a small number of them come very close – and Spain's national version, the Princess of Asturias Award, is among these. Earning a...

EVEN though many of us think of ourselves as 'express shoppers' who nip into and out of supermarkets in a flash, grabbing what's on our list and getting out as fast as we can, recent research has shown we...