Gerry Dawes's Spain

(Note: A version of this article, directed at an American professional chef and food aficionado audience, is featured on the new Culinary Institute of America’s Worlds of Flavor Spain-dedicated website www.worldsofflavorSpain.

Food Arts October 2008 Tapas Bars in the United States About the author Gerry Dawes was awarded Spain's prestigious Premio Nacional de Gastronomía (National Gastronomy Award) in 2003. He writes and speaks frequently on Spanish wine and gastronomy and leads gastronomy, wine and cultural tours to Spain. He was a finalist for the 2001 James Beard Foundation's Journalism Award for Best Magazine

Interview with Chef Alex Ureña, Pamplona, New York City Winter 2008 Starchefs.

Con-queso-dores: A Ham & Cheese Journey in the Columbine and Conquistador Villages of Western Spain; the highlands of Castilla y León & The Mountains of Asturias Text & photographs copyright by Gerry Dawes One of the most rewarding trips in Spain for lovers of Spain's great cheeses, hams, historic sites and stunning scenery, is a trip through western Spain. A couple of years ago, I

Decanter Magazine Spain's New Wines: October 2008 Ribiera Sacra, Bierzo, Priorat, Montsant plus a piece on Ribera del Duero

(Double click on each page to enlarge for reading.) About the author Gerry Dawes was awarded Spain's prestigious Premio Nacional de Gastronomía (National Gastronomy Award) in 2003. He writes and speaks frequently on Spanish wine and gastronomy and leads gastronomy, wine and cultural tours to Spain. He was a finalist for the 2001 James Beard Foundation's Journalism Award for Best Magazine

José Andrés has rapidly become one of the top stars Spanish cuisine. Just in the past few years, Andrés, chef-partner and creative force behind THINKfoodGROUP, which owns and operates several several restaurants–most of them Spanish (his Jaleo and Mini-Bar by José Andrés at Café Atlantico) in Washington, D.

When our Guest writer Gerry Dawes was asked by a magazine editor to write about the Top Thirty Spanish Wines, you can rest assured that our 'Wine Taliban ' would not be talking of the powerful and bold Spanish wines with a lot of oak. Here are his picks of the Alternate Top Wines instead . Top Thirty: When my editor at Santé asked me to do a piece on some thirty top Spanish wines, I immediately

Spanish Artisan Cheeses & Spanish Wines That Complement Them Text & Photographs by Gerry Dawes©2008 Spain has become the culinary star of Europe in the past decade, the destination of choice for an ever growing army of chefs, restaurateurs and foodies, who have become increasingly enamored of the country’s top modern restaurants and in the process have the discovered the greatness

R. López de Heredia Slideshow Double click on the slide show, then when the Google album comes up, click on slideshow link to the right and go to a full screen view. During the 1970s when I lived in southern Spain, the northern wine district of Rioja came to represent an oasis to me during the hot, rainless summers of Andalucia, my spiritual home. By early July, the heat settles in over a