• Fermento: growing steadily, one loaf at a time
    Carlos Pérez, the founder of Fermento. (. SALVADOR SALAS)

    Food and drink

    Fermento: growing steadily, one loaf at a time

    Carlos Pérez's Malaga-province-based bakery is set to continue its expansion across Spain and is opening its first shop in Ronda

    Marina Martínez |
  • Home distilling
    (SUR)

    Food and drink

    Home distilling

    "Looked at coolly, there appears to be zero logic in a justice system that turns a blind eye to home brewing or making fruit liquors in our kitchens but considers distilled 'alcohol' a devil's brew," comments columnist Andrew J. Linn

    Andrew J. Linn |
  • A visit to Valencia, home of paella, where locals skip the seafood
    Last year's World Paella Day in Valencia. (Irene Marsilla)

    Cuisine

    A visit to Valencia, home of paella, where locals skip the seafood

    Paella is renowned as Spain's national dish, at home and abroad. But in Valencia, people shake their heads in wonder when you order one for dinner. We headed to the home town of this beloved dish to figure out why, and what we should be eating instead

    Wolfgang Stelljes, DPA |
  • Food and Drink opinion

    Prohibition

    Columnist Andrew J. Linn looks at how moderate regulation of alcohol comsumption might work better than outright bans

    Andrew J. Linn |
  • Healthy eating? 69per cent of fruit consumed in Spain contains pesticides
    Fruit is the food with the highest presence of chemicals. (EFE)

    Food and drink

    Healthy eating? 69% of fruit consumed in Spain contains pesticides

    Moreover, 46 per cent of all food consumed in Spain contains pesticide residues, according to official data from the Spanish agency for food safety and more (Aesan)

    M. Gallardo |