EATING AND DRINKING
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Coffee: Here’s the Carbon Cost of Your Daily Cup—and How to Make It Climate-Friendly
Weight for weight, coffee produced by the least sustainable means generates as much carbon dioxide as cheese and has a carbon footprint only half that of one of the worst offenders—beef. Read more
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Thank Fungi for Cheese, Wine and Beer This Holiday Season
It’s hard to imagine a holiday table without bread, meat, vegetables, wine, beer or a board of French cheeses. Read more
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The carefully tended grapes that go into Corpinnat are all organically grown and hand harvested.
Corpinnat: Setting a New Standard for Sparkling Wine
Corpinnat is a new name among high-quality, sparkling Spanish wines. But these winemakers have gone above and beyond to ensure its success. We visited four wineries in the Penedès region to see what all the fuss about this new rival to cava is about. Read more
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A Brief History of Breakfast
Did you know Thomas Aquinas deemed eating breakfast was a sin? Then In 1662 the Catholic Church revised its position. Why? Chocolate! Read more
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Gavà's Asparagus: Tradition and Taste
This April sees the return of the annual Fira d’Espàrrecs Gavà, a celebration of traditional farming and a humble vegetable with a unique taste. Read more
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Easter Eats
Catalans have long celebrated Easter with the giving of "mones," although their form has metamorphosed over the centuries. Read more
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Father's Day
Father's Day is just around the corner and It's time you give Dad something that he really likes... Read more
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Photo by Mpellegr. (Flickr)
All up in That Grill: Calçots
Creative cuisine and classy restaurants may have put Catalunya on the culinary map, but it’s food of a far more primitive nature that provides the real flavor of the place — and this season. Read more
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Making the traditional ratafia. Photo by Anna Fuster.
Herb Your Enthusiasm
With origins that date back two hundred years, ratafia's mysterious blend of fruit, nuts and herbs is now cemented into Catalan culture. We hear from those who are working hard to keep the tradition alive and brewing. Read more
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Mahón Cheese
Mahón cheese: these box-shaped cheeses, with their distinctive rounded edges, fold-like markings and beautiful deep orange-gold rinds are one of the gastronomic jewels of the Balearic islands, and have long been so. Read more
