TAPAS MAGAZINE the first gastronomic and lifestyle magazine created by SPAINMEDIA. A magazine that we are cooking over a low heat, easy to digest. We will try to explain how our planet works by establishing our daily relationship with drink and food. We will do this in English, because TAPAS is a global word, and one of the biggest contributions from our gastronomic culture to the world.
ORAL FIXATION
WHAT INSPIRES US
THE TAPAS GRILL
D*NA’s success
THE INSIDE SCOOP • WE PRESENTED THE 2017-2018 GUIDE TO EATING AND DRINKING IN SPAIN—MORE THAN 250 MOUTHWATERING PAGES—SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS AT THE PICALAGARTOS SKY BAR IN MADRID.
ABOUT TO TURN 20 YEARS OLD... • LAUNCHED IN 1999, MARTIN MILLER’S GIN HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE. IN FACT, IN THE LAST DECADE, IT HAS WON MORE GOLD AND PLATINUM MEDALS THAN ANY OTHER GIN... WELL DESERVED FOR BEING EXCEPTIONALLY SMOOTH, FLORAL AND SILKY.
If you like vermouth... it’s thanks to MARTINI! • NEW GENERATIONS HAVE BROUGHT THIS LEGENDARY DRINK BACK IN STYLE.
TIME’S ON THEIR SIDE • FOR MORE THAN 70 YEARS, BODEGAS LUSTAU HAS BEEN MAKING MANZANILLA PAPIRUSA, AN EMBLEMATIC WINE WHOSE AROMAS TAKE YOU RIGHT TO THE COAST OF CÁDIZ.
Asturias, bite by bite • FROM FABADA ASTURIANA TO ‘FRIXUELOS,’ CIDER, AND CANGAS WINE, ASTURIAS IS ALL ABOUT EATING (AND DRINKING) WELL.
GROCERIES
THE BEST DEADLY SIN • BARCELONA’S GULA BAR DESTROYS THE SINFUL STIGMA OF GLUTTONY, WITH ELABORATE AND ORIGINAL TAPAS IN AN EDGY INDUSTRIAL ATMOSPHERE.
Cellar number 12 • THAT WAS WHERE THE MOST UNIQUE WINES FROM BODEGAS LAN WERE STORED, IN A VERY SPECIAL CELLAR THAT D-12 WINE NOW PAYS HOMAGE TO.
FOOD IN THE MUSEUM • THIS MAY, THE VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM IN LONDON, WILL INAUGURATE THE EXHIBITION "FOOD"
WAY UP HIGH • IN THE SKY, OVERLOOKING GRAN VIA, PICALAGARTOS IS READY TO SERVE TAPAS AND COCKTAILS, WITH MADRID ROOFTOPS AS THE BACKDROP.
ONE RESTAURANT PER MONTH • BILBAO’S EUSKALDUNA PALACE HOSTED THE WORLD’S 50 BEST RESTAURANTS GALA. YOU HAVE TO TRY AT LEAST THE TOP TEN BEFORE NEXT JUNE ROLLS AROUND...
HAM, HAM • FEW THINGS ARE MORE SPANISH THAN A PLATE OF GOOD IBERIAN HAM. VALENTINA IBÁÑEZ, BORN IN COLOMBIA, WAS FASCINATED BY THE SPANISH CUSTOM OF TAPAS AND GATHERING AROUND THE TABLE. THIS TASTY TOPIC INSPIRED HER TO CREATE SOME OF THE HAND-ILLUSTRATED DISHWARE FROM HER BRAND PATIALEGRE (PATIALEGRE.COM).
GROCERIES
BREAKFAST WITH MUSIC • ART GARFUNKEL AND HIS SOFT ROCK SUCCEEDED WITHOUT (PAUL) SIMON, THOUGH HIS FOURTH ALBUM 'FATE FOR BREAKFAST' WAS SOMEWHAT DISAPPOINTING. HOWEVER, THE VERSION OF HIS SINGLE “BRIGHT EYES” WAS THE MOST SOLD IN 1979. THE BEST PART WAS THE COVER—FIVE COVERS ACTUALLY, WITH DIFFERENT POSES—FEATURING GARFUNKEL HAVING BREAKFAST.
FALLTIME COMFORT • WHEN SWEATERS START CALLING YOUR NAME AND STEWS START APPEARING ON THE TABLE, SUMMER SEEMS LONG FORGOTTEN.
GET YOUR BREAD READY • OIL-TOURISM IS ON THE RISE AND CATALONIA IS LEADING THE WAY FOR ALL THOSE WHO LOVE SOAKING THEIR BREAD IN LIQUID GOLD, SAVORING THE SPECIFIC FLAVORS OF THE SIX RECOGNIZED AND PROTECTED VARIETIES OF CATALAN EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL. WITH GUIDED TOURS OF HISTORIC GROVES AND MILLS BY OIL PRODUCERS, FARM HOUSES FROM ANOTHER CENTURY, NATURE, AND THE LOCAL CUISINE... IT’S A FOOLPROOF PLAN.
Catalonia’s liquid gold • CATALAN OLIVE OIL: AN AGE-OLD AGRICULTURAL TRADITION AND AN UNBEATABLE PRODUCT. DISCOVER AND APPRECIATE IT THROUGH OIL-TOURISM, AN UNMISSABLE ENCOUNTER WITH CATALAN HISTORY.
COOKING IN BOOTS • Indulging in fried pork chops and then slipping into an impossibly tight dress led Dolly Parton to venture into the kitchen, book in hand.
DOLLY’S RECIPES
50 YEARS OF HISTORY • Two beef patties, three slices of bread, a...
