I was born and raised in Madrid, but I can’t call myself a real “gata”. To earn that title, tradition says you need to have been born in Madrid, and both your parents and all four grandparents need to be madrileños too. Quite a rare species these days! There are a few theories about where […]

Every September, a seasonal star returns to menus across Mexico City. One dish appears everywhere: at the market, the fonda on the corner, the white-tablecloth place you’ve been meaning to try, and then, six weeks later, it’s gone again until next year. That dish is chiles en nogada, and depending on who you ask in […]

Located in one of the sunniest parts of the French Alps, the small town of Barcelonnette (not to be confused with Barcelona in Spain) is home to almost 3000 souls. Barcelonnette is not only a friendly family ski town known to every ski enthusiast in the South of France (only 3h away from Marseille), it […]