Tag: breakfast

Roscón de Reyes: The Spanish Christmas Cake for Roman Orgies

Roscón de Reyes: The Spanish Christmas Cake for Roman Orgies

Christmas isn’t complete until I bite into a little plastic Jesus. There’s nothing like that moment when your teeth break against a toy Christ—honestly, it’s as Christmassy as Rudolph and Mariah Carey songs. If you don’t remember biting into a baby Jesus last Christmas, it 

Pan con Tomate: My Recipe for Spain’s Simplest Meal

Pan con Tomate: My Recipe for Spain’s Simplest Meal

The other day I heard a friend use the phrase “as American as apple pie”. I was surprised because he’s Spanish and that seems like a pretty useless phrase to have learned. But it got me thinking: —”What’s the Spanish version?” It can’t be paella or sangria, 

The Best Breakfast in Seville: A Tale of Two Toasts

The Best Breakfast in Seville: A Tale of Two Toasts

This might come as a surprise: Breakfast is not the most important meal of the day. At least not here in Seville, where lunch and dinner reign supreme. In a place where tapas is king and beer is queen, breakfast is more of a lonely