Tag: vegetarian

So, Ham Isn’t a Vegetable? Your Vegetarian Guide to Seville 2020

So, Ham Isn’t a Vegetable? Your Vegetarian Guide to Seville 2020

I get it: being vegetarian can be hard in Spain. I mean, this is a country that thinks pork is a vegetable. Most salads include ham, a sandwich vegetariano is mostly tuna (don’t ask), and the cookies are full of pork fat. But that doesn’t 

What Are Calçots? A Guide to Catalonia’s Onion Addiction

What Are Calçots? A Guide to Catalonia’s Onion Addiction

It seems crazy that anyone could be addicted to onions. Don’t get me wrong, I love onions. The smell of frying alliums is one of my favourite kitchen scents! But no one loves onions as much as the Catalans. Go to Catalonia in late winter 

You Say Tomato and I Say Tomate: 13 Vegetarian Tapas You Should Be Eating in Spain

You Say Tomato and I Say Tomate: 13 Vegetarian Tapas You Should Be Eating in Spain

I hear it all the time. “It must be impossible to be vegetarian in Spain!”. And sure, this country loves pork more than most people love anything. Locals hang legs of ham from their ceilings like they’re gearing up for a long winter, or like