Tag Archives: Cooking

Paella Paradise

And now, ladies and gents, the moment you’ve all been waiting for – here’s the paella valenciana recipe I learned at The Workshop. Let’s get right down to it. Ingredients: Ferraura (aka choqueta) Garrofón Roget (The three abovementioned ingredients are all types of beans. Ferraura is a big, flat, green bean type. From the pods […]

Paella Valenciana: Origins

Now that I’ve introduced you to The Workshop and shared a couple recipes from the classes I took there, it’s time for background information on the big one – on the dish that understandably draws people to The Workshop in the first place. Paella valenciana is the paella. Though many people outside of Spain think […]

Sangria Sorcerers

Let’s be honest with ourselves – for those of us who grew up outside of Spain and didn’t necessarily drink sangria very often, legitimate, Spanish sangria is at the top of the “things to try while in Spain” list. Making sangria is not an overly complex process, it’s mostly a matter of getting the proportions […]

Clochinas Concoctions

I figure it would be a shame to have learned such wonderful recipes from the paella workshop here in Valencia without sharing them! (Follow this link to see my introductory post on The Workshop.) As the title of this post suggests, this time around I’ll be sharing the recipe for the Valencian way to make clochinas […]

Professors of Paella

One of the best things I’ve done since I came to Valencia at the end of August was going to a paella-making class at a local place called The Workshop. Okay, I’ll admit it: I enjoyed the paella class so much, I’ve done it three times now. A love of food may have been part of […]