February 2005

Features

• Food & Wine Magazine Expands Its Wine Department

  Wine Editor Lettie Teague promoted, new Senior Editor hired

• Glimpse of Andalucía

  Toreros, flamenco dancers, wine-soaked lunches that last for hours—can this possibly be the 21st century? Victoria de la Maza Amory, a Palm Beach food writer who is the daughter of a Spanish count, returns to Andalucía to revisit (and update) a few timeless traditions.

• Cheese Guru

  Artisanal Spanish cheesemakers, forced underground by Franco, are back from near extinction. Writer Nancy Harmon Jenkins visits their champion, Enric Canut, the cheese revolutionary turned ambassador who seeks out top small producers in every corner of Spain and introduces their work to the world. The F&W Test Kitchen creates eight spectacular recipes that celebrate his success.

• Fast Times with Ferran Adrià

  In a new cookbook highlighting supermarket ingredients like rotisserie chicken and potato chips, the world’s most avant-garde chef proves you don’t need liquid nitrogen to create an attention-getting meal.

• Best Tapas from the Best Tapas Bars

  The Spaniards will go from one tapas bar to another, tasting specialties of the house. Here, we've created a virtual tapas tour of the entire country.

• Spain's Top Food Critic Tells All | José Carlos Capel

  José Carlos Capel shares insights with Anya von Bremzen on everything from the dishes that started Spain's food revolution to the next big trends.