Archive for the ‘Basque country’ Category

Should you ever find yourself marauding around the pintxos bars in the Parte Vieja in San Sebastian at one o´clock in the afternoon or eight o´clock in the evening, you might wonder why there are people spilling out of the door of Bar Nestor on Calle Pescaderia. It may look pretty similar to many of [...]

Twisting and shaking is the last think I thought I’d be doing when I came to San Sebastian. “It’s all in the wrist action,” said Luis Irizar, one of the most renowned chefs in Spain, who was doing his best to teach us the rudiments of Basque cuisine. At his school overlooking the harbour, he [...]