Eating out in Jerez is all about grazing on Spanish tapas and grazing on Spanish tapas is what you should do in Southern Spain’s food destination of Jerez de la Frontera. Even when the locals sit down to eat in a restaurant, in contrast to snacking while standing up at the bar, which seems more … Read more
A Flamenco Guitar 101 was high on my list of things to do in Jerez. With experiential travel and in particular learning things being one of the guiding themes of our grand tour, lessons in flamenco guitar in Jerez, the heartbeat of flamenco music and dance in Southern Spain was essential. Sometimes we find it … Read more
Jerez is fondly known as the home of flamenco – Jerez-based flamenco guitarist Sebastian Lapostol calls it “the true heartbeat of flamenco” – and while some aficionados say that flamenco here lacks the sophistication of flamenco in Seville or Madrid, it is exactly this, Jerez’s festive and fun form of flamenco called la buleria that … Read more
Huevos con chorizo or scrambled eggs with chorizo is my favourite breakfast eggs dish ever. Our huevos con chorizo recipe for this edition of Weekend Eggs from Jerez deviates from the classic Mexican huevos revueltos con chorizo that we first fell in love with at Cafe El Popular in Mexico City years ago. For starters, … Read more
It was the first touristy thing we’d done so far this trip, and after ambling the backstreets of Jerez, kicking back in the markets, and throwing back cervezas in bars with locals, it felt odd to be trundling along a path through the verdant grounds of La Real Escuela Andaluza del Arte Ecuestre (the Royal … Read more