After traveling abroad sitting back home chatting with friends about our exciting holidays, sometimes we’ve found ourselves trying to explain weird anecdotes that we can barely understand involving the interaction with locals.

Often about puzzling feedback or the unexpected opposite reaction to something we believed well-intentioned or thoughtful. To warn you from potentially uncomfortable…

Market Cities: #Barcelona Offers a Hopeful Glimpse of the Future

Project for Public Spaces says Barcelona is “perhaps the best example of a modern Market City”

Ever since freezers and preservatives freed us from the need to shop at food markets on a daily basis, the focus has shifted almost entirely to convenience, resulting in the proliferation of supermarkets and box stores.

In the process, food has been disconnected from the natural cycle of daily life.…

Cooking with #Barcelonia Experts @Catalanfoodwine @Catalan_Cooking

Not sure what to do with the exotic vegetables on show at the market? Want to know the secret of a good escalivada?

Tie your apron on and take a journey through the world of Mediterranean gastronomy with a hands-on cooking workshop. Professional chefs will teach you how to prepare authentic Spanish and Catalan dishes fit to impress your local friends, and many schools also run trips to the market…