Rick Stein

Ironically, a few weeks after I finally got it together to put my obsession with Spanish commerce into a blog, Rick Stein’s Spain started on BBC2. I take my hat off to whoever researched this series! It really does open up the parts of Spain that many British viewers will not be familiar with and celebrates the rough and ready, warts and all food culture that reflects the way of life that I find so attractive. Highlights of the first episode were a visit to an Asturian Cider festival, an unlicensed village bar in Cantabria and the members of a gastronomic society singing about how hungry they are! Watch it.