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How Do You Define Tapas?
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How Do You Define Tapas?

Or maybe let's not define it.

Jason Wilson
Jul 12, 2023
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I was happy to see José Andres recently declare “U.S. Tapas Week” in his newsletter. I like thinking about tapas.

Longer Tables with José Andrés
Celebrating tapas in America
My friends, I think the Spanish have given the world many culinary gifts—jamón, paella, burnt Basque cheesecake, Ferran Adrià’s famous liquid olives…but the most important one of all may be tapas, the little bites that make up so many of our meals in Spain. As you may know, the word tapa means…
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2 years ago · 41 likes · 8 comments · José Andrés

Several years ago, Spain’s Royal Academy of Gastronomy announced that the country’s Ministry of Culture would seek protective status for tapas. This protection would come by way of UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List, which aims to sa…

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