Spanish Food and Cooking

Cata's Rustic Spanish Flavors Are Spot-on

Excellent tapas on Bowery

New Restaurant Reviews: Share the Spreads at El Omda; Red Gravy Lays It on Thick

This week, our professional eaters sought out plates that reminded them of home -- if not theirs, then someone else's. In Astoria, Robert Sietsema enjoyed an Egyptian feast at El Omda, while Tejal Rao sopped up the sauce at Red Gravy in Brooklyn Heights. How did our critics rate their Middle Easte ... More >>

Flan Patissier at Francois Payard Bakery

Flan Patissier (center) is one of three custard-based, flan-borne pastries currently available at Francois Payard Bakery on Houston Street. When former Daniel pastry chef Francois Payard abandoned his long-running bistro and bakery on the Upper East Side and eventually moved down to Greenwich Vill ... More >>

Last Night's Menu At Casa Pomona

Q&A: Jesus Nunez of Barraca on Remaining Open During Hurricane Sandy, Part 2

Jesus Nunez is the chef of Barraca, a newly opened Spanish spot in the West Village that serves up tapas and paella. During the power outage, the restaurant was able to stay open via a generator and refrigerated truck. No food was spoiled, and on the Friday after the storm, the staff turned the co ... More >>

Fresh Churros and Hot Chocolate

Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, the tasty countdown leading up to our "Best of 2012" issue. Tune in each day (weekends too!) for a new dish from the Fork in the Road team.

More Tapas And Wine: Casa Pomona Opening In September

Another Spanish tapas and wine restaurant is coming to town. From restaurateur Sid Gupta (Pappardella, Village Pourhouse, Hudson Terrace, Little Town) and Marion Maur (who most recently ran her own restaurant Marion's Country Kitchen for five years in Woodstock), Casa Pomona will be debuting on the ... More >>

El Mio Cid: The Sardines of Bushwick

It's cheap and copious tapas on Starr Street

Recipe: Beet Gazpacho from Mymoon Restaurant

[See More Recipes: Sweet Tea Done Right | Halloumi Cheese | Wonton Soup] Check out this delicious beet gazpacho recipe from Mymoon. Based in Brooklyn, Mymoom is a Spanish tapas joint with a Mediterranean vibe. Their beet gazpacho with shrimp goes for $12 at the restaurant.

Mercado on Kent: From Bilbao to Billyburg

A giant tapas bar tries it one more time

Frankies 17 Is Transforming into a Tapas Bar

Tapas mania is taking over New York City. It has even infected Frank Falcinelli and Frank Castronovo of Frankies Spuntino restaurants, who are turning their Italian-themed Frankies 17 restaurant on the Lower East Side into a Basque tapas bar, according to the New York Times.

Chorizo Burger at Mercado on Kent

In the dim light of the tapas bar, the darkling burger carries the promise of extra goodness. We're used to burgers being made of ground beef, or other ground meat. And it's usually raw, unprocessed meat we're talking about, even if the cuts are exotic (such as Shake Shack's brisket and short rib, ... More >>

La Churreria: A New Spot on Mulberry That's Good for Churros But Even Better for Sandwiches

Jesús Manso has opened a narrow storefront next to his Mulberry Street branch of Socarrat Paella Bar called La Churreria (284 Mulberry Street, 212-219-0400), which, as the name implies, sells churros -- the long sticks of fried dough often served with small cups of hot chocolate for dipping. ... More >>

Fork in the Road's Favorite Tapas in New York City

Joe Snack/Flickr​ It's time for Tuesday Toasts, our weekly feature highlighting the Fork in the Road team's favorite versions of popular dishes and favorite spots in the city for a given activity. They might not be the best or the coolest or the newest, but instead represent the things and pla ... More >>

Tertulia: Erin Go Tapas

Seamus Mullen opens a new Spanish joint in Greenwich Village

Eating Barnacles at Tertulia

​The goose barnacle, shown about twice normal size We've all had the usual tapas - slices of Serrano ham, toasts brushed with fresh tomato, potato tortillas, and pale white pickled anchovies - but one of the advantages of going to a fashion forward tapas bar is stumbling on actual Spanish p ... More >>

Where Am I Eating? Here's a Clue

​Some good guesses in so far this week, but none hits the nail on the head. So to help you on your way to a free cookbook, here's a little clue.

Make Guillaume Thivet's Salt Cod Fritters with Caper Aioli, from Cadaqués

Michael TulipanCadaqués's Croquetas de Bacalao​If you've been meaning to check out the new Williamsburg tapas bar, Cadaqués (188 Grand Street, Brooklyn, 718-218-7776), now's the time. The restaurant will be donating 30 percent of all sales during its monthly paella night tomorrow, March 29, ... More >>

Caliu Thinks Small

Small plates, that is. A new West Village tapas bar.

Socarrat Will Open in Nolita Soon

eats.com​ Socarrat, home of paella goodness and crispy rice bits, is expanding to Nolita and we've got a glimpse of what's to come.

The Underground Churros Scene

Victoria BekiempisA token from the subway​ The stale trail mix, dusty soda cans, and pre-Cold War candy bars sold at news stands--alongside nudie mags and Kardashian-loaded celebrity rags--pretty much make up the subway's food scene. But deep inside the 59th and Lexington station, where the ... More >>

Graffit's Jesús Nuñez Talks NYC Spanish Restaurants and Making Cauliflower Into an Egg

Westside IndependentJesús Nuñez ​Jesús Nuñez is known for his Madrid restaurants, Polenta and Flou, where he offered avant garde, imaginative dishes like a deconstructed Spanish tortilla in seven textures. A former graffiti artist, Nuñez often conceives dishes visually first before decidi ... More >>

Make Seamus Mullen's Marinated Cheese From The Book of Tapas

Manchego, marinated.​ For some reason, the idea of tapas can be daunting. It probably has something to do with the fact that, to make a meal out of them, you have to make so many different things. But with recipes as easy as Seamus Mullen's marinated cheese, throwing a tapas party could become ... More >>

Alex Raij of Txikito and El Quinto Pino Talks Tapas, Cookbooks, and the Possibility of Further Expansion

Make Alex Raij's tapas from The Book of Tapas.​Alexandra Raij opened a tiny tapas bar called Tia Pol back in 2004 with partners Mani Dawes and Heather Belz. In 2007, the team, joined by Raij's husband, Eder Montero, debuted the even smaller El Quinto Pino. Raij and Montero eventually split to ... More >>

Lizarran: Chain Tapas from Spain Arrives in Soho

Anil Mhatre​In 1988, the first Lizarran opened in Sitges, Catalonia, a small seaside city about 21 miles south of Barcelona. Now the pintxos (Basque canapes) and tapas restaurant has franchises all over Spain, and in seven other countries, including China, Russia, France, Portugal, and the Uni ... More >>

El Quinto Pino: Sand Eels for Your Tongue

A great Chelsea tapas spot gets even better

Make George Mendes' Arroz de Pato

arroz​In weather such as this, there are few cravings as strong as those for carbs and meat. The Arroz de Pato (duck rice) is the most popular dish at Aldea, the restaurant George Mendes opened last summer as an ode to Iberian cooking. Preparing the dish is no quick task, but the results are w ... More >>

Lunchtime Munch Time at Torrisi Italian Specialties and Despaña

Big heros and little tapas for your nooner

Make Rosa Mexicano's Super Bowl Sunday Mexico City Hot Dog (Perro Caliente Mexicano)

Forget football. Super Bowl Sunday is all about the food.​ Super Bowl Sunday is all about gut-bombing grub, American beer, and exorbitant advertising spots. (Oh yeah, there's also a football game involved.) Rosa Mexicano's culinary director Chef David Suarez has come up with a special dish for ... More >>

Despana's New Cafe: An Early Look

Blood sausage: Not exactly pretty, but very delicious​Construction on Despana's new wine shop is underway, and the newly expanded cafe is up and running, serving an appealing variety of warm tapas and pintxos ( Basque-style canapes), along with salads and sandwiches. The offerings are pan-Sp ... More >>

Former Around the Clock Will Become a Tapas Bar on December 15

​Around the Clock may not have been a culinary lodestar, but it did live up to its name, serving diner food 24 hours a day. As of next Tuesday, December 15, it will enter a different time zone altogether, as a European-style tapas bar. The restaurant is the latest project from the owner of P ... More >>

Staten Island's Taza Churros Is a Storefront Shrine to Latin Donuts

​ Being passed over for a job can lead a man to make drastic decisions. For Martin Olsen, the result was Taza Churros, a bathroom-sized Latin donuts shop he owns with his younger brother Miguel Llinas in the Port Richmond section of Staten Island. A low-income housing counselor by day, Olsen ... More >>

Despana to Expand-a: Cafe & Wine Shop Planned

​Following in the footsteps of nearby DiPalo's, gourmet Spanish foods market Despana is gearing up to expand with the addition of three communal tables, where tapas and breakfast will be served and, eventually, a wine shop next door. "Calypso moved out so we leased a part of that space for ta ... More >>

Fork in the Road on the Road: Bounteous Eats in Barcelona

One of many stalls in La Boqueria Market where you can get cured pig of all kinds. The smell alone is enough to knock you over. ​ I was recently in Barcelona, a city with a hugely thriving restaurant culture. At all times of day, people flock to cafes, bars, and restaurants to eat pastries an ... More >>

What's Happening This Week: Make Spanish Tapas and Taste Jewish Appetizers

As many of you know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Tapas Essentials International Culinary Center August 25 & 27, 5:30-10:30 p.m. Small plates are so ubiquitous these days that it's easy to forget this dining tr ... More >>

Fork in the Road at La Fonda del Sol

This week, I review La Fonda del Sol, the new incarnation of the legendary 60s pan-Latin restaurant now open in the midtown Met Life building. Josh DeChellis is in the kitchen, and the new version of the restaurant serves Spanish food: mains and tapas in the dining room, solely tapas in the large b ... More >>

Snackshots: Tapas at the International Culinary Center

Earlier this month, I ventured to the International Culinary Center for a two-night "Tapas Essentials" class, where Chef Sixto Alonso taught about ten of us to make nearly a dozen little dishes. Later today, I'll share the recipe for one of my favorites, but first, some pictures to whet the appetite ... More >>

Alexandra Raij's Tapas Spot Txikito

Trouble sharing? Basque in glory on Ninth Avenue.

Allioli, Allioli Everywhere at Macondo

Latin street food gets dressed up for the LES

Ellis Bar Open

Fork in the Road Reviews Islero (Plus Bonus Recipe)

Islero, the New Tapas Spot in Turtle Bay, Needs To Find its Footing

Despite its earnestness (and talented chef)

Frenching Sheep

Out of stir and into the kitchen for talented chef

Seize the Egg

Adventures in eating at new Lamb joint on East 5th Street

Supersize Me

Dinosaur specializing in small morsels totters onto Park Avenue

Eight Arms to Hold You

Graze Like the Spaniards Do

No Paella

Foot Stompin' Fiesta