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36. Gerry Dawes's Spain: An Insider's Guide to Spanish Food, Wine, Culture and Travel gerrydawesspain.com

"My good friend Gerry Dawes, the unbridled Spanish food and wine enthusiast cum expert whose writing, photography, and countless crisscrossings of the peninsula have done the most to introduce Americans—and especially American food professionals—to my country's culinary life. . .” - - Chef-restaurateur-humanitarian José Andrés, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and Oscar Presenter 2019; Chef-partner of Mercado Little Spain at Hudson Yards, New York 2019

7/08/2025

Pello Arruabarrena, the master parillero (grill master) and a whole rodaballo (turbot) he was grilling on the wood-fired outdoor grills at Restaurante Kaia-Kaipe in Getaria

 
 
 
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With Kaia-Kaipe maestro parillero Pello Arruabarrena at a bar in Getaria in May 2025.
  
 With Kaia-Kaipe maestro parillero Pello Arruabarrena at a bar in Getaria in July 2024.


 With Pello Arruabarrena, the master parillero (grill master) and a whole rodaballo (turbot) he was grilling on the wood-fired outdoor grills at Restaurante Kaia-Kaipe in Getaria, The Basque Country, Spain. Photo by Kay Balun.  The bottom photo is with my book Sunset in a Glass: Adventures of a Food and Wine Road Warrior in Spain Volume II (to be published in autumn of 2025), which has a photo of Pello working his grill at Kaia-Kaipe.