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

Insights, information and photographs about Spanish gastronomy, wine, culture and customized tours to Spain, where award-winning writer-photographer Gerry Dawes, author of Sunset in a Glass: Adventures of a Food and Wine Road Warrior in Spain, has been traveling for more than 50 years. Content is from articles, books-in-progress and travel notebooks of Gerry Dawes. Reproduction sprohibited without written permission and author credit.

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"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

Gerry Dawes at Marisquería Rafa in Madrid.
Photo by John Sconzo, Docsconz: Musings on Food & Life

Custom-designed Wine, Food, Cultural and Photographic Tours of Spain Organized and Led by Gerry Dawes and Spanish Itinerary Planning

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Elkano Txiki in Getaria (The Basque Country), One of the Greatest TaPinTxikos (TaPinChico) Restaurants in Spain

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The late Pedro Arregi at Restaurante Elkano with his prized wood-grilled rodaballo (turbot). Elkano Txiki is run by Restaurante Elkano in the recuperated space that was where the Pedro Arregi started Elkano decades ago in 1964 as bar with grill on the street to cook some of the catch brought in each day by local fisherman. The chef behind the menu at Elkano Txiki is the supremely talented chef of Elkano, Pablo Vicari.