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(2 servings) Costillas -- Pork ribs roasted on OK, we ate a ton of food. But each bite was
rosemary honey. exciting, delicious, even exotic. (What the heck
Magret Pato -- Duck magret with figs candied are “cod shavings”?)
in their own syrup and Giuseppe Giusti balsamic And we crafted our monster meal at Espacio
vinegar Tortilla de habas – Bean omlette. And Eslava to accommodate another tapas tradition:
this list doesn’t include our drinks and dessert. sharing. That’s why we ordered multiple serv-
But before you think we were total pigs, con- ings of a single dish – so all six of us could have
sider this: hile the word “tapas” derives from a one of those exquisite bites. This passing
Spanish verb meaning, “to cover” (remember the
grit-filled Andalusian wind story?), a dish of
tapas does not cover your appetite.
Pulpo asado at Casa Pepe de
One order usually consists of two or three Juderia in Cordoba.
small bites, each to be downed in a single gulp.
Opposite: El Rinconcillo, Seville’s
And remember this, too: Six of us. Small por-
oldest bar.
tions. Birthday week. And. . . .
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