Made in Spain

From his home region of Asturias in northern Spain, José showcases its great cheeses and takes to the seas off Asturias to fish for barnacles.

José explores the food of Galicia, where pilgrims have traveled for centuries, including chicken empanada, octopus and flambéed punch.

José stuffs piquillo peppers with cheese, prepares a cheese and white asparagus salad and ends in Pamplona, where the young men run with the bulls.

José prepares a classic tuna salad before joining the tuna catch off the southern coast of Spain, and explains the great sherry culture of Andalucía.

José turns Spain’s cava into a light dressing for oysters and a refreshing mimosa cocktail and goes mushroom hunting in the Catalan mountains.

José cooks a cold soup of Basque cheese and introduces us to the great red and white wines of the Basque Country.

José prepares a Manchego cheese, tomato, thyme and walnut salad, witnesses the wonder of saffron and eats a delicious marzipan dessert.

José prepares scallops in their shells with Albariño white wine and watches as a legendary Spanish potato tortilla is cooked in Galicia.

At home in Asturias, José prepares an apple and cheese salad with his mother’s favorite blue cheese, Cabrales, and shows us the region’s hard cider.

José cooks a quick tapa of fried eggs and Spanish chorizo sausage before showing us the artistic and food culture of the Spanish capital of Madrid.

José prepares marinated olives and toast with cheese and anchovy and introduces us to two famous Catalans: artist Salvador Dali and chef Ferran Adrià.

No Spanish wine is more famous than Rioja, and José starts with a quick tapa of apples in a red wine syrup.