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Santerra closure: Madrid loses a Michelin-starred game restaurant
The Madrid restaurant, known for its game cooking and a twice-awarded croqueta, has closed after its operating company entered pre-insolvency proceedings in May, according to Spanish media.
Marmitako recipe: the Basque albacore stew from the boats
Albacore, potatoes and choricero pepper in a single pot: the stew Basque tuna crews cooked at sea, timed so the fish never boils and stays juicy.
Spain restaurant prices rise 4.4% as inflation catches up
Fuel pushed Spain's headline inflation to 4.3%, almost level with menus. Eating out still rises twice as fast as food shopping, and operators say margins are shrinking.
Rioja's earliest harvest exposes a grape price fight
Rioja's 2026 harvest is the earliest on record, but the extra quality isn't reaching grower pay. Farmers say prices still sit below production costs; wineries call this year's terms stable.
Sexto opens its 20-seat tasting menu in Madrid
Chef Juan Suárez de Lezo swaps the kitchen at Quintoelemento for his own address: a 12-course, €150 tasting menu drawing on Córdoba, Peru and Tokyo.
Fricandó recipe, the Catalan veal braise with wild mushrooms
Floured veal slices, an onion sofregit and dried moixernons, braised for under an hour and finished with a pounded picada of almonds, garlic and parsley.
Slow & Low Barcelona trades its Michelin star for tapas
Frank Beltri's one-star restaurant in the Eixample serves its last tasting menu on 17 October. His company keeps Bar Canyí, the tapas bar a minute away that draws thousands of customers a month.
World Cheese Awards close their entry list on 15 September
The 38th edition moves to Córdoba on 12 November, with more than 5,000 cheeses and about 300 judges expected in a single hall in Andalusia.
Olive oil prices sit low as Spain's next crop wobbles
Extra virgin is trading around four euros a kilo at origin while early field data points to a sharp fall in flowering fertility for the 2026/27 harvest.
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