Hi everyone! I was researching whether tea was known in the Emirate of Cordoba, a Medieval Islamic kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula, but found info that both tea and coffee came to Europe through Islamic lands much later. What were people drinking back then, though? I'd be grateful if you pointed out where I could read about it.

The story is set in 2007 in Madrid, but the problem in question concerns some backstory in 2000/2001 ( Read more... )

So I've spent about half of my day today wandering through the internet in search of an answer for this question and have succeeded only in confusing myself further. I need suggestions of traditional Spanish foods that would be served as snack items, or, that a child might pilfer from the kitchen if he got a little hungry. By traditional, I mean ( Read more... )