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Food, food and more food!

Eating isn't the only thing we've been doing in Spain, although it is one of the activities that I'm enjoying the most. Our meals have been events to savor. This weekend was another food extravaganza where we sampled Galician and Valencian dishes in two small towns just outside of Valencia. Our accomplice and menu guide was Luis who we owe more than he knows. Somehow, I don't think we can really repay all he's done for us when he returns to finish his research at UoI. Can a meal at the Philo Tavern really compare with our meal at Mornell in that tiny fishing village? I just don't think so. I won't go into too much detail about the food except to say that everything was delicious as usual. We sampled different kinds of seafood, salads, a tasty garlic-mayonnaise spread, and paella (of course -and it was on Sunday). This weekend's paella included chicken, rabbit and snails (yes, snails). I tried the snails (caracols) which had the consistency of squid and...