May in Spain FOOD & LIT

Spain 🇪🇸

My FOOD & LITERATURE country for May. I have studied Spain in school extensively during my four years of language and history Spanish classes. That being said, I decided to get guides, an art book, a cookbook and a memoir. 

I love memoirs.

📕ONLY IN SPAIN~
A Foot-Stomping, Firecracker of a Memoir about Food, Flamenco, and Falling in Love
By NELLIE BENNETT
Why don’t you…run away and start over?
Ten-hour shifts in a high-end department store and catering to snooty customers…Nellie Bennett’s life wasn’t supposed to turn out this way. But maybe all she needs to do is infuse a little passion into her routine―through flamenco dance lessons, for instance.
What Nellie doesn’t realize is that flamenco is not just a dance―it’s a way of life that seems much more enticing than her depressing retail gig. So she packs her suede dance shoes and leaves everything she knows behind, flying halfway around the world to seek the authentic experience in Seville, where the dark-eyed boys and mouth-watering tapas are enough to make Nellie want to stay in Spain forever. And why shouldn’t she?
Only in Spain is a foot-stomping, full-on firecracker of a memoir―crackling with energy, food, dance, passion, and love―that will capture your heart with the first “Olé!”

🇪🇸Spain, a country on Europe’s Iberian Peninsula, includes 17 autonomous regions with diverse geography and cultures. Capital city Madrid is home to the Royal Palace and Prado museum, housing works by European masters. Segovia has a medieval castle (the Alcázar) and an intact Roman aqueduct. Catalonia’s capital, Barcelona, is defined by Antoni Gaudí’s whimsical modernist landmarks like the Sagrada Família church.
🗺️Spain is famous for its culture, delicious food like paella and tapas, and iconic landmarks such as the Sagrada Familia and Alhambra. It is also known for flamenco dancing, bullfighting, and beautiful beaches.
☕️The most popular Spanish coffee drink is the café con leche, made with half espresso and half milk. Other common options are café solo (black coffee; a straight shot of espresso with no milk) as well as café cortado (espresso with just a splash of milk)