*For an extra-fine texture use a 51-cm (20-inch) paella pan. Preheat the barbecue or grill. Lightly toast all the spices and flavorings in a dry frying pan or skillet over medium-high heat until ...

The key to a great paella lies in the rice, both the raw ingredient and how you handle it during the cooking. Spaniards use Bomba rice in their paella. These short-grain rice varieties grown near the ...

Just south of Valencia, on the Mediterranean coast of Spain, lies the Albufera, a freshwater lake separated from the sea by a spit of land. More than a thousand years ago, the Moors introduced the ...

Tender shrimp and mussels sit atop al dente rice that's perfectly flavored with seafood broth, aromatics, and spices in this ...

“It’s a controversial question,” says Jesus “Lolo” Manso, a Spanish ex-pat who owns Socarrat, a highly-acclaimed New York City paella bar named after the crust of rice that forms on the bottom of the ...

*For an extra fine texture, use at 41-cm (16-inch) paella pan suitable for us on the stove and in the oven. Heat the olive oil in a pan over low heat, add the garlic and ñora pepper and sauté for a ...

PROCLAIMING A DISH “the king” is begging for contradictio — or combat. But generations of Spanish gastronomes have revered paella as the king of all rice dishes, and with little quarrel. Anyone who ...

The menu fixed to the restaurant wall in front of me proudly offers 176 rice dishes. The first question that springs to mind is: “How?” Followed rapidly by: “Why?” How can you possibly prepare that ...

When it comes to dining in Spain’s Valencia region, there is one humble ingredient that has pride of place. Rice is at the center of the area’s cuisine and appears in many of its recipes, even earning ...