Though not actually available until 2008. the Maldonado family firm's 2006 Alba Quercus Reserve Iberian hams are being reserved at the whopping price of $2000 each, making this probably the most expensive ham in the world. Unfortunately the combination of high prices and pigs has brought out the worst in journalists around the world. For example, one headline from the normally unflappable Associated Press jests "Spain Hams It Up With Priciest Porker." And I really think a case could be made that writing thiat bad should be fined, or worse. Read on for the story, and more examples of Horrible Hoggish Headlines (aagh! It's catching!).

Posted by : John Ross on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 12:43 PM 1017 reads

El Bulli, the Michelin 3-star restaurant of famed avant-garde Catalan chef Ferrán Adrià, has been voted into top place in Restaurant magazine's annual list of The World's 50 Best Restaurants. No fewer than six Spanish restaurants, three Catalan and three Basque, are on the list, confirming Spain's position as a new gastronomic superpower. El Bulli frequently heads this kind of ranking, and it is notoriously difficult to get a table there. It is, for example, fully booked for the entire 2006 April to September season, which at least gives customers time to save up: the bill is likely to come to €200 a head. Read on.

Posted by : John Ross on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 02:10 PM 2243 reads