Gerry's Dishes: Espinacas con garbanzos, garbanzo stew with spinach, cumin, saffrón, pimentón (Spanish paprika), garlic, bread, Spanish EVOO and Sherry vinegar (after a José Andrés recipe).

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Gerry's Dishes:  Espinacas con garbanzos, garbanzo stew with spinach, cumin, saffrón, pimentón (Spanish paprika), garlic, bread, Spanish EVOO and Sherry vinegar (after a José Andrés recipe). This dish is very commonly encountered in the tapas bars of Sevilla.  I am serving it as one of our side dishes this Thanksgiving.  
Photo by Gerry Dawes©2013 / gerrydawes@aol.com.  Panasonic Lumix DMC ZS30.

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I have planned and led tours for such culinary stars as Chefs Thomas Keller, Mark Miller, Mark Kiffin, Michael Lomonaco and Michael Chiarello and such personalities as baseball great Keith Hernandez and have given detailed travel advice to many other well-known chefs and personalities. For custom-designed tours of Spain, organized and lead by me, and custom-planned itineraries, send inquiries to gerrydawes@aol.com.  

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“The American writer and town crier for all good Spanish things Gerry Dawes . . .the American connoisseur of all things Spanish . . .” Michael Paterniti, The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge and The World’s Greatest Piece of Cheese

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"Gerry Dawes, I can't thank you enough for opening up Spain to me." -- Michael Chiarello on Twitter. Chef Chiarello toured northern Spain with me in October 2011 and was just in Barcelona again in January 2013.  He is preparing to open his new Spanish inspired restaurant, Coqueta, at San Francisco's Pier 5 in April.

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"In his nearly thirty years of wandering the back roads of Spain," Gerry Dawes has built up a much stronger bank of experiences than I had to rely on when I started writing Iberia...His adventures far exceeded mine in both width and depth..." -- James A. Michener, author of Iberia: Spanish Travels and Reflections

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