HALLOWEEN THE SPANISH WAY: MACABRE SNACK TO CONNECT WITH THE DEAD

HALLOWEEN THE SPANISH WAY: MACABRE SNACK TO CONNECT WITH THE DEAD »

30 Oct, 2023
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Huesos de santo or saint’s bones should top the list of the macabre delicacies.for All Saints Day in Spain. Feasting on the bones of the saint smacks of cannibalism, doesn’t it? But at their most classic they’re really just good old sweets, white marzipan tubes simulating bones stuffed with yema for the bone marrow inside. Some enterprising bakeshops display the “bones” appropriately in “reliquaries”. HAPPY HALLOWEEN, EVERYONE!

THE FALLAS DE VALENCIA 50 YEARS AGO: All Fire and Fiery, Like Now !

THE FALLAS DE VALENCIA 50 YEARS AGO: All Fire and Fiery, Like Now ! »

17 Mar, 2014
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A GUIDEPOST reprint, on the occasion of the Fallas that is being celebrated in Valencia these days.