Spain is so many things: sexy and sophisticated, cool and casual, lively and leisurely, and when it comes to food and drink, at once indulgent and minimalist. The Spanish people savor the right things -- high quality ingredients to be enjoyed amongst friends.
Where else in the world are you given free food when you go out to a bar? Where else does convention tell you it's ok to take a nice, long nap after a eating a large, leisurely lunch?
In Spain, it's all about the attitude. The country is home to some of the world's best restaurants and the origin of one of the world's biggest trends: small plates. Still, Spain is somehow unassuming.
It should not go underrated, however. Remarkably, one country has brought us both churros -- fried dough to dunk in chocolate -- and chorizo -- a spicy pork sausage. It's brought us patatas bravas -- crispy fried potatoes -- and paella -- a rice dish with so many varieties it's surely one of the world's most versatile comfort foods.
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Correction: This post originally said that churros in spain are covered in cinnamon-sugar, when in fact they are not typically covered in anything.