Iberian Peninsula

Madrid and the Southern Meseta
"..and I sensed that he too, could 'pick up the dirt and smell it' at least if it was a good Spanish vineyard dirt."

Faded Majesty of Lisbon's Alfama
It is colored in a smudgy gray, festooned with pinks and canaries and aquas and limes.

Tangier and the Imaginary Maitre'd Fromager
Travels with an Imaginary Fromagier: On day One of Ramadan, we seek out handmade Berber cheese in Tangier.

Ernest and the Barbary Apes of Gibraltar
Travels with an Imaginary Fromagier: Reflect on the monkeys of Gibraltar, culture and cheese.

Mission in the Sun: Andalucia, Spain
Travels with an Imaginary Fromagier: Notes regarding our quest to find the best artisanal cheeses in Southern Spain.

Cheeses of Extremadura, Spain
Travels with an Imaginary Fromagier: Wandering in Spain's most unvisited region.

The Beiras and the Sheep's Cheeses of the Serra Mountains
Travels with an Imaginary Fromagier: "...Many of the shepherd huts are made of stone and thatch. Our goal is the small settlement the boys mentioned..."

Rolling Alentejo
Travels with an Imaginary Fromagier: "...Weather which tops out at over a hundred and ten degrees in the summer season help to keep this third of Portugal thinly populated."

Azeitao Cheese of the Lisbon Coast
Travels with an Imaginary Fromagier: Setubal is a mazelike city, even more gnarled and twisty than Evora. It hugs the coast of the Setubal Peninsula, facing south.