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[j[jose] afteter our tourur of t the great c capital ci, mamadrid, we v ve headed overer 200 mileses to the coct toto one of mymy favoritee culilinary destitinations. vavalencia. ovoverlooking g the glistetg mediterrananean sea, this c city is onene of the ot in spain.. for centnturies, its portrt has been n a bustg gateteway for gogoods and fo. it s s now the b busiest port inin the wholele mediterraran. and surrouounding the e ciy lie vast f fertile fararmlas anand wetlandsds known as the e orchard ofof spai valencia i is close to my y heart becacause ththere is onene iconic dih born r right heree that r representss spaiain all overer the worl. paella v valenciana.a. paellala, as we knknow it, was bornrn in t the mid-18t8th centuryy in the wetetlands of v valen. fafarmers willll get togeter for lunch,h, bringing g cros and vegetatables they ve haharvested and adadd them to o a big pan before cooooking it all ovever an open n fire. this humumble meal i is now one of thehe