[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
[josose narratining] asasturias, mymy home. it s whehere i was b born, and where e my love for foodod began. astuturias is spspectacula. there is the drdramatic coaoastline, home to ththe best seaeafod in the wororld: frfreshly caugught spiny l lobs, delicatete fish. ththere is deeeep, green f fa, the gagarden of spspain. here, we g grow our incrededible freshsh crops: cider applples, swsweet spanisish onions,, ththe world-fafamous bean. anand, finallyly, high mouous that takake your brereath aw. [c[cowbells titinkling] dairiry cattle r roam these lushsh pasturess prododucing someme of the wowors most expenensive anand deliciouous cheeses.. asturiasas food reflflects this increredible landndsca, but this a also tells s the stoy of t the people e who live h . hard wororking peoplple, foragersrs, farmrmers, fisherermen. for centururies, they y ve ld off ththe fruits o of the ld and creaeated some amazining local spspecialti. asturianan food is the roooot of who i i a, asas a pe