Calçotades: Catalan Culture and Identity

Taste It All at One Fiesta in January

By Thomas DeVere Wolsey

Calcots just before roasting (© TDWolsey)

The Spanish are well-known for their amiable nature and community spirit. In any pueblo in Catalonia, for example, you will find plazas where people gather to chat and check out any cafe where friends meet for comida (roughly, lunch) or a late night gathering for tapas and cervezas…