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Today I tasted a zillion types of sheep cheese infused with rosemary, red wine, truffles, oranges, and pears and I'll never be the same. 😭

Thick, gooey, chewy, cheesy, meaty carbonara from a cozy little restaurant in the Trastevere neighborhood of Rome, where the dish originates. Simple, high-quality ingredients prepared skillfully according to tradition.👌🏼I can die happy. (Not pictured: the group of 12 rowdy Italian men who came into the restaurant for a bachelor party, sat directly across from me, and stared at me sitting alone and shoving this pasta in my face. Why does this keep happening to me??????😐)

Sicilian peach gelato don't mind if I do.🍑🍑🍑🍑

Worst @ryanair flight of my life rewarded with 9 hours of comatose in an air conditioned hostel room and the best pizza that exists on this Earth. Mozzarella, ricotta, zucchini, basil, stuffed/fried squash blossoms, and a sprinkle of black pepper. TBH I would've paid 12€ just to eat the crust. This is what dreams are made of. 🇮🇹

Shamelessly touristing: paella de mariscos y conejo (shellfish and rabbit) with a view of the beach in Barceloneta.🥘

Baby's first açaí bowl!!👼🏼 I tend to be skeptical of hyped-up foodie trends but this was a perfectly refreshing breakfast on our third hot and humid day in Barcelona. My family liked @billybrunch so much we went twice in two days. 🙈 They have a bread basket that comes with super delicious apricot jam, a secret recipe of the owner's mother. If there's one thing I missed about the US during this year in Spain, it was the big breakfasts (and my friends and fam, but that's about it tbh😬).

Herbed olives, pork pâté with fig jam, and a couple of the tostas from last night's dinner at La Alcoba Azul! We almost missed this place because it's so small and tucked into one of the little maze-like alleyways in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona. Turned out to be some of the best food we've had this whole trip!😋 Barcelona has been good to us. 🌊💃🏻🍷☀️🌴 (Added bonus: a million pictures from the magic fountain at Montjuic, which we saw after this divine meal. It was a magical evening.)

Hello and happy #worldchocolateday 🍫🍫🍫!!! If you love chocolate, today's the day to learn a bit more about where it comes from, how it's produced, and by whom. Unfortunately, the chocolate industry as it is today is essentially a poverty-making machine. The people producing our chocolate are some of the most economically vulnerable in the world, subject to volatile prices and environmental obstacles that are becoming more and more severe. Many farmers in Ghana and the Ivory Coast only earn about $1 a day producing cacao. To learn more about the true (social and environmental) cost of a bar of chocolate, check out @simransethi's article in @newfoodeconomy. If you'd like to buy chocolate from companies that reliably pay their farmers fairly, check out @foodempowermentproject's chocolate list at http://www.foodispower.org/chocolate-list/ or on their app! Enjoy World Chocolate Day by supporting a company that supports its farmers!!!🌍🌏🌎

Our mid-day snack at Bodegas Castañeda before heading towards the Alhambra! Granada is known as one of the best places to get really great tapas for free with each drink. 🍻 And the more drinks you get, the more food they bring. 😏 We ordered this "tabla" (platter) to sample a bunch of different tapas all at once: cheese fondue with salmon, peas roasted with ham, blue cheese, solomillo, croquetas and more. 13.50€ for a media ración (half ration) and it filled up all four of us!😋

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