Whenever lists of the world's great cuisines are published, there's always one country which is at or near the top, Spain.

Yet Spanish cuisine is mostly a collection of regional cuisines from around the country, which all fall under the umbrella of Spanish.

Learn more about Spanish food, its history, and where it comes from on this episode of

everything everywhere daily. This episode is sponsored by the Tourist Office of Spain.

There are a lot of great places to eat in Spain.

In fact, Spain has 11 three-star Michelin restaurants,

which is the fourth most of any country in the world and they also have seven of the top 50

restaurants in the world.

There is Azrak in San Sebastian, Lassarta in Barcelona, and the restaurant voted the best

in the world, Alceller de Canroka in Jorona.

We also can't forget the world's oldest continually operating restaurant and Ernest Hemingway's favorite.

So Brino de Botan in Madrid, where you can actually sit at Ernest Hemingway's table.

You can start researching your culinary trip to Spain today by visiting Spain. info where you can get everything

you need to know to plan your Spanish foodie adventure.

We might as well start this episode with the most well-known part of Spanish cuisine,

Tappas. Technically speaking, Tappas really isn't a cuisine, so much as it's just a style of eating.

You can serve anything Tappas style, including food which isn't even Spanish.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with

Tappas it's basically small appetizer-sized plates with small portions. It was

traditionally served for free at bars to encourage people to drink more, but nowadays

you'll find pubs and

restaurants which focus exclusively on Tappas. The original Tappas were

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