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The Table, The Glass & The Land

16 October 2026

The room, the plate, what is poured and the makers behind it

01

The vegetable garden, a 21st-century luxury?

Ignacio "Coco" Montes arranges slivers of fuchsia beetroot, zucchini, half-naked snow peas, and flowers on a plate, all under the shade of a tree. He has just picked them from the vegetable garden surrounding this makeshift outdoor kitchen. He lists them as if it were necessary and presents them raw and unseasoned. "Pure, unadulterated nature," he tells me. At the Ana María estate of the Marbella

The Table, The Glass & The Land · Spain
02

A woman from Salamanca in the Ribera del Duero region

Of the nearly three hundred Spanish restaurants awarded Michelin stars, only about twenty have a kitchen helmed by a woman. One of the latest to join this meager list is Sara Ferreres from Salamanca, chef of Taller Arzuaga at Bodegas Arzuaga, in the Valladolid town of Quintanilla de Onésimo, in the heart of the Ribera del Duero wine region. Although, to be fair, this statistic is somewhat misleadi

The Table, The Glass & The Land · Spain
03

How a Once-Secret Japanese Technique Is Shaping New York Seafood Menus

If you’ve had seafood at a New York restaurant lately, chances are you’ve eaten something influenced by ike jime, even if you didn’t know it.

The Table, The Glass & The Land · United States
04

Feel like you're in a Colombian house in Quimbaya

Edwin Rodríguez and his wife and business partner, Maryluz Cabeza, overcame numerous difficulties to achieve their dream of bringing the essence of Colombian cuisine to Madrid with Quimbaya, which has held a Michelin star and a Repsol Sun since 2022. The bare white walls with which they opened their doors in January 2020 were not an aesthetic choice, but an economic one: “We ran out of money; ther

The Table, The Glass & The Land · Spain
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