When it comes to Spain, the average American mind conjures up a series of cultural images: old churches and cobblestone streets. A cup of gazpacho and a pitcher of sangría. Maybe even a bullfight or two, and a good shoe sale. But a strip mall and a rice plantation house? Tempranillo by the glass and paella with rabbit and snails? And a handlebar mustache? It's pretty doubtful these would be the initial connections to coast in... More >>>