What is Paella?

I love to expose people to new foods that they can’t normally get without travelling great distances. There is a vast amount of cultural experiences that many will never discover. So let’s come to the table and visit Spain. Paella (pah-eh-ya) is one of those traditional dishes that heralds from Valencia, Spain back in the 1800’s. It is a rice dish that is filled with various combinations of seafood, chicken, meat and vegetables…and flavor! Saffron perfumes the dish and gives it a rich gold color. This was a dish of kings in Spain, using some of the best ingredients the Mediterranean coast had to offer.