What is Menú del Día? (EP 25)
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What is Menú del Día? (EP 25)
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Four million people sit down across Spain every weekday for the menú del día. A fixed price, a first course, a second, bread, wine, dessert. The menú del día is such a Spanish institution, it feels like it must have always existed. In this episode, find the fascinating story of how it actually came out of a 1964 government decree written for foreign tourists, under a dictatorship trying to sell "Spain is different" to the rest of Europe. A rule built for visitors ended up shaping the daily lunch of Spanish workers instead. This episode traces that shift, what a menú costs today by region, and the quality pressures facing this beloved weekday meal now.
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