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Change and creativity are Lars Nygaard's two favorite words. Last month the Dane became the CEO of Spanair, Spain's fast-expanding No. 2 airline. Top of his agenda: "Breaking down walls. I want to change the culture in our company," says Nygaard, 39, who was formerly Spanair's CFO. "Where I come from, things are less hierarchical." Nygaard comes from Spanair's parent, the Scandinavian carrier SAS, where he got his start. With his open-plan management and quick response to new ideas, he says, Spanair can thrive in a tough market: "We have a cost structure comparable...
Drive into almost any town in Spain, and you'll see road signs pointing to restaurants and hotels. But if you arrive in Sant Celoni, just north of Barcelona, seeking one of the finest restaurants in the country, you'll be out of luck. The place is tucked away on a narrow street off the main square; most of the townsfolk are familiar with it but may be scant help if your Spanish is so lame that you confuse the words nombre and número...
...obscurity of Can Fabes seems odd since the restaurant is one of only four in Spain to have earned three Michelin stars and routinely draws an international clientele. Also unusual: chef-owner Santi Santamaria will probably come over to your table and say, "Hola." Not many world-famous chefs do that; most aren't even in their kitchens on a daily basis, since they're too busy empire building. But Santamaria, whose restaurant occupies the first floor of his family's ancestral home, takes an Old World pride in his place--while serving up slick modern dishes like calamari with...
...foodie mecca, Spain draws culinary pilgrims the way France did a generation ago. Hit the Basque town of San Sebastián, and you'll be surrounded by restaurants serving inventive, often experimental cuisine: places like Arzak, a three-star Michelin legend, and in the countryside, Etxebarri, where chef Victor Arguinzoniz takes such pride in his grilled meats and fishes that he bakes his own charcoal out of different tree branches every morning in an oxygen-controlled oven. At the Guggenheim in Bilbao, a prodigy named Josean Martínez Alija, 27, is winning accolades for dishes like roasted tomatoes stuffed with...
Dining in Spain isn't always delightful, of course, and visitors who don't venture beyond the hotel and museum districts may wonder what all the fuss is about. Despite our best efforts to find local gems serving traditional Catalan fare, we couldn't shake dishes of gluey paella, watery gazpacho, oversalted cod and lamb scraps advertised as cutlet. In Madrid, where Moroccan food is in vogue, we ordered a salad at a trendy place called Mosaiq and received taco filling. A dollop of wasabi next to a greasy piece of fish was the chef's idea of fusion...