Washington, being a company town, feasts on gossip, but I think the Democratic Party, full of happy blather, somehow has brought forth a champion.
But one such small-town feast went disastrously wrong recently, apparently when a vanquished local politician decided to avenge his loss.
At 79, Natividad Manzanares remembers when many Catholic fiestas in Los Ojos included the ritual slaughter of a lamb, and the town would feast on sangrecita, lamb's blood mixed with onions, oregano, lard and chile caribe, the crunchy, toasty local chili powder.
Work up an appetite with a walk along the palm-studded Playa de la Concha or through the old town, before feasting on pintxos – Basque tapas – in Bar Txepetxa (C/Pescadería 5), known for award-winning anchovies, or Bar Bergara (C/Artetze Jeneralaren Kalea 8), where the pintxos are like mini works of art.
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Empress Helena is celebrated in Orthodox Christianity for having found the true cross and every September the town holds a feast in her honour, with parades of the Lalibela Cross – a sacred 12th-century relic.
A month before our visit, however, energy began returning to the centuries-old center of town, with the feast crowning the Carnaval Prince and a series of children's events and pub parties.
Our tour group was back in town soon to feast on a great dinner while we fought for our freedom.
Few go to town on Christmas Eve feasts like the Italians.
Four years ago they were noticed, hanging out off this tiny Icelandic town in winter, feasting on herring.
