BOISE, Idaho (AP) — With more than 300 pounds of chorizo sitting in her freezer and 5,000 portions of Basque-style paella prepared in advance, Tara McElhose-Eiguren says she’s finally running out of ...
Idaho is home to one of the largest populations of Basques outside of Spain. Numbers around 30,000 in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon are thrown around as estimates. They have been here about as ...
There is no question that the Basque have left an indelible mark on Kern County as well as parts of the American West. That influence can be seen in food, agriculture and culture as well as actual ...
New Orleans is famous for its French and Spanish influences, but one less-publicized community has quietly shaped the city’s culture as well: the Basques. One Times-Picayune reader, intrigued by tales ...
One of the many jewels of the University of Nevada, Reno is its Center for Basque Studies, one of the world’s largest collections of Basque-related materials, over 55,000 volumes, itself a reflection ...
Altuna’s Basque-language epic traces Karmele’s life from 1937 exile to return from Venezuela, weaving love, music and resistance. “Karmele” is positioned as one of the year’s most ambitious Basque ...
ROCK SPRINGS - Where there were sheep, there were Basques. It was true in Wyoming 100 years ago, and remains the same today. Although "Basque Country" consists of a small region between the Pyrenees ...
Bill Fitzhugh maps the blacksmith’s shop’s floor, 2008. The Smithsonian research vessel PItsuilak rides at anchor in the bay. Fitzhugh and his team live aboard the boat, which takes its name from the ...