Enjoy authentic Spanish tapas and sample some tasty wines at Casa Rickard. We're traveling to Spain to get the inside scoop! Amy is the Director of Augusta Urban Ministries, and she and Ken are friends of UUCA. This is a gathering you won't want to miss!

Tapas were invented in Andalucia. The word means "cover." In Andalusian wine-making regions, a saucer is customarily placed to cover a glass of wine in order to keep the little fruit flies from swarming in. A tidbit of food placed on the dish helped attract clients to the wine bar, so the cook--usually the owner's wife--would out-do herself to make more and better ones. Tapas recipes vary but most often include many variety of olives, dry nuts, as well as many kinds of cold cuts. In the Middle Ages and during periods of economic hardship, those courses were supplemented with bread.