CNN travel | Try the simple, Catalan stew that Eva Longoria describes as an ‘explosion of flavors’

Sometimes, the simplest dishes are the most satisfying.

Suquet, a traditional Catalan seafood stew, is that kind of dish.

Its origins are humble — fishermen on the crystal clear waters of Catalonia’s Costa Brava historically prepared it on their boats with the catch of the day, making for a quick and easy meal to fuel a hard day’s work.

Fishermen still make suquet on their boats today. Over the years, as Spanish cuisine underwent a gastronomic revolution, the dish has also come to embody a tension at the heart of Catalonia’s distinct culture: between el seny, the practical, and la rouxa, the innovative.  –read more–