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As my Mallorcan mother-in-law, Teresa, tells me, "People who travel to Mallorca think we eat dishes from other Spanish provinces — like Valencian paella or Asturian fabada. Even Spanish people think we eat just tree fruits and tomatoes," she says with a laugh.

Later, she ladled out fabada bean salad sprinkled with homegrown rosemary and chili oil.

Just because it's Valentine's Day shouldn't stop Asturians from enjoying their traditional hearty beans-and-sausages stew, Fabada.

The fabada, that most typical of Asturian dishes, is exemplary here — the big white beans tender and vibrating with flavor from chorizo and blood sausage.