Paella

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We had invited guests for dinner and, having just been to Madrid, Ann suggested making paella. We’d brought back saffron from Madrid; I had the proper bomba rice, and the pan, thanks to research for my last cookbook, From Scratch, which uses the Spanish dish to open a chapter on rice dishes generally.

There’s a lot of hot air blown over what a true paell…