La Tienda in the Press

The Washington Post - February 28, 2007

Developing a Spanish Accent

With La Tienda, Don Harris and family have found a growing market of customers who share their taste in jamon, pimenton and olive oil.
Ellen Ficklen

Don Harris in front of bullfight poster
For Don Harris, the day in 1965 when he stepped off a ship in Valencia, Spain, remains vivid: "I said, 'I'm home.' "

His reaction was instantaneous, and the sentiment grew. In the 18 days that he spent in ports around the country as a U.S. Navy chaplain, he came to love...