No one has better cemented the essence of Spain in the American consciousness as Ernest Hemmingway, who famously called it "the last good country left," and set some of his most famous novels there. Perhaps Hemmingway was in love with specific subtleties of the culture. Or it could have been the landscape. We know bullfighting inspired him endlessly. But maybe, just maybe, the love affair began with a sardine. Slip this one between pages of The Sun Also Rises before falling into a slumber, and we promise you'll hear the sea and taste brine in your dreams.