Catalan “Bruschetta”

The French call it convivialité—the particular kind of comfort, warmth, and hospitality you experience when you dine at a restaurant like L’Hostalet de Vivès. You know, the sort of place where hungry eaters crowd around rustic wooden tables piled with oversize platters brimming with meats grilled in a centuries-old manorial fireplace. The sort of place where you can’t help but talk to your neighbors, where wine bottles pass back and forth, and where even a modest lunch means you won’