Not many history lessons include 14 lambs for one meal and a wine-drinking contest. Then again, not many cultures are quite like that of the Basques. With large immigration waves from Spain’s Basque ...

It’s Jaialdi! If you’re not sure what that means, then hang on to your red beret. Every five years, thousands of Basques and Basque Americans — and nearly as many non-Basques — descend on Boise to ...

It’s a Wednesday night... game night for Ysabel Bilbao. She’s part of a women’s league that plays the Basque racket sport of pelota. "As we go downstairs, this is what I describe as the fight club ...

Some U.S. cities have become practically synonymous with the ethnic and religious groups who have settled there, such as the proud Irish Americans of Boston’s “Southie” neighborhood (see also: every ...

Support local journalism: Find offers for new subscribers here: Special Offers — FLORIDA TODAY. Think Idaho and images of legendary potatoes, unsurpassed skiing, Ernest Hemingway and Basques come to ...