Figueres is in the heart of the Alt Empordà, one of Catalonia's premier wine-producing regions. Local restaurants emphasise Catalan cooking with Empordà flavours — anchovies from the Gulf of Roses, game from the Pyrenean foothills, wild mushrooms in season. El Bulli, the legendary restaurant that put this corner of Spain on the world's culinary map, was at Roses nearby; though long closed as a restaurant, its influence on Catalan cooking remains palpable.