I love to eat, and I quite like to potter about in the kitchen, so this is where you’ll find recipes, tips on great places to eat out, and information on local markets and the tastiest foods you can buy there.
I might be slightly biased when I say that Spanish cuisine is world class but it’s hard not to fall in love with it. These are some of the most popular Spanish delicacies. If you’re not lucky enough to live in Spain they’re all available on Amazon for home delivery – perfect for putting together […]
One of my favourite things about Spain is the food – fresh ingredients, often straight from the sea, simply cooked. Eating at tapas bars allows you to try lots of small dishes with the premise that if you like it, you can order more but if you don’t then, not to worry, you can move […]
Spanish food is truly world class and, during a recent weekend in Seville, I was in foodie heaven. With hundreds of bars and restaurants in the city we really were spoilt for choice. I’d read up on a few ‘must visit’ places but, for this first trip, we simply wandered around and went in to […]
I love wandering round markets and Cadiz’s Mercado Central is a food lover’s dream! So much so, that I’m going to let the pictures do most of the talking for me! The market has more than 50 stalls selling fish and seafood, over another 50 offering fruit and veg, more than 40 selling meat, plus […]
Yes, I know pesto is Italian and not Spanish but a) I absolutely love it (even though I usually buy it ready made in a jar) and b) I’ve got so much basil growing in my little herb garden that it made sense to have a go at making my own. I first tried it […]
Think of Spanish food and paella is probably one of the first things that springs to mind. A few years ago after a lovely holiday in Mallorca I bought Mark a paella kit for Christmas which promptly sat in a kitchen cupboard gathering dust. After we’d made the move to Spain I realised I had […]