Africa
Favourite World Cooking, Recipe for Fried Falafel Balls
Our recipe for falafel is a variation on these hand-held savoury packages. Maybe I’m biased but this recipe makes seriously good falafel that… […]
Year: 2012
Food & drink
Gourmet Coffee and Award Winning Wine from Gran Canaria
Agaete coffee is organically produced in the world’s most northerly plantation and is marketed as gourmet coffee. At €70 a kilo, it has a price tag to match its reputation. […]
Catalonia
Review of Hotel Hostatgeria del Monestir, El Monestir de les Avellanes
The Hotel Hostatgeria del Monestir is located amidst some divine Catalonian scenery near Montsec with the added bonus of being part of a 12th century Abbey… […]
Asturias
Why it’s Smart to Wear Clogs in Asturias
Wooden shoes have been functional footwear throughout Europe and Asia for centuries and during a five minute conversation in Ribadesella I finally discovered why. […]
Gran Canaria
A Sunday Stroll from the Parador to Tejeda on Gran Canaria
The Tejeda walk is bookended by two basaltic towers; Roque Nublo (without the clouds that inspired its name) at the start and Roque Bentayga, once the dramatic… […]
Hotels
Review of La Gomera Parador, Colonial Comforts
La Gomera’s Parador has 112 rooms but feels intimate. The good sized rooms fit with the colonial style with polished wooden floors and antique furnishings. […]
Gran Canaria
Review of Rural Hotel Las Calas, Gran Canaria
Las Calas is the sort of place that makes you want to kick off your hiking boots, tuck your sketch pad and pencils under your arm and head barefoot to the lawn to sketch the tree festooned with coloured glass baubles… […]
Asturias
Astounding Asturias, The Picos de Europa
The Picos de Europa have a Tolkienesque grandeur to them. They were a natural barrier to the invading Moors who marauded through most of the rest of Spain in… […]
Food & drink
Favourite World Recipes, Spicy Moroccan Potato & Tomato Stew
This is a killer of a dish. Its combination of spices mixed with the humble potato performs such an addictive belly dance on the tongue that once enjoyed you have to come back for more. […]
Catalonia
Touring Historic Tarragona on a Segway
But within a couple of minutes of tuition by Segway Tarragona I could spin that baby on a centimo, safely whizz past pedestrians closer than a barber gets to his client’s chin… […]
Food & drink
Favourite World Recipes, Thai Green Curry with Fish
We like to recreate dishes that rob us of all alphabet letters except ‘M’ and Thai green curry is one such delight. It’s relatively easy and quick to make even if you’re not exactly Ferran Adría. […]
Food & drink
Thai Green Curry Paste Recipe
To make a good green curry, you need a feisty green curry paste. If you aren’t fortunate enough to be anywhere that sells jars of the stuff, then we might just be able to help out. […]
Hotels
Being Pampered at the Hotel Botánico Oriental Spa
I became aware of the delicious scent of jasmine, the perfect ambient temperature, the gentle flutter of the candlelight and the soft melody of the Oriental relaxation music. I smiled and breathed deeply. Let the pampering begin. […]
Catalonia
Hotel Roca Blanca in Espot, A Relaxing Base for an Active Holiday
This is THE base for people like us who relish exploring rural paradises like the Catalonian Pyrenees before returning to a sanctuary that is cosy, comfortable… […]
Barcelona
Classic Cars, a 3D Stripper & The Best Tapas Trail Ever in Barcelona
We were having an absolute hoot on an urban adventure that was turning out to be the best and most unusual tapas trail that I’m ever likely to experience. […]