Food & drink
In search of a metre long sausage on Tenerife
The metre long sausage I’d have sworn had graced many menus in Puerto de la Cruz becomes a myth; my mischievous distorted memory playing tricks. […]
Food & drink
Food & drink
Buying wine and the illusion of choice
What chances have you of finding Croatian wine in the average UK supermarket? Last time we visited Britain we were disappointed to find Spanish wines dominating the shelves. […]
Food & drink
A deliciously sinful German tradition, Kaffee und Kuchen
No matter how small the village was where we ended up, there was always somewhere offering kaffee und kuchen. […]
El Hierro
Hiking and Dining in the enchanted world of El Hierro
Maybe the mythical charm had been on its summer holidays during our last visit, but within a couple of hours of touching down, we’d succumbed to El Hierro’s friendly embrace once again. […]
Crete
10 local dishes to try on Crete
Crete was our seventh Greek Island and three weeks exploring its lush and lovely western side reinforced our yin and yang opinions. As well as reacquainting our tastebuds with old friends we introduced them to some new and distinctly local ones. […]
Food & drink
Stop ordering steak well done. Right now!
This isn’t one of those clickbait headlines which the likes of The Independent uses to reel in readers – ‘stop eating avocados. Right now’ – this is an impassioned plea from the heart, or in this case the tastebuds. […]
Bavaria
Why I’ll eat Burgers in Bergamo and Pizzas in Provence
Is there a law which says if we want to be considered discerning travellers we should only eat what is considered ‘local food’ whenever we visit a destination? […]
Austria
The lunch spot, Rathlucken Hütte, Bad Goisern, Austria
The easy way to get to Rathlucken Hütte high above Goiserer Tal (valley) in Bad Goisern, Austria is to drive. It’s what a lot of the locals do. […]
Food & drink
What it means to be a foodie
It seems to me there can be a lot of busking going on when it comes to defining what a foodie is, possibly because those doing said busking aren’t foodies. […]
Chile
Eating super pillows, 10 dishes to try in Chile
Whenever we travel anywhere I always have a tick list of the local dishes I want to get my teeth into. Within a few hours of strolling the hot, busy and gritty but artistic streets of Chile’s capital, Santiago, we’d notched up four Chilean culinary classics on my list. […]
Europe
The best fish and seafood to try in the Canary Islands
On every Canary Island there are excellent fish and seafood restaurants serving the catches of the day, prepared simply and deliciously. […]
El Hierro
A weekend on El Hierro part 2
The road from Las Playas passes one of our favourite sculptures in the Canary Islands, a lothario looking out to sea. Usually it’s women searching the horizon for the return of loved ones. Not on El Hierro. […]
El Hierro
A weekend on El Hierro part 1
Within an hour of taking off we’re driving along El Hierro’s quiet roads to our first stop at Pozo de la Salud on the western end of the El Golfo Valley. […]
Europe
The seven wonders of Spanish gastronomy
Global insurance company Allianz have just run an initiative in Spain to find out what people consider to be the seven wonders of the country’s gastronomy. […]
Europe
Finding Tapas y Más around Plaza Santa Ana in Madrid
We live in Spain and had high expectations of finding food in Madrid that was different to the cuisine we’re used to. Plaza Mayor, beautiful though it was, didn’t come up with the goods. […]