Torrijas – Sugar coated eggy fried bread
Whilst Easter eggs and Hot Cross Buns form an important part of Easter celebrations in the UK, here in Spain, “Torrijas” (sugar coated eggy fried bread) are prepared and eaten …
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Boquerones de Luis – Fresh anchovies in vinegar
Fresh anchovies marinated in vinegar One of my first culinary memories of Spain was going into a bar in Madrid with a counter full of the most tempting tapas and …
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“Sitting on the dock of the bay” at San Vicente de La Barquera
Sitting out on the decking, almost floating, on the impressively wide estuary at San Vicente de la Barquera in Western Cantabria, slowly savouring “a desert island of foie gras”, one …
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Potes – “The town of bridges and towers”.
Leave the rugged Cantabrian coast behind you and wind your way up the dramatic gorge of La Hermida with the bubbling river Deva running through, into the verdant valley of …
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Medieval Olite
Olite, a set on Flickr. Medieval markets and fairs are quite commonplace in Spain these days but we’ve never come across one quite as special as that of Olite. An …
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Catherine’s Flan
Everyone will have their own recipe for “flan”, the most popular Spanish pudding and here is mine. The secret to it is that the eggs must be free range and …
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Paella de Luis
There are all sorts of different recipes for paella – each version differs slightly. Luis uses his Mum’s recipe for a mixed paella – totally traditional and very tasty indeed, …
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Nourishing Nueva
Exploring Asturias on a rather dull, uninspiring Saturday morning in March, we were pleasantly surprised by the tiny, but so well stocked street market at the pretty town of …
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Be Game and join “The Great Hunt” in Santander
Come and join the magnificent La Gran Caceria “The Great Hunt” at Hotel Santemar, just back from the beautiful Playa del Sardinero in Santander from 1st -3rd and 7th – …
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Limpias IS Chocolate y Picatostes
At the navigable limit of the River Asón in eastern Cantabria Limpias was for centuries an important and wealthy port, exporting wool and minerals from Burgos to the rest of …
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