Finding the best place to see a kestrel….
Kestrel’s are fabulous birds of prey, the day I grow tired of watching them hunt is the day I’ll give it all up. The sight of a kestrel hovering over a field is truly one of nature’s great moments and one I shall never take for granted.
I am […]
Time for the supermarket giants to take a stance….
A year ago I banged on about Tesco selling asparagus imported from Peru. Well I’ve been into my local Sainsbury’s today and guess what? They’re doing it too. Mexican and Peruvian asparagus for a store situated in the best county in England for aparagus growing.
Now I’m not […]
Whole fish baked in salt, Spanish style…
Here’s a snapshot of how the Spanish bake a whole fish in a salt crust. Cooking fish in this way isn’t something you see too often outside of the Mediterranean and it’s a shame because it produces a really beautiful flavour.
Basically you take a whole fish such as a […]
A Spanish cookbook classic….
A major part of my work now involves restaurants and resorts in Spain so with that in mind I have been ’swatting up’ on my knowledge (or lack of) Spanish cuisine. For years now I have always tried to look beyond the standard dishes that we all readily associate with certain countries […]
Feeling low? Need advice, comfort and support?
Just something to put a little smile on everyone’s faces (I hope!) when there isn’t much to smile about….
Here’s one for the ladies. Never let it be said that men aren’t sympathetic to your needs. No madam! We don’t get nearly enough thanks for our listening qualities and it’s […]
Getting a photograph out of seemingly nothing….
Winter photography is either very rewarding or very frustrating and seldom anything else. I have reached that conclusion following a week of mud, sleet and more mud. The snow, until today had vanished leaving behind a dull, dreary and thoroughly miserable landscape with photographic inspiration distinctly thin on the […]
Piri Piri Prawns with Spanish style lentils…..
Now as much as I love dal my all time favourite lentil dish bar none has to be the Spanish lentejas. I could, indeed do eat this every week. A couple of weeks ago I was devouring them with great gusto (a fat magician friend!!!) in an old tapas […]
What to keep and what to give up during Lent….
Well folks, it’s that time already. Lent, a period of abstenence, a time to reflect on one’s life and make some decisions in order to become a better person. In this economic downturn we must seperate the wheat from the chaff and begin again.
So without further […]
What to cook on Valentines Day…..
Three days late but it will do for next year! So what should you cook for that special someone in your life on Valentines Day? Want to know what I cooked? Who that special someone is?
Well that special someone is me and my dish of choice was, wait for it…..lobster […]
A few odds and ends….
Not quite a week in pictures, more like a morning and the final selection of photographs from the International Balloon Festival at Chateau d’ Oex in Switzerland. It’s also an opportunity to let you know that I’ve been working on my photography site and have refreshed, twiddled and changed a few […]