When two tousled-haired teenage friends drove home with a couple of buckets of olives bought from a Provencal farmers’ market in southern France one day in the early 1990s little did they see how their culinary future would unfold. Always on the look out for new ingredients George Bennell (whose culinary CV includes working […]
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Ave Maria adds sweetness to the bitter Seville oranges
Kitchens up and down the UK are currently scented with orange, Sevilles to be precise, as they’re pared, boiled and sugared with the alchemy of heat and time to create marmalade, a very British obsession. Many of these Sevilles are bought in Waitrose supermarket, whose annual stock is sourced from a beautiful farm in […]
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Oranges, stars and the Golden Valley of Mallorca
Majorca also spelt Mallorca, as in Catalan and Spanish is the largest island in the Balearic Islands, is covered with delightful citrus groves full of lemon and orange trees. With a lovely climate throughout the year and beautiful views everywhere you look, the island is a popular holiday spot where tourists slake thirst with juicy […]
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Five top food trends from Spain’s Xavier Agulló
Xavier Agulló, world renowned Spanish opinion leader, critical gastronome, and journalist has taken time out of his busy schedule to compile his thoughts on the hottest new food & drink trends. With a focus on emerging cuisines and alternative food preparation techniques, Agulló together the Spanish Tourist Office and its SPN Magazine, has jotted down […]
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IN CÁCERES WITH CHEF JOSÉ PIZARRO
Sometimes even the best-made plans unspool alarmingly – but when they involve the gregarious chef, José Pizarro, that seems almost par for the course. Fiona Dunlop embarks on a voyage of Extremaduran discovery with the London-based chef. Hyperactive, he moves at lightning speed between his three London restaurants, his home city of Cáceres and finally […]
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A growing appetite for food tourism
Travelling to experience local foods, drinks and imaginative places to eat is rising to the top of many people’s bucket list. Whether you’re after tasting single estate chocolate from Ecuador, tasting sheeps milk cheese from the Mediterranean islands of Malta and Gozo or taking a culinary trail around Poland … you can. I met these […]
Read moreTED talks on food worth sharing
As a global phenomenon, TED has inspired millions of people through talks on topics as diverse as cultural identity, mindfulness, astro-physics and visual history of industrial America. TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) was born in southern California, reaching an audience intrigued by its strapline of ‘Ideas Worth Sharing’. Today TEDx groups around the world are springing […]
Read more1st UNWTO Forum on Food Tourism
San Sebastián, Spain, 27- 29 April 2015 Food tourism is taking off and the United Nations’ World Tourism Organisation is hosting a conference in the foodie hotspot of San Sebastian, northern Spain to gauge the state of the market and how it can be improved, sustainably. As the UNWTO says, “Food is a fundamental element […]
Read moreEnjoy eight of Spain’s best markets
Gourmet food markets have taken off across Spain, often attached to food markets selling fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and fish and a host of local foods from olives to ingredients for tapas. They tend to be located right in the centre of the city, and often offer live show cooking, small foodie shops and restaurant-terraces. […]
Read moreLondon enjoys food and music laced with Seville passion
Santa Semana is a special time in Seville, the heat soaked capital of Andalucía in southern Spain. It takes place in the week leading up to the Christian celebration of Easter and involves hugely popular processions of so-called pasos, truck-pulled floats full of life-like wooden sculptures highlighting the Virgin Mary or scenes from the Passion. […]
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