Carpets of flowers in l”Ametlla de Mar.
Cooking holidays, added advantages
One of the joys of running cooking holidays is the research. Compulsory looking at and eating of delicious things is guaranteed to give you ideas for things to do and share with the cooking holiday guests. Sunday lunch this week was a case in question. We went to Delta Hotel…
Festast Tortosa
There is a food festival over the hill in Tortosa every alternate odd year. Festast Tortosa 2011 was the first year we went to it as newcomers to the region. The engraved glass included the entrance price was a very good sign. We had a ball, so much to see and…
one ingredient caramel from Bon Appetit Magazine
I tweet occasionally and I follow a few worthy writers and one or two un-worthy I suspect. Yesterday this appeared in my newsfeed from Bon Appetite Magazine. This 1-ingredient caramel is completely sugar-free. Curious? Learn how to make it at the link bonapp.it/1BSLccd Intrigued as I was as to how…
Taramasalata
One of the courses we run here is Cooking for Men which includes some smoking. Last week whilst at the fish market we saw they had fresh Cod’s Roe. (Huevos de Lluc) and jumped at the opportunity to do it. We have two smokers here a big one that can…
Pink and Orange Coleslaw
This is an excellent alternative to the nasty, acidic, chemical filled, glutinous mess called Coleslaw you get in supermarkets and it fits into the “Eat a Rainbow” way of life we live here at MH. You need 1/4 red cabbage very finely sliced, but take out the core first. 1…
Chicken supper, Mediterranean style
Chicken with 40 cloves of garlic :A Classic french dish. You need a casserole pan for this, an oven and hob friendly one A chicken, whole or portioned. (Yes, free range and organic is best if you like!) Garlic, 40 cloves of garlic with the loose papery jackets off but…
Buddha’s hand
We had a trip south a couple of days ago and at Benifalet we stopped. There are Garden centres here that do just plants. A Bizarre concept I know as in the UK you can buy pretty much everything in Garden centres. We were looking for some trees for the…
Going live
Vidodos is s a new and exciting way to book activity holidays all over the world.. A sister company to sector leaders “Go learn to.com, they approached us last year to put together a package for them to advertise on their vidados.com site. We have done so and it went live…