I hadn’t been to Barcelona for more than twenty years and a lot has changed. The city has so much going for it with magnificent architecture – traditional, modern, conventional, quirky; the juxtaposition of beach and city; a strong sense of its culture and history; its Catalan identity; and a palpable buzz. Alongside that –…Continue reading Out and About in Barcelona
Month: June 2017
Peas Please – Two Recipes for new season’s peas
Last weekend was another of those food milestones that mark the year’s progress: the first English peas. And the crop from Puntarelle in Bermondsey Spa Terminus was great – plumper than expected for this early in the season, but sweet as they should be. I had to stop myself popping as many into me as…Continue reading Peas Please – Two Recipes for new season’s peas
#Borough Market
A terrorist attack anywhere in the world should fill us with horror – in Kabul, Baghdad or Sousse, just as much as in Manchester, London or Birstall. But when it is in a place where we find ourselves at least once a week, and a place that we associate with doing what we love, the…Continue reading #Borough Market