Monthly Archives: October 2010

sevilla tapas updates

15 Friday Oct 2010

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For those of you who haven’t been over to the Sevilla Tapas site for awhile … a couple of updates.

I’ve rewritten the tapas tour page a bit and at the bottom have included this collage of “happy campers” who have enjoyed tours in the past. I’ve got another tour coming up on Saturday that I’m really looking forward to.

I also updated the Vegetarian Cuisine page, which I now hope will be helpful. A recent visit from a London-based travel writer who is vegetarian reminded me that I’d left this page “under construction” for far too long. In fact, other than restaurant updates, I haven’t been doing much on the Sevilla Tapas page of late so it felt good to spend some time on my baby. Also had a good time yesterday in my English class with Agustín, as we talked about which tapas bars and restaurants to include in my top 30 list for SimonSeeks, which is now what I’m mostly going to be doing for the next three weeks. Next deadline is November 5th…

 

it’s duvet time!

14 Thursday Oct 2010

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The other night I woke up shivering and had to resort to slipping on socks and a sweater to get back to sleep … the next morning I had to finally admit that it was duvet time once again. Luckily I’d taken my duvet in to be cleaned the week before so it was all fresh and fluffy and ready to go. And so I made up my bed with the duvet and kissed goodbye simple and carefree bedmaking for the next few months…

But for now I am quite enjoying this time of still-warm sandal-wearing days and cool but not yet cold nights. I love the feeling of slipping into the cuddly softness of a duvet clad bed, just wearing my light summery nightdress.

In August when it’s 35º in my bedroom at 3am it’s always hard to remember that a few months down the line I’ll be wearing several layers of clothing, plus socks – and two cats! – and still be chilly under the duvet. But that won’t happen until maybe late November so for now I’m enjoying this cosy-comfy duvet feeling and only just needing it.

Adiós summer!

omg! green peppercorn dijon!

13 Wednesday Oct 2010

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Maille dijon mustard is a staple here at casa az and I always have three varieties in my fridge – originale, l’ancienne grainy and bordeaux classic. Or so I thought! The other day I was shocked to find I was totally out of the original dijon, and even more shocked after various trips to different supermarkets when it seemed that there must be a Spain-wide shortage going on. Sure they had several other varieties, including a couple I hadn’t tried before, but really, what can take the place of the original? After my fourth attempt at finding some I decided to go for one of the other “flavours” and chose the green peppercorn dijon. And my world changed. Have you ever tried this stuff??? It’s amazing! Words actually fail me, so I’ve opted for a photo (with a bit of pale green “dijonaisse” shown there for tonight’s tortilla) … not sure if it will ever take the place of the original but it was a happy day that I discovered this stuff.

What’s been your most recent culinary discovery?