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Category Archives: food & drink

100 food list challenge

11 Wednesday Apr 2012

Posted by azahar in food & drink, quizzes

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food, quiz

You’ve maybe seen this around. It popped up on my Twitter feed this morning and so I was annoyed when clicking on the link took me to a Facebook app that wanted access to my account. But then I found the website where you can take the test without having anything to do with Facebook (though you get this FB score page thingy at the end). Try it here…

100 food list challenge

how to peel hard-boiled eggs without peeling

08 Sunday Apr 2012

Posted by azahar in food & drink, video

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egg, peeling, tim ferriss, video

Remember how to peel a head of garlic in less than 10 seconds? (still haven’t tried that one – has anyone else?). Well now you can find out how to peel a hard-boiled egg without peeling it. Though I’m thinking this is only a good method if you are peeling (without peeling) an egg for yourself. You’ll see why.

comfort food

01 Sunday Apr 2012

Posted by azahar in cooking, culture, diet & nutrition, food & drink, health & happiness, home

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comfort food, cooking, huevos rotos

Today I made this very comfort-foodie dish based on having tried it a few times elsewhere. It has some of the usual comfort food ingredients (potatoes, eggs) as well as some chorizo and spicy pimentón thrown in for good measure. And most enjoyable it was too!

Here is the recipe: huevos rotos

But as comforting (and delicious) this late Sunday lunch was, when it comes to comfort food I’d probably say my favourites would include cheese. Like, mac & cheese or grilled cheese sandwiches.

What’s your favourite comfort food?

red meat kills!

14 Wednesday Mar 2012

Posted by azahar in cancer, death & dying, diet & nutrition, food & drink, health & happiness, wtf?

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bbc, cancer, death, red meat, scare mongering, tapas, vineria san telmo

First of all, read this very silly article – supposedly Health NEWS – from the BBC:

Red meat increases death, cancer and heart risk, says study

Now I ask you… who out there with even half a brain doesn’t know that eating a balanced diet is the healthiest option? Who hasn’t heard (all their lives) that it’s best to eat red meat in moderation? Same goes for fried food, rich sauces, bacon, butter, pâté, fatty cheeses … you know, all the good stuff. And so when I read that a study of over 120,000 people over almost 30 years “suggested red meat increased the risk of death from cancer and heart problems” I clutched my head in despair. In all seriousness, there is probably more “risk of death” every time you cross the street. And, although I don’t eat much red meat myself, I still ended up with colon cancer. So go figure. I honestly don’t see how articles like these are beneficial to anyone – must’ve been an especially slow news day at the BBC.

Meanwhile, that tasty looking dish up there is a divinely decadent combination of perfectly fried eggs (with slightly runny yolks), grilled spicy chorizo Ibérico and potatoes, topped with thin slices of gorgeous jamón Ibérico. But as delicious as it is, I wouldn’t dream of eating that every day. Why? Because I’m not stupid.

I still can’t believe that after years and years of going to the Vineria San Telmo I only tried that dish for the first time during my marathon tapas tours the other day. It truly is to die for. So to speak…

extremo… or posible?

11 Sunday Mar 2012

Posted by azahar in food & drink, hope, restaurants, sevilla, spain, tapas, tapas tours

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hope, life, tapas tours, work

Yesterday was a bit of a blur as I had – for the first time ever – two tapas tours in one day. Talk about Tapeo Extremo! First a regular Sevilla Tapas Tour at lunch time and then a Gourmet Tapas Tour in the evening. And both went fantastically well. Met lovely people, had an amazing time with great food & wine & conversation. Ended up quite zonked but happy. Very happy.

So I now have a new goal, which is to set up this gastronomy tour biz properly, inspired by Twitter pal Gabriella Ranelli who runs Tenedor Tours in San Sebastian. As most of you know, I’ve been testing the waters since getting off chemo and back to work, but haven’t felt quite ready to bite the bullet and start up a new company with all the extra time and expense that would entail, especially as so far it’s just been a very part-time gig. But if things keep going well I think it may be time to start doing this as a proper full-time job.

Tomorrow I have another double-whammy day coming up with both lunchtime and evening tours – for the second time ever!! – but then nothing for a couple of weeks. Still, it’s quite exciting to think I could actually make this work. Will keep you posted…

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