15 Monday Feb 2010
Posted in blogging, food & drink, photos
Back in September I started a kitchen blog to share recipes with y’all, including some I just made up on the spot. Then the other day my buddy WeeRascal posted some food pics on Twitter of a meal he was making, and it looked so fabulous that I asked if he would like to contribute to the kitchen blog. Which he most graciously did – you can check out his Angus beef & coriander casserole.
Would you also like to be a guest chef contributor?
Just send in a favourtite recipe with a pic or two.
23 Saturday Jan 2010
Posted in diet & nutrition, food & drink, photohunt, photos
19 Tuesday Jan 2010
Posted in food & drink, restaurants, sevilla, spain, tapas
My latest biz idea (and one that I’ve been kicking around for quite a while now) is to give tapas tours. Relaxed and informal, taking small groups of 2-6 people out “tapearing”, much like I did with Alejna and her mother in September. A typical tour would be about 3 hours long and would include going to three different tapas bars and sampling a couple of tapas at each place. I’ve already announced this on the usual places (azahar sevilla, twitter & facebook) but I was wondering if I could get some feedback from you guys on this question.
Would you prefer an “all inclusive” price and have tapas & drinks chosen for you at each place, or would you prefer to pay a set fee for the tour guide (me!) and then pay for any food & drink you choose yourself on top of that? I’m actually thinking of offering both options, but would like to get an idea of what might be more popular.
You can read Alejna’s excellent post about her tour with me here:
Sevilla Tapas Tour
17 Sunday Jan 2010
Posted in change, food & drink, friends, home, hope
Yeah, I know. I should have used the gift donations over Christmas for more practical purposes, but as they were given for the explicite purpose of going out for tapas (and I also wanted to get more photos for Sevilla Tapas) that is what I did.
Anyhow, check it out. Clockwise from upper-left: spicy chicken burrito sauce, bolognese sauce, pork & veg stew, pork & spinach garam masala, and chorizo & prawn risotto. Of course, by the time all this was made neither of us felt like eating it, so last night I made some beer-battered prawns and chips with the left-overs …
10 Sunday Jan 2010
Posted in art, food & drink, friends, morocco
Had a lovely time out last night. Some of you may remember that when I was in Asilah with Susan last year we met an artist in the Medina called Tachfin. He told us he was planning to have an exhibition of his work in Sevilla, which finally happened in December. I had been planning on going and, as usual, left it until the last night … and even then I almost didn’t go because of the cold and I was feeling so tired. But I’m very glad I made the effort because it was great seeing Tachfin again and meeting his ex-wife and good friend, Violeta. We had a few tapas at the Galería Taberna Anima (very cool venue) and chatted until quite late. Hoping to stay in touch with both of them. Oh, and Tachfin gave me one of his watercolours as a birthday present!
You can see some of Tachfin’s paintings below the links…
casa azahar 