11m 2025
11 Tuesday Mar 2025
Category Archives: spain
dodging the rain drops
06 Thursday Mar 2025
What a week. I had so much research planned for my next Substack article on local markets, which meant visiting some further-out markets I hadn’t been to for a while, plus one I have never visited. BUT the forecast was (and still is) for pretty much non-stop rain for at least the next ten days or so. And as we all know, walking with crutches AND an umbrella is basically impossible.
But… it’s turned out that other than on Wednesday the rain has mostly been happening from mid-late afternoon until morning, leaving midday free for me to get out there. And so I have been, wielding my old lady bus pass (I’m really getting to know the bus routes around here). Just a couple more markets to visit to finish up. Here’s a pic of the clouds heading back in as I hobbled home today.
día de andalucía
28 Friday Feb 2025
Happy Andalucía Day!
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maridarte 2025
21 Friday Feb 2025
Posted in art, gastronomy, hotels, sevilla, spain
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My friend Eva @flamencakitchen has helped organise this very special event for the past two years, which brings together Gastronomy and Art in the city. Fourteen hotels are showcasing Maridarte 2025, along with their chefs and ten local artists. Today Eva invited me to attend the presentation of chef Antonio García and artist Daniel Franca at the Radisson Hotel Magdalena which, quite handily, is just around the corner from my house.
The premise is simple but also quite unique. At each hotel an artist displays certain pieces of their work and then the chef “pairs” dishes with them. Which at first I thought was a bit “yeah okay…” but today listening to Antonio and Daniel talk about how they influenced each other and what each painting and dish meant to them was actually quite moving. And then we got to taste the dishes. If you’re in Sevilla, Maridarte is on until March 2nd. You can find their programme below for meeting the artists, but you can also just show up any time to view the art and taste the dishes.
olive oil 101
17 Monday Feb 2025
Posted in bitesize sevilla, sevilla, spain, substack
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Another Substack guest post this week on Bitesize Sevilla. This one is by my friend Alexis Kerner, olive oil expert extraordinaire and international olive oil competition juror. I’m so happy she was willing to help answer the not so simple question I am asked on almost every tapas tour… where can I buy some nice olive oil to take home? Her tips and info apply for places outside Sevilla too.
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