niav

08 Thursday Feb 2024

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Another Twitter pal is in town this week. Niav from Dublin has been coming to Sevilla since 1999 and before this visit she got in touch so we made plans to meet up (for the first time). Had a fab lunch at La Barra de Cañabota and the next day Niav came out with me and Peter while I did some Market Research to update info for one of my tours. Of course this included a couple of market stops for snacks and then afterwards some further Tapas Research at Vida Jonda because, well, why not? It’s been fun having Niav here, in person and chatting on whatsapp following her adventures, and I hope she’ll be back soon.

inaugural conference año del aove

06 Tuesday Feb 2024

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The inaugural ASGT conference for el Año del AOVE de Sevilla took place this week at the rather splendid Casa de la Provincia. The guest speaker was Rosa Vañó, member of the Royal Gastronomy Academy and co-founder of Castillo de Canina in Jaén (where this deliciousness is produced), introduced by our president Julio Moreno Ventas. It’s going to be an exciting year… stay tuned!

This time I was reminded to stick around for the group pic afterwards (forgot during the Año del Arroz closing event last June…oops).

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artist at work

05 Monday Feb 2024

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If I’ve learned one thing during my countless visits to Casa Moreno over the years it’s that for Emilio nothing is ever urgent, there is no such thing as being in a hurry, and I love him for this. So the other day when I went to ask for my bill he said “ok, it’ll be ready in about 20 minutes”. Ha. The two guys at the bar across from him shot me a look and I said to them “it’s fine, the artist always takes his time”… in the end it didn’t actually take 20 minutes and I was given this personalised bill for La Reina de las Tapas.

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I have so many of Emilio’s little works of art at home, but it was this one that ended up framed and in the bookcase next to my desk. ❤️