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birthday tapeo

08 Wednesday Jan 2014

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What a great birthday! I met up with Eduardo @differentspain and Saray @saraypineda for a lunchtime tapeo that lasted until very late in the afternoon. We stopped at three different tapas bars and had lovely snacks at each one. Then Saray had to go so Edu and I went off for a bit of birthday cake and rosé cava. After that I (finally) picked up my train tickets and then spent a quiet and cosy evening at home with the cats. Woke up in the wee hours to the Return of the Christmas Cold and tossed and turned for the rest of the night. Today I’m staying in – and staying warm – so that I will hopefully be in good shape to catch that early train to Barcelona mañana! Feeling both nervous and excited…

an extra spicy birthday

07 Tuesday Jan 2014

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57Not that every birthday isn’t special but I kind of like that I am 57 today, born in ’57. On the 7th.

So far I’m having a fab day. Started off with my “traditional” birthday pastries in bed, with coffee and cats. Now it’s off to the gym and then I’m meeting friends for lunch (follow @SevillaTapas for birthday tweets). Oh, and there’s also Barcelona to look forward to.

Thanks to everyone for being here on my 57th saucy birthday.

irish beef!

21 Saturday Dec 2013

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Every now and then on one of my Sevilla Tapas Tours I not only have a great time showing people around the best tapas bars in town, but I also make a friend. And in this case I actually made two friends! I met Kyran and Claire at the end of October when I picked them up at their hotel … nice touch was when they invited me for a glass of cava at the lovely patio bar. And from there it was a fun night out with two very adventurous eaters who also love cooking and drinking sherry. So I was delighted when they stayed in touch later on via Twitter and Instagram, and I was totally floored the other day when they sent me this amazing Christmas pressie! The Irish Beef Book. Well.

I like to think I’m a good cook (because I am!) but I have never really mastered the art of cooking meat at home, other than slow-cooked recipes. And indeed this fabulous book by Pat Whelan and Katy McGuinness has an entire chapter entitled “long & slow” but it also goes beyond meat dishes and includes great side dishes including an amazing looking recipe for individual Yorksire puddings, which I can’t wait to try. I think Mr Anchovy and WeeRascal would also do well with this book. It also turns out that most recipes are adaptable (not a lotta beef here in Spain) so I won’t have to ask Kyran and Claire to send me an Irish cow…

Thank you lovelies! See you again in the spring!

claire kyranClaire & Kyran

so many little azars!

17 Tuesday Dec 2013

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steinlen kittehsArriving home from my Málaga Getaway I found a post office notice to pick up a letter from Belgium (??) that had arrived while I was away. Huh? So last night I went out for a stroll and stopped by the post office, only to find a rather chunky box from the US, and so I immediately stopped at a friendly bar to order a glass of wine and open the mystery box. Which turned out to be a Christmas prezzie from Sledpress and I LOVE it. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art Store no less… a super cute kitchen set of “Steinlen Cat” oven mitt, pot holder and apron, all with tons of little Azars printed all over them. Of course Morcilla had to get into the action while I was unwrapping and laying everything out on the table for a photo.

The red, black and white goes perfectly with my kitchen colours and it also inspired me to finally hang my red chili pepper lights… wait for that one!

Thank you Sled. What a perfect present!