Empanadas are a hugely traditional dish in Spain, and come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Here in Andalucia, the empanada is typically a shallow pie, filled with meat, chicken or tuna…
All in Granada
Empanadas are a hugely traditional dish in Spain, and come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Here in Andalucia, the empanada is typically a shallow pie, filled with meat, chicken or tuna…
August is a favourite time of ours in Granada. Traditionally the month for holidays, many inland-dwelling Spaniards abandon the cities in favour of the cooler coasts. Despite the holidays, paradoxically Granada is alive with music and performance and that is not just limited to the city…
After an exhausting weekend of packing, moving and cleaning, we have escaped for a few days to the bucolic tranquillity of the glorious Finca Buenvino deep in the Huelva countryside…
Summer has arrived here in Granada Province, and the temperature has suddenly rocketed. With these higher temperatures comes impressive progress on the new house! Poor builders; we do not envy them…
My Grandmother always had a wise word to say about every situation, and these sayings often get dragged out at the most appropriate times, much to Andrew’s evident consternation…
We can’t resist the huge bunches of asparagus being sold on the streets here in Granada at this time of year. So here is our seriously simple yet delicious asparagus and spinach soup recipe…
This week we've been on holiday for Semana Santa, one of Spain’s most important religious festivals marking the Passion of Christ in the run-up to Easter weekend...
This year is the 10th anniversary of the Granada Tapas festival - the Concurso Granada de Tapas . We went to discover what it had to offer and we were not disappointed...
So, how did we spend our New Year in Spain? Last year, you may remember we found ourselves as the only diners in one of our favourite restaurants, El Puente on the edge of Dúrcal, having a fabulous meal with the children. This year was very different...
I am not quite sure where November went, but here we are rapidly facing down our second Christmas living in Spain...
