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New Cervantes Food Culture Workshops

You can find all the information about my upcoming workshops here.

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Food Recipes Spain

Lata Party or Fish Conserva party

Serves: 4 | Prep: 10 mins | No Cook Recipe  Many a Spanish tapa trail starts with exceptional canned seafood and a Rias Baixas wine. Galicia’s estuaries or Rías make seafood abundant. In Dublin, we have spotted the trend in places like Uno Mas and The Woolen Mills. Splurge on 3 or 4 cans of […]

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Food Olive oil Spain

Extra virgin olive oil tasting

For anyone with a background in cooking, extra virgin olive oil is a fascinating topic. I have always lived my life close to the olive tree, since it was my Grandmother’s only income apart from her widower’s pension (she would sell her olives to an olive press), my mother’s sister and her husband ran an […]

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China Food Restaurants

Chengdu Fine dining

The fact that you can get a last minute reservation at Yu Zhi Lan must be one of the abnormalities of the fine dining world. But then in China things don’t work as Westerners expect, and food and restaurants are no different. We were in Chengdu on holiday to experience tea culture, Sichuanese food and […]

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China Food

Chinese Churros

All cultures claim complete uniqueness when it comes to the things they eat. Such is the feeling we Spanish people have about our beloved churros. So what a surprise to find morning churrerias that spring up early at dawn to provide a breakfast of churros to the Chinese! Granted Chinese eating churro or you tiao is vastly […]