The beginning of summer heralds tuna from the Atlantic to make their way to the warmer spawning grounds of the Mediterranean. As they swim along the western coastline of Southern Spain to cross through the Straits of Gibraltar they become ensnared in a maze of nets – the subsequent slaughter; Almadraba is an age old…
Month: July 2014
Atún
Saturday morning. 8am. Body clock still set. Coffee to kick start the wake up process. Pottering around the house and finally surfing and checking the latest news on social media. And there it was. A phone number. I dialled… “Do you have any left? …I’m on my way!” My summer began beckoned to Coaling Island. …
Mezze
taste, flavour, snack, relish As the hazy, orange sun sets over these lazy summer evenings and the insects clumsily fly through the shimmering evening heat, the scents and flavours that I want to immerse myself in are those of the Eastern Mediterranean. However, it’s not just the food that I’m after, even though that would be no great…
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