Breadcrumb-coated balls of rice stuffed with ragu or ham and cheese, fried and presented as perfect balls of crispy, ricey, squidgy deliciousness; if you like all those ingredients, what’s not to love? I had orange and basil risotto leftovers, ragu leftovers, tasty fresh ham and mozzarella and the night before’s bread made into breadcrumbs. It […]
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(This post is really all about the tile photos. But as virtually all of my photos did not survive the transfer from my old website to this new one, it is currently (September 2019) without photos) “Mallorca” is a bit of stretch as these tile photos only cover Can Prunera Museum, Soller, and a random
I like Majorca, particularly as its being an island means beaches are in abundance. My friend and I, September 2017, visited beaches around the southwest-west side of Majorca. However, while noting that none of these beaches are amongst the consistently nominated “best beaches” of Majorca, none of them for me tick the majority of what
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Ignoring the fact most of these plants wouldn’t survive outdoors in the UK, here are some ideas for funky, colourful Sicily-style plant presentation. All photos taken around the beautiful, tiny island of Ortigia, Sicily in August 2018. Here are some potentially useful links, which make me realise there is more effort required than merely painting,
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Oranges, lemon, olive oil, white wine, parsley, onion, salt and pepper. Chop a bit, soak, cut, faff quite a lot, mix, drain, squeeze, mix a bit more, pour, sprinkle, grind and scatter. That pretty much sums up how to make my current favourite summery salad side dish. I first made this in Sicily from a
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In Minsk, I am a glamorous undercover spy in a 1980s thriller, confused yet enthralled at having inadvertently left the set and emerged into a more western European film set clutching a flat white and a bottle of vodka. Go to Minsk if you want to: find out how good your friends’ geography is; have
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