Just because you eat something every day doesn’t mean it’s boring!
Since 2015, I’ve been telling stories about “everyday” food and the people who make it. I’ve worked as a food tour guide in Spain, a certified sommelier in Australia, and helped connect foodie travellers with local communities around the world.
Welcome to the world of everyday food!
I get it: being vegetarian can be hard in Spain. I mean, this is a country that thinks pork is a vegetable. Most salads include ham, a sandwich vegetariano is mostly tuna (don’t ask), and the cookies are full of pork fat. But that doesn’t
Sherry might be Spain’s worst-kept secret. It’s not one of those secret wine gems that only the trendiest sommeliers know about (looking at you, Georgian wine). But I’ll admit, when most people think of sherry, they think of their granny. Tiny glasses of sickly sweet,
Heading to Jerez de la Frontera? Congratulations, you’ve already made a good decision. This is one of the most quintessentially Spanish towns in Spain, full of flamenco, sunshine, bullfighting, and siesta. It’s also home to some of the best food in the country! Southern Spain
Like so many other millennials in lockdown, I’ve really gotten into sourdough this year. Sure, I’ve been learning to bake it. But I’ve also been foraging around forums on the internet and listening to more bread-focused podcasts than I’d care to admit. I’ve tried dozens
Barcelona is Spain’s natural wine capital. It’s not surprising, since Catalonia produces most of the country’s innovative natural wine. It’s even less surprising since Barcelona always seems to be on the cutting edge of new trends in everything edible and drinkable! And natural wine is
Sure, you might not think that something as simple as ham could be the biggest story of the year. But in Spain, ham is a thing of national security (or at least national pride). Spaniards have a fanatical devotion to jamón ibérico de bellota, the
This blog is written on stolen lands belonging to the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. Sovereignty was never ceded and colonial violence continues here to this day.