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There are days when a meal begins long before you take your first bite — a scent drifting from the kitchen that takes over the whole house: paprika, garlic, broth. Outside, the sea breeze still lingers softly, but inside something is simmering that tastes like comfort. On the Costa, November isn’t just the month of chestnuts, but also of Spanish stews — the season when patience becomes the main ingredient. […]
It starts with a smell. Not of sea salt or sunscreen, but something earthier. As I walk through Alicante’s old town, a sweet, smoky scent rises from a steel drum. Chestnuts. They hiss on the grill, their shells cracked open, edges blackened. A man scoops them into paper bags with a wooden spoon. It’s the first sign that summer is truly over. Regular readers of this column know I have […]
There isn’t much written about it yet. No glowing reviews, no wine scores in glossy guides. And yet, the name Bodegas Aural keeps coming up — in conversations with sommeliers, at tastings, or simply around the table. The first time we heard the name was at BonAmb in Jávea. Sommelier Enrique García Albelda spoke of it with a sparkle in his eye. “Aural,” he said. “That’s wine that sounds.” It […]
The air in BonAmb’s wine cellar carries a quiet serenity. A cool, gentle stillness lingers between the wooden barrels, as if even time itself breathes more softly here. Along the wall, rows of bottles stand like soldiers at rest. Gently, BonAmb’s warm-hearted sommelier – a man with the calm passion of someone who truly lives his craft – lifts a bottle, studies the label as though greeting an old friend, […]
The markets of the Costa Blanca are familiar ground by now. The Saturday bustle in Jávea, the Mercat del Riurau in Jesús Pobre, or the stalls in the Jalón Valley — I’ve written about them before. But what about further south? When I visited Lucas for a weekend at his finca just outside Málaga, I got the chance to experience it for myself. A Sunday market on the Costa del […]
For this story, we step outside our familiar Costa regions. Spain is known for paella, tapas and jamón, but if you look more closely at the markets and kitchen gardens, you’ll discover a world of supergreens that are barely known outside the country. Of course, we all know the artichoke, which I wrote about earlier this year. But here, I’m talking about vegetables that were once the daily staple of […]
Summer on the Costa Blanca may feel endless, but if you look closely, you’ll notice a change. Evenings turn cooler, the sun sets a little earlier, and new colours and scents appear at the markets. September marks the transition — from the exuberance of summer to the calm and richness of autumn. And in Spain, you taste it first on your plate: the Spanish flavours of early autumn. Figs: sweetness […]
A good dish stands or falls with the sauce. In Spain, that may be truer than anywhere else. Meat, fish or vegetables are often prepared simply, but it’s the sauce that brings the magic. From a spoonful of creamy alioli with grilled fish to a fiery mojo picón over Canarian potatoes — Spanish sauces tell stories of region, tradition and temperament. Alioli: garlic, oil and nothing else Spain’s most famous […]
Like many others, I do it almost daily here on the Costa Blanca — driving with the windows down. From Moraira to Calpe along the coast, a stretch of the N332, through the Mascarat tunnel, and then joining the car procession through Altea on the way to Albir. But always: Costa Blanca Radio on. Sometimes just as background, sometimes because there’s that one track that makes you unconsciously press the […]
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