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When you plant a seed, flavour isn’t the first thing on your mind. You wonder if it will sprout. If it’ll survive the heat. If you’ll remember to water it in time. And yet, it’s that very seed that, in June — the kitchen garden month — slowly turns into scent, colour, and eventually: food. My June came without recipes. Without shopping lists. Without plans, even. Just a garden, a […]
Sometimes you don’t make a dish. Sometimes you just find it. You’re walking through the garden, it’s warm, the sun already starting to dip. And suddenly you see it: that one basket of tomatoes is perfectly ripe. The basil is bursting. You’ve still got half a loaf of bread from yesterday, a bottle of good olive oil, and somewhere deep in a drawer, a clove of garlic. And there you […]
I still remember my very first morning ride in Spain — struggling up a hill, sweat down my back, wrong gear, but a breathtaking view. Someone behind me called out “¡ánimo!”, and moments later a local flew past looking like he was just heading to the bakery. That’s when it clicked: cycling on the Costa Blanca is something else entirely. Not just physically, but mentally too. It’s movement with a […]
There are days when you just don’t want to set foot in the kitchen. The mere thought of heat makes you sluggish. Everything sticks, the sun is high, even the cats refuse to move. On days like that, you don’t want a meal. You want relief. You want something that feels like a dive — but in a bowl. So: homemade gazpacho. Not the kind that comes in a plastic […]
When I heard my Spanish neighbours talking about la noche más mágica del año last June, I thought: oh, there must be a solar eclipse coming up, or maybe something astrological. Until they all started collecting wood, and on 21 June I suddenly found myself in the middle of a beach party with flames, music and wish rituals. Welcome to Noche de San Juan. Fire, sea and symbolism The Night […]
It started with a drop of sweat. Not on my forehead — on a basil leaf. That’s when I knew: we were heading for trouble. How do you help your kitchen garden survive the heat? In my previous story, I shared how my first balcony harvest taught me to slow down, observe, and marvel. It was a meditative experience, crowned with a plate of pasta fresca. But while I was […]
Some ingredients are like summer romances: fragile, fleeting, but unforgettable. The zucchini flower is a perfect example. You’ll rarely find them in supermarkets, because they prefer to go straight from the garden into the pan. And that’s exactly where their magic lies. Combine them with fresh herbs and you’ve got something that feels like a summer secret. Last week, I celebrated my first harvest with a simple pasta. Today, right […]
Last week, as I strolled through the village market in Teulada, I saw it happen: an older woman with a cloth bag and a critical eye held up a courgette as if she were inspecting a diamond. She turned it in the light, gave it a gentle squeeze, sniffed it, and finally nodded approvingly at the market vendor. He smiled. “Muy buena esta semana”, he said. And she paid — […]
June has something magical about it. Everything grows, blooms, bursts with life. Except my courgettes. But we’ll get to that. Back in March, I wrote—full of hope—about my microhuerto on the balcony of my finca. A few pots, some bags of organic soil, and seeds I wasn’t entirely convinced would become more than decorative optimism. The Spanish sun gave it her all, the rain did next to nothing, and I… […]
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