Christmas time in Spain is predominantly a succession of culinary feasts. Christmas Eve is called Noche Buena, when friends and families like to go out to wine and dine. Spanish […]
I mentioned Matanzas the other day. One essential component of these great Mallorcan Autumn rituals is the making of Sobrassada, a sausage meat that used to form part of the […]
November is the time of the year when Mallorcan families celebrate matanzas. A pig has been reared all year long. Now it is time to slaughter the animal, to make […]
I came across the Modroño fruit in a Palma supermarket yesterday. I had never seen the sweet fruit on sale anywhere before, but I had eaten it once or twice […]
With a bit of patience this man might be lucky and catch a big fish. It certainly is the right time of year. However, living on the island of Mallorca […]
The Kaki fruit (Diospyros Kaki, you might better know it as Persimmon) is commonly thought of as a fruit growing in China and other parts of eastern Asia. However, you […]
Every year in November, the village of Llubi in Mallorca stages its annual Fira de la Mel, the Honey Fair, a great exhibition around the world of the bee. Beekeepers […]
One of the delights of Spanish cuisine, in the sweets department, are churros, as seen in the photo. Churros are deep-fried pastries that are offered from churrería stands at local […]
Some of Spain’s most popular fish recipes evolve around Bacalao, dried and salted codfish. It is safe to say that the Basque people, along with Gallegos, influenced Spanish food habits […]
One of the pleasures of the autumn season in Mallorca is the prevalence of wild mushrooms in the local markets. Even bigger selections of setas, ceps, girgolas and other wild […]
Every time there is a rain in Mallorca, you will see people go out, equipped with buckets and torches, hunting for snails. Snails are considered a gastronomic delicacy in Spain, […]
The town of Felanitx, Mallorca, stages a weekly market, every Sunday. Four times a year, a special market is held. One of those special market days was day before yesterday, […]
October. Autumn. The wild mushrooms season is about to start. Time to go into the woods to look for setas. Not here, though. Even though the current proprietor is not […]
Despite widespread belief, horsemeat and foal in particular enjoy some loyal customers in Spain and have for some time. Although the consumption of horsemeat has gone back over the last […]
Autumn – September to November – is the time when the Llampuga fish (Coryphæna hippurus) can be caught, and bought. You will find it in most of Palma’s markets such […]