... is the answer to Sunday's challenge. Is this the place you were thinking of? Behind those humble doors is one of the best, and best...

Jaume Serra is a well-known brand of wines and cavas of Vilanova. Their bodega is less than ten minutes from the centre of Vilanova, in...

Just as there are plenty of good fruit and veg shops in Vilanova, so too are there many bakeries selling great breads. Some are family ow...

There is a wealth of places to get good fruit and vegetables in Vilanova, and the market is one of the best places to shop, especially ...

Yes, Jane was correct, guessing Sunday's challenge as Padron peppers, and yes they were a dish we enjoyed on the Camino, actually in th...

And this week it's a foodie challenge. If you know your tapas you'll recognise these immediately. What are they called? And what's speci...

And for those that don't speak it - Carrot croquettes. Some time ago a lovely Peruvian friend, Betty, brought some carrot croquettes to ...

At the top of the Rambla is a cafe-bar that, like so many, has undergone several changes of owner/ name, but for the last few years at ...

While ordinary tap water here is drinkable, the apartment is fitted with a reverse osmosis water filtration system so that drinking water...

Ernest Hemingway died on this day in 1961, by his own hand. He was in Spain during the Spanish Civil War from 1937 as a reporter and bas...

One of my favourite soups for any time of the year is Cream of Courgette Soup. In the winter it's a great lunchtime warmer while in the ...

The last Friday in June in the UK is national cream tea day. This year we have missed out on that, and had thought of doing a tea this S...

... is one of my favourite places in Sitges, just 5 minutes up the coast, and yesterday I popped along there for the first time in over ...

A fairly recent Addition to Rambla la Pau is the cafe bar Nina, at the very bottom, near the monument. So far, I've only been able to s...

... is the answer to (Saturday's) Sunday Challenge. I said it was a difficult one, and no one got the answer. Can Batadet is a shop on ...

It is indeed, as many said, fennel, hinojo (cast), fonoll (cat). Well done if you got the answer right. A perennial herb with a strong...

Sorry if you were looking for the answer to Sunday's challenge. I know it's normally published on Tuesdays, but this week Tuesday is Worl...

Did you know that the 15 to 21 June is international Meat Free Week? I have now been meat free for well over 30 years, and I'm not sugge...

And today we have another plant for you to identify. This plant has delicious roots (IMO), and the fronds are very aromatic m, similar t...

This weekend should have seen the Temps de Vi festival in town, wine fayre, but like so many other events, it had to be cancelled this y...