Curious about food, culture and what people put in their mouth
Boro Bar BarcelonaThe other day an old pine tree was cut down next to my house. Following that, there was a raucous of confused tweets and flutters as displaced birds rehomed—a metaphor for Barcelona lately. Rents have come down. More importantly, ...
The screaming orange washi tape catches my attention. Holding up a black and white printed A4 menu affixed by its four corners. Inside, the large wood-burning oven proclaims the theme of the restaurant. The food will be baptized by fire to emerge as ...
The New Food Business Model in Barcelona I don’t think we are going to snap back to normal. That’s been the collective mantra, hasn’t it? Get through this bit. However, if this is it rather than just a bit, what are the innovations coming out of it? Since the start of the pandemic in Barcelona…
Casa Taos Coffee & Sustainable Shopping I have so many choices when it comes to good coffee. I can walk a few blocks in any direction and find somewhere I love. It wasn’t always so. The uptake of craft coffee in Barcelona was slow. Several changes contributed to the growth of the craft coffee movement….
News and Coffee Kiosks in Barcelona It’s a strange time to have a food blog. An odd time to be a human. A disastrous time to be in the hospitality business. The stop and start nature of the restrictions that the whole world has to contend with right now is the worst-case scenario for a…
I am a baker. My kids' lunchbox contents are the envy of their classmates. They have the muffins, the brookies, the cookies- daily. I'm smug about it. And being immersed in baking myself, I am not easily impressed. In my mind and that of 8-year-olds, ...
La Despensa is a new food hamper service in Barcelona. Set up by Alberto of Espai Egg and Bear on Bike and Carmen and Andrea from SlowMov. Both run projects I love. They are about sustainable, organic, local food products. These days, I can't open a ...
Have you watched Parasite? A Korean movie about class. It's a thriller, a pitch-black comedy and a legitimate nose around into how Koreans live, the poor and the rich.I watched it on Curzon online. It stayed with me. I added South Korea to my ...
Hello! My name is Suzy. This blog is about discovering Barcelona through its eateries. I take it one restaurant or shop at a time and post on the blog once a week. I vary where I eat to have a have a mix of high and low end places. My goal is to find the special places, the ones worth seeking out and show and tell you all about them. Read more...