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Córdoba was stop nine of our Andalusian adventure (previous stops were Malaga , Granada , Ubeda , Seville , Sanlúcar de Barrameda , Jerez...

Ronda was stop eight of our Andalusian adventure (previous stops were Malaga, Granada, Ubeda, Seville, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Jerez de la...

Cádiz was stop seven of our Andalusian adventure (previous stops were Malaga, Granada, Ubeda, Seville, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, and Jerez...

Jerez de la Frontera was stop six of our Andalusian adventure (previous stops were Malaga, Granada, Ubeda, Seville, and Sanlúcar de...

Two days to fill out a winding itinerary of Andalucia led us to Sanlúcar de Barrameda – serendipity is the loveliest of things. We...

Seville is the vibrant and welcoming capital of Andalusia, Spain. The largest city in southern Spain, Seville is a melting pot of...

Ubeda was stop three on our Andalusian road trip (check out my trip reports for our previous stops in Malaga and Granada). Ubeda...

We arrived in Granada by coach from Malaga (Malaga trip report here). The journey from the coast to foothills of the Sierra Nevada took...

Malaga Airport is huge, and you can easily imagine, would be very frustrating to navigate when busy with the summer masses. As it was...

Another opportunity to spend some time in Europe, found us flying in and out of the lovely city of Nice.  In between we would spend the...

Palermo!! What a city!! We arrived in Palermo by coach from Siracusa. The journey from the south east of Sicily to the north west took...

Bologna's has three nicknames : La Dotta (the learned one). La Grassa (the fat one). La Rossa (the red one): La Dotta reflects it's place...

Scilla (or Chianalea di Scilla) is a picture postcard perfect seaside village and legendary home of the sea monster Scylla of Greek...

A trans-European train journey had always been on the wish list and Summer 2023 finally provided the opportunity to make it happen. The...

Mezzogiorno is the Italian term for both “midday” and also for Southern Italy and our first foray into this part of the world was to the...

This recipe will make three pizzas. Ingredients: 500 ml of room temperature water - set aside 20 ml 665g of Caputo Gluten Free Flour...

Arriving into Syracuse (or Siracusa) by train is quite underwhelming. The eastern coast of Sicily between Catania and Syracuse is...

Dough making needs to take account of local temperature, humidity, and availability of ingredients. Here are the ingredients for my...

This cheesecake originates from La Viña, a cafe in the resort town of San Sebastian in the Basque region of Spain. Unlike the classic...

In this, the third of a three part series, Enzo Esposito of AVPN shows how to manage the pizza while it is in the oven. The video is in...

Here is Enzo Esposito again taking the class through the process for making a margherita pizza. In this, the second of a three part...

Here is Enzo Esposito, my instructor at AVPN, taking the class through the process for making a margherita pizza. The dough he is using...

If there is one secret to making Neapolitan Pizza it is the length of the fermentation phase - anywhere between 12 and 24 hours. This...

In this stage we will shape the dough into the individual balls (or panetti). What you will need: Kitchen scale Proofing box with lid (or...