Friday, March 29, 2024

Food & Drink

McDonalds extends breakfast hours in Spain

The fast-food chain hopes to lure in more Spanish customers

British expats in Spain toast Donald Trump presidential victory with champagne breakfast

Torre del Mar cafe owners celebrate USA election result

Budding Malaga chef cooks up a storm at Madrid Fusion

Raquel Garcia beat five professional chefs to win the self-invented bocadillos competition

Barcelona brewery…gee, mine’s a double!

Barcelona brewer teams up with US counterpart to make new beers

Old favourite meets new luxury at Olivia’s in La Cala

WHEN celebs arrive in the Costa del Sol, they call at La Cala.  While Marbella usually means one thing:  a full-on, hardcore, hangover-for-a-week partying where dawn...

2017 to be a vintage year for wines made in Spain

CONNOISSEURS  of Spanish wines can mark 2017 down as a vintage year. Not only will stocks arrive two to three weeks earlier but the wines...

Mediterranean diet could reduce risk of heart-related illnesses by 30%

New Spanish trial cut short after 'amazing' results

By cultivating nuts using trusted natural methods, farms are changing the industry in Spain, writes Karethe Linaae

For most people nuts come shelled, bleached, salted, and packaged until they are but a pale relation of the original fruit. Here in the Spanish south though, nuts still grow on trees

Avocados in Spain at risk of devastation from fungus transmitted by beetles

Fusarium is spread by the Euwallacea fornicatus, which originally came from south-east Asia

Table for two in Andalucia

With Valentine’s Day looming, Eloise Horsfield offers some advice on where to take your loved one for a night of romance

How the coronavirus pandemic took some of the chaos out of Madrid’s tapas bars

IT’S A FAMILIAR experience for lovers of Madrid’s tapas bars. There’s barely room to move, let alone find a space to set down your...

Chefs to cook for unique dining experience in Estepona

Tantalize your tastebuds, with three Michelin star chefs at ‘Dine in with the Stars’ in Estepona this September.

Tennis pro and Marbella expat Pancho Campo finally vindicated after 13 YEARS of Dubai arrest warrant

It's 13 years since Marbella expat Pancho Campo became a wanted man. Now in the clear after an Interpol ‘Red Notice’ was finally lifted, the former tennis pro and Master of Wine tells the Olive Press about his plans for vindication.

A taste of tradition: Dutch butcher offers top cuts in Benahavis on Spain’s Costa del Sol

GUILLERMO'S Dutch Butcher builds on generations of know-how to offer the best, hand-selected cuts of meat and delicious home-made dishes HAILING from a traditional...

Record Spanish tomato harvest leads to price drop

Prices set to drop to as low as 40 cents a kilo

Marbella waiter turns entrepreneur with ‘at-table’ mobile phone charger device   

A waiter serving diners in fashionable Marbella has invented a system to charge mobile phones at tables. Esteban Romero, 36, has spent the last ten...

New dawn – Renovations at Marbella’s Beach House restaurant

WITH its Peshawar marble reception desk, 400-year-old oak doors and hand-painted bespoke wallpaper from London, one might have expected the recent renovations at Marbella’s...

A wine time

With around 20 vineyards now planted in Ronda, in the words of one wine writer ‘the dream has really taken hold’

Where to eat in Benalmadena and Torremolinos

The old part of the Benalmadena is blossoming with a fine Italian, a great German steakhouse and a fabulous gourmet joint Sollo, writes Jon Clarke

Don’t take the bait!

Greenpeace is taking on the Spanish supermarkets over their continuing sale of endangered fish

Calling all adventurers: ‘Zarajos’ and ‘entresijos’ – tried the weird Spanish food from Madrid?

Jon Clarke tests his tastebuds with a few of the culinary oddities of Madrid

EXCLUSIVE: ‘I tried Malaga’s only vegan doughnut shop and was blown away by the quality’ 

MALAGA is slowly growing their vegan offering and this doughnut shop shows how good eating plant based can be.  When you think of Andalucia, you...

Guinness World Record chef passes away in Castellon

CASTELLON cuisine fans are in mourning this week. Pepe Becerra, a famous chef who had become a symbol for local gastronomy, has passed away at...

Spanish police file denuncia against bar in Sevilla for breaking Phase 1 rules

THE Policia Local in Sevilla have filed a denuncia against a bar in the city that broke the Phase 1 rules.

Top winemaker in Spain opens UK subsidiary to serve key export market

Grupo Marques del Atrio has opened a UK subsidiary in a bid to grow the Spanish winemaker’s sales in its second-biggest export market. The company...

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