On chutney



Sometimes, in Spain, I miss the selection of 'fancy food' that places like Waitrose or, even Sainsburys had. Don't get me wrong, we have a marvelous selection of fresh fruits and bread and fish, fuet and chorizo, but when it comes to finding some Nori to make sushi (my new craze) or perhaps even some Very Lazy Garlic or Very Lazy GInger, the supermarkets in our area suck.

But yesterday I discovered something that made me very very happy indeed. Chutney. (Agredolce, in Catalan.) At Cellar del Tast in Torroella they have a rather large offering of Can Bech products. I got the Pear and Ginger chutney, but I's sure I'll go back and get the mango chutney, figs chutney or even prune chutney soon. You never know, soon it might be possible to purchase the curry spices that I currently buy from Seasoned Pioneers! Can Bech's website is very good and very comprehensive. It's also well-designed, which obviously just serves to enhance my happiness - everyone knows how partial I am to good web design. They have listings of all their products (jams, marmalades, fruits in syrup, oils, salsas and more stuff that I don't know what it is. They also have recipes listed for various products. My only gripe with the site is that it has dodgy music playing in the background, but there is an obvious on-off switch so I shouldn't complain too much. Seasoned Pioneers's website, however, is pretty dire but they assure me that it's being redesigned at the moment...!

In other news, I've finally updated whangdoodleland with current samples of my work. It really was long overdue. You'll also see samples of my latest Big Project which is TheXpat magazine based in the Costa Blanca. A monthly luxury lifestyle type mag for expats on the Costa Blanca. Sorry there aren't more examples, I guess you'll just have to nip down to the Costa Blanca and pick up a copy. Come on, even I don't have my hands on a printed copy yet...

On a completely unrelated note, I'm not sure if I've mentioned this site before, but it has loads of pics and information about Torroella de Montgri and LEstartit. It's constantly updated and has some great photos on it of the town.

Posted: Thu - August 25, 2005 at 08:11 AM        

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