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Woodsmoke, snoring and a £30 tin of tuna: Las Conservas Güeyu Mar
On February 21, 2022 by The Plate Licked CleanSnoring is like stupidity: you don’t know you’re a sufferer until someone points it out. So depending on your perspective I am either a terrible snorer, as several special friends have been kind enough to remark over the years, or absolutely fantastic at it. I mean world class. Really- a virtuoso. A baleful combination of
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Spanish Road Trip day iii: Mannix, Campaspero, Valladolid: asador review
On February 7, 2019 by The Plate Licked Clean(Third in a series of bits from a road trip in summer 2018. The prelude is here; here’s Part One; and Part Two.) Day three: and further into the hot, arid heart of Spain. Today’s mission: we come in search of lechazo. Those three tripping syllables have represented a kind of meaty magic for decades:
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Spanish Road Trip day i: Gueyu Mar, Ribadesallas, Asturias
On August 23, 2018 by The Plate Licked CleanThis post is one of a series from a road trip I took summer 2018. For the introduction, read this. ‘Lo sencillo es tan sencillo, tan sencillo, que es complicado.’ We leave Bilbao far behind and head west for a couple of hours along the Cantabrian coast, into the green of Asturias. We skirt the
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Spanish Road Trip: Prelude
On August 19, 2018 by The Plate Licked CleanThis is a standalone introduction to five or six planned posts from our recent road trip across Spain. Think of it as background colour. Maybe it’s my time of life. Maybe it’s this entire Brexit farrago: but recently I have been reflecting on what it means to be the son of a European immigrant. And