Grilled Food Just Tastes Better

Cooking on an outdoor grill, barbecue or smoker is a summertime tradition that supplements the laid-back feel of summer and gets us all outside to enjoy not only the warm weather, but delicious food too.  Grilled food not only tastes better but also provides many health advantages. Outdoor grilling and barbecuing have evolved from what might […]

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National Fish and Chips Day 6th June 2025

On 6th June 2025, the UK will come together to celebrate its favourite dish as National Fish & Chip Day is back which this year marks its 10th anniversary. The National Edible Oil Distributors’ Association, founded the Day in 2015. Held annually, on the first Friday in June this special day acknowledges the iconic status […]

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The Art of Cultural Travel Photography

By Francesca Lungarotti Cultural travel photography creates an intense feeling of being there or dreaming of being there and in that moment this feeling pervades and wins over the image itself.  This feeling is drawn from the memory of moments lived and not, trying to rediscover familiarity with eras that we or our loved ones have […]

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Delights of Zaragoza by Nano Calvo

After more than 15 years living in other places in Spain and the world, life has brought me back to the city where I was born and which I am going to talk to you briefly about in this post, to accompany a selection of photographs that illustrate my words. Located halfway between Madrid and […]

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Painting the Harvest

Harvest, the season of the gathering of crops. The word is derived from the Anglo-Saxon haerfest (“autumn”) or the Old High German herbist. Harvest has been a season of rejoicing from the remotest times. (Britannica – https://www.britannica.com/topic/harvest) Artists have captured the annual harvest period, so important and celebrated culturally and socially, especially in our earlier […]

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Summer Grilling Is Back!

As we welcome summer and the temperature heats up, people everywhere start their annual pilgrimage from the kitchen to their outdoor grills.  Outdoor grilling and barbecuing have evolved from what might have seemed limited to hamburgers, steaks, sausages and hot dogs not too long ago to a time where nearly everything can be cooked outdoors over […]

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