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He broke his arm, but now he’s back. Welcome back Carles Puyol – a decadent Devil’s Food cake with Peppermint Marshmallow Topping to ease you into things.

Featured Articles, Food & Fab Endorsed, Mediterranean Delicacies, Midnight Snacks, Recipes, Salad & Snacks

These are a healthy version of nachos that I make at home, often to snack on while watching the football. I was given the challenge of preparing dishes with combinations chosen by Mediterranean Delicacies. In this instance their avocado hummus with their caramelised onion dip. I chose to use both as dips that I lavished over the hot-out-the-oven nachos.

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Happy Birthday Carles Puyol – 34 today, 24 forever!

Drinks, Featured Articles, Midnight Snacks, Recipes

It can’t have been easy for el Capi over the last eight months. Injury, surgery, recuperation, slow start and most recently, a break-up! But don’t worry, do dry your tears. I’ve been busy in the Food and the Fabulous cocktail bar, experimenting with potions and vials, and after much testing *hic*, I’ve come up with this: Captain’s Brew.

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Chocolate Brownies made with Catalan Torro (nougat), a soft, golden coloured confectionery and with the delightful nubbliness of macadamia nuts. Dedicated to F.C.Barcelona winning the Audi Cup over Bayern Munich. Ole`!

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My experience at the La Liga Finals, at the majestic Camp Nou- F.C. Barcelona v Deportivo La Coruña on 15 May 2011.

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A cake to celebrate Carles Puyol’s birthday. Happy birthday el Capitan! Felicitats!

Destination Meals, Edible Gifts, Featured Articles, Midnight Snacks, Recipes, Starters

I share easy recipes to make a simple tapas board with ingredients from your store cupboard and fridge. You can add a few items like my fig and dulce mascarpone or paprika almonds to take it up a notch

Dessert & Baked Goods, Featured Articles, Midnight Snacks

This post is featured on Barcelona The Offside FC Barcelona: 5 Real Madrid: 0 WHOOPIE PIE vs HUMBLE PIE One of the highlights in the footballing calender and the premier game in the Spanish La Liga, the El Clasico clash between Barcelona and Real Madrid, has been analysed in research papers and bars alike, for [...]

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This post is featured on Barcelona The Offside blog: http://barcelona.theoffside.com/team-news/a-king-of-the-zambezi-salute-to-carles-puyols-500th.html *Please note that as stated in my About page, I am an independent blogger and the views expressed and interpretations set out below are my own and not in any way affiliated to any person or organisation. Many thanks to Sanctuary Sussi & Chuma, who [...]

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A Salad for a Beloved Octopus This post is featured on Spain World Cup Blog, and you can read it here: http://spain.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2010/ode-to-pulpo-paul-a-culinary-homage.html and The OffSide’s Daily Dose: http://www.theoffside.com/daily-dose/daily-dose-october-27th-2010.html Ode to Pulpo Paul Dearly beloved, today the world lays to rest our darling multi-armed Paul. One of possibly 57 700 eggs, laid by his mother at [...]

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I’m both proud and pleasantly surprised that those witty, always ready with an insightful jibe guys at theoffside picked up this blog post and I may, in future be doing more Barca football / food posts for them. You can view the cracker post on their site (http://barcelona.theoffside.com/) here: http://barcelona.theoffside.com/barcelona/in-honour-of-a-cracking-blaugrana-victory.html#more-3750 Visca el Barca! In a [...]

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Yummy things that don’t quite fit elsewhere   Cruising at a winning altitude! Both pics courtesy of http://capitacinco.wordpress.com/  You didn’t think I’d forgotten about Spain and the Barca boys, did you? Reminds me, paella and tapas evening to follow soon…