It has been a bizarre day already and it is not even mid-day here. So going offline before anything else happens! Will be on cell if I am needed. Ciao - Have a great day!
It has been a while since I created time to add to this blog, and with two crashed laptops and one crashed iPhone behind me, it has rather put me back in my endeavours to contribute anything meaningful to Food Photographer in
Of course some of my readers will also be aware that apart from engaging in periodic bouts of concentration whilst food is swiftly delivered from restaurant kitchen to the awaiting customer’s table via what laughingly classes itself as a photo-shoot (all 5 seconds per plate – it is with some surprise that I manage to get any usable images out of these shoots), I am engaged in some depth in running a Spanish and Mediterranean Culinary School, here in southern Spain.
The culinary school has taken up much of my recent time, punctuated only by unreliable technology. With the school now successfully bedded-in, and with bookings flowing, it allows me time to get back in the saddle and finish all manner of outstanding internet contracts, get up to date with writing and concentrate on what I love best – food!
Whilst I hate routines, summer opens up many opportunities for me and there is a need for me to become rather more disciplined in my approach than I have been of late.
Working alongside a top international chef in Jeremy Stent at el Mirador del Castillo, as I do, the school has taught me to experiment and not be afraid to try new culinary creations, especially for my blogs and magazine. It has also exposed me to my scant knowledge of some areas of cooking, and thus the fact that part of my new routine will now be devoted to a great deal more time undertaking culinary research….an area that I actually love, but have very much put to one side in recent months.
So, in all I can happily suggest that the new routine will kick-in next week and you will see more food writing and much greater activity, here and on Unique Almeria –
Last week, I spent a really pleasurable day visiting Almeria City (again) in order to search for food and culinary delights. I can never get enough of the place, and each time the day is full of surprises. Firstly, I had the good fortune to bump into my dear friend Isabel. She rarely travels into Almeria City itself, as she lives on the outskirts and has little reason to be in the centre, but on this occasion she was not only in Almeria, but was parking the car only a few yards away from where I had alighted. Naturally, we tried a coffee bar not far away. 
Later in the day, whilst making new friends in a certain bar, (you can read about the bar in Comida de Almeria next week, when I publish February's issue), I bumped into the beautiful Anna, ex-staff member of Lombok in Mojacar where I had previously shot during the summer months. And of my new friends? Well, apart from any friend of Anna's is a friend of mine, I had the delightful experience of meeting 6 new people, in David, Ismael and another David and their respective partners...the warmth they exude is only matched by the quirkiness of the bar and the owner Jose. The tapas were first class and the wine of course was great - after all, it was my favourite Almeria wine, Tetas de la Sacristana from Seleccion de Vinos de Fondon!
