Lifestyle
Two ‘Nan’s Days Out’ this week
Can Penasso is now renamed as La Meson and is the nearest the Soller Valley has got to a trendy Beach Club.
The restaurant review
Pork cheeks have never been better
Pork cheeks, when cooked slowly and for the correct length of time, are always beautifully tender and tasty.
Out & About
The Masked Avenger
It seems that with all the information circulating as to how this virus spreads, cyclists seem to tick a lot of those boxes, so why no masks? And why are they allowed to travel so freely around the island? Perhaps something the government needs to address?
The Blog
Choosing the twenty most notable Majorcans
The Archduke Louis Salvador perhaps did more than anyone in promoting Majorca in the nineteenth century, but he was Austrian, having in fact been born in Florence.
Enjoying Majorca
The “Victory” of Alcudia: Which Victory?
Alcudia received its honour for a very different reason. It was granted in July 1523 by Carlos I of Spain, who was also Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor.
Humans of Mallorca
The end of an era for some humans of Mallorca
The individual stories are heart-breaking as families we love head for different shores. The Humans of Majorca who are vitally important now are those with a road map for the future.
Food
Get cooking with the American chef in Majorca
Learn to make a Moroccan flavored Humdulila Hummus starting from scratch. I will show you some of my tricks for making a delicious hummus that you will really enjoy.
Frank Confidential
Why not try doing it yourself: Plus - beach nudity... Are you hunk, chunk or drunk?
I don’t know if I’m getting a little censorious in my old age - but, there was an awful lot (and I mean a lot!) of naked flesh on show.
Are you coming on holiday to Majorca this year?
Frank Talking
Coronavirus: how are you coping?
I barely saw a man under forty years of age wearing a mask or attempting any sort of meaningful social distancing.
The Week In Tourism
Right hand and left hand: the quarantine
The health ministry took everyone off guard by announcing the quarantine, including the tourism ministry.
Out & About
Fiesta or Folly?
As a Mediterranean culture, which through history has thrived on the habitual custom of outside living and ritual celebration, I suppose it should be expected that a certain mentality will believe that Covid19 will be beaten by holding some form of annual fiesta!
Food For Thought
Who said cooking eggs is easy peasy?
Of someone who isn’t a very good cook, we often say: “He can’t even fry an egg.” But it’s not at all easy to fry an egg properly and just as problematic to boil or scramble one.
- Emergency declared on Ryanair flight bound for Palma from Dublin
- Mallorca ambassador Sir Bradley Wiggins has “lost” his Mallorca home
- Mallorca restaurants losing clients, tourists tighten their belts
- Mallorca hotelier - "I wouldn't go to a place where I perceived there to be animosity towards tourists"
- Britons and Germans flying to Mallorca to be hit with an environmental charge of up to 72 euros
Words and More
Did you know
The term ‘dog days’, so called because of the rising of the Dog Star (Sirius) between July and September, is a translation of the Latin ‘dies caniculares’.
Andrew Valente22/07/2020 14:50