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It was a real pleasure to interview the very inspiring Amar Latif, an adventurer and entrepreneur who founded his own travel company, Traveleyes, with a focus on blind adventurers. Work for El País Semanal magazine published in print on 24/09/2017. Read online here.
August 2017
Very excited to share a new story I shot last June for Easyjet Traveller magazine on the islands of the North Adriatic in Croatia. Available now in print (August 2017 issue).
May 2017
New work on some of the most exciting restaurants in Amsterdam for SHOP magazine (spring/summer 2017 Amsterdam edition).
April 2017
Commission for Prague based Unexpected magazine. It was a pleasure to cover the vibrant Hackney food scene, featuring some of my favourite spots: E5 Bakehouse, Pidgin, Sager + Wilde, Rawduck and Bistrotheque. Also, first time my writing is translated to Czech. The work is published in the spring/summer 2017 edition.
March 2017
The Third Plate is one of the most inspiring, eye-opening books I have ever read and Blue Hill one of the best restaurants I have ever visited. That's why having interviewed Dan Barber in London for El País Semanal has been beyond exciting. Buy a copy of El País on 26/03 or see online here.
March 2017
While in New York I was lucky enough to spend some time at Bonnie Slonitck's cookbooks bookstore. You can read the interview on Tapas magazine March issue. Photography by the talented Valery Rizzo.
March 2017
Absolutely delighted to share new photo work for easyJet's Traveller magazine. Discover our gastronomic tour around my homeland, Asturias. See the eight-page piece here.
December 2016
Check out my interview with William Elliott, head bartender at Maison Premiere, on this month’s Tapas magazine.
Maison Premiere, located in Williamsburg, won the 2016 James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Bar Program. It is likely the most charming bar I have ever visited and having spent some time with the team behind that magic feels a privilege. If you go to New York, make sure you don’t miss it.
October 2016
I feel honoured to have had the chance to research, write and shoot this story for the London Lux AW16 edition of SHOP magazine. If you aren't lucky enough to stay in one of the lovely hotels that stock this wonderful magazine, you can read it online here.
September 2016
California, an ode to the unexpected
It was a rainy September morning back in London and for once we didn't moan about the weather. We were going away to warmer latitudes for over four weeks. Our hearts full of joy. It was happening. The plane rounded a sharp turn, the view opened unexpectedly and scenic Point Reyes spread out beneath us.
In the short time that the landing lasted, all the reasons I had gathered along the years to make California my dream destination flashed before my eyes. My first love was basketball and my hero Kobe Bryant and his LA Lakers. Then it came Kerouac, Steinbeck and Joan Didion. Of Mice and Men reminded me of a story my grandmother told me about. Post civil war rural Spain wasn't overly different to that California superbly described by Steinbeck. Summers were spent around the Cantabrian sea, in Asturias, dreaming of Big Sur and its wild landscapes, thinking of the day when I could drive down Highway 1to the sound of the Grateful Dead.
In my first year of university I became absolutely obsessed with the Yosemite captured by Ansel Adams’ lens. Furthermore, every time I went to the mountains –which was regularly- Muir’s quote from My First Summer in the Sierra echoed, “exhilarated with the mountain air, I feel like shouting this morning with excess of wild animal joy”. San Francisco’s counter-culture movement and the West Coast music scene associated with it has fascinated me since my early twenties. But what I was most curious about was the food. Would Chez Panisse live up to its legend? Would Tartine’s morning buns be as delicious as I imagined? Would the farmers markets make me consider relocating?
And there we were in San Francisco. To fight the inescapable familiarity with the city even before stepping foot there, we decided to surrender to the beauty of unplanned travelling. Being my companion a transport planner professional, it took a while to convince him of the charms of wandering without a particular purpose, but when he agreed, he never looked back.
To see more of my California on this 10-page story, packed with off-the-radar recommendations, anecdotes and illustrated with analogue photography buy your copy of In Clover here.
** See more on the print edition here **
August, 2016
“Crear un plato es como crear una canción”
Martin Morales, la mente creativa tras varios de los restaurantes peruanos más populares de Londres, habla de su nuevo restaurante, Casita Andina y analiza el camino que le ha llevado hasta el éxito
En su web personal, Morales se define como chef peruano, autor, restaurador y productor artístico. Pero la definición no le hace justicia. Al menos no la suficiente. El chef se ha embarcado en una misión para dar a conocer el universo peruano en tierras anglosajonas, desde la gastronomía hasta la música pasando por la artesanía y esta tarea le ha convertido en un auténtico embajador de su país.
La gastronomía peruana es su carta de presentación. En 2012 inauguró su primer restaurante, Ceviche, donde ofrece platos peruanos de inspiración costeña. Él se encargó del diseño del menú y puede presumir de haber popularizado el ceviche en la capital británica. Chef autodidacta, Morales confiesa “amo la cocina, he cocinado desde los 9 años y tenía una misión de presentar la gastronomía peruana en este país, nadie lo había hecho, y pienso que alguien responsable tenía que estar a cargo de eso, y quería ponerme en esa situación tan difícil pero también tan responsable”.
Check Revista Iberoamericana de Gastronomía Cielo, Mar & Tierra's August 2016 issue to read the whole interview with talented chef and cookbook author Martin Morales of Ceviche London.
February 1, 2016
If there is a European country where heritage and everyday life coexist in a perfect combination that is Italy.
The Borghi -Italian word for villages- define themselves as the most beautiful villages in Italy. And likely they are. For a Borgo to be accepted in the Club, they need to meet strict requirements, like the need of architectonic harmony within the urban fabric and building heritage, or high standards of quality of life for those who live there. However, for us the wandering travellers, the Borghi offer among many delights a haven of peace wrapped with delicious food. Here you are a small selection of the most picturesque villages in Italy and what to see when you get there.
Apricale, Liguria
Apricale is a dream hill borgo surrounded by lusciously green mountains and olive groves in northern Italy, less than 20 miles away from the French border. With statues dating back to 1267, it was the first village to become independent in the whole Liguria region. Apricale has a rich history and boasting Italian small village charm, life happens around the small piazza with a Gothic fountain. Never has a name been more appropriate, as Apricale derives from the Latin word “Apricus”, that means “sunny, exposed to the sun”. And similar to centuries ago when the name was first coined, the privileged setting where it is settle, on top of a hill, allows that the sun’s rays filter through the narrow medieval streets all day long. The historic centre is admirably well preserved and if you can avoid the signs of our contemporary society, like the inviting cafes, you can truly transport yourself to medieval times
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October 30, 2015
You can now read online my piece for London-based food paper Root + Bone, Issue 7.
