From Debra Carpenter
Calling all budding chefs! Got an alfresco recipe you'd like to share? If so this fab new competition could be perfect for you. Simply share your favourite alfresco dish by clicking here. The competition runs until 31st May and you could win an Al Fresco holiday. Good luck!
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A FRESH FISH TWIST ON A BBQ SKEWER
11th May, 2012 by Pippa B
Looking for some inspiration for our Chef of the Year competition? Well look no further as we’ve got a recipe that is sure to spruce up your barbie. BBQ’s don’t always have to be burgers and chicken wings – if you’re a fish lover, check out this quick and easy alfresco style recipe for tuna [...]
Wine on the Costa Brava Spain
4th May, 2012 by adam
WINE, SWIMMING & SONG LA VIE EN ROSÉ, ALIVE AND WELL ON THE COSTA BRAVA CHANCES are if you’ve ever been to North-east Spain’s Costa Brava you’ll look back on your trip through Rosé-tinted glasses. Days of lounging by the pool, the rejuvenating Mediterranean breeze washing over your scorched limbs, are invariably followed by [...]
Chef of the Year Competition
27th April, 2012 by Pippa B
Calling all budding chefs! Is your cooking the cream of the crop? Are your BBQ skills hotter than spicy chicken wings? If so, Al Fresco Holidays needs you! We’re giving one culinary whizz the chance to win a family holiday to an Al Fresco parc of their choice – in exchange for their best al [...]
You know all about Italian food, right? Wrong!
11th April, 2012 by adam
OFF to Italy this summer? Looking for some seriously good al fresco dining in the warm Italian evening sun? Well, you’ll find pizza and pasta galore if you head towards the beautiful Venetian Riviera, where we spent our last family summer holiday. And, being on the coast, there’ll be more seafood than you can shake [...]
What to eat and drink on the Costa Brava
6th September, 2011 by Simon Woods
I’ve been drinking wine most nights I’ve been in Spain, with time off for San Miguel or Estrella Damm. But on Friday, I visited a local winery. The Costa Brava’s not the first place that comes to mind when you think about Spanish wine, but there are several wineries scattered around the region – look [...]
Languedoc – Domaine des Deux Ruisseaux
30th August, 2011 by Simon Woods
If you’re returning to Sérignan-Plage in the wee small hours in late August and September, don’t be surprised if you see major activity in the vineyards of Domaine des Deux Ruisseaux in Sauvian. The ‘Two Streams Estate’ – it doesn’t sound quite the same in English – began life in the early 1960s, when Gilbert [...]
Family holiday in Barcelona
29th August, 2011 by Simon Woods
For anyone in this part of the world, a trip to Barcelona is a must. Jill & I had been in that peaceful, half-remembered time before the arrival of children, and we were looking forward to seeing what the Little Woodses would make of it. So what was the verdict? ‘The Sagrada Familia is so [...]
