Great tunes, great doggerel, small simians
A pot for a Spanish court dinner in 1657 is said to have contained “a three-year-old bullock, four rams, 100 pairs of pigeons, 100 of partridges, 100 of rabbits, 1,000 pig’s feet and as many tongues​​, 200 chickens, 30 hams, 500 sausages, as well as another 100,000 trifles.”
As viewed from a Hampshire country pub.
Locusts, wind, and plastic in the post-Parker world.
Pass the Don Simón.
With a brief moan re online editions of Lou Tresor dóu Felibrige.
A Madrid barman does the sums.
The origins of Catalan cookbook, La cuynera catalana, and a revelatory French description of pan con tomate (albeit soggy) in early 19th century Andalusia. Or: If you can’t make history, make it up.
What to do when a mysterious lady offers you a free ride?
