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WHICH SOLE TODAY? WITCH SOLE (TORBAY) ! MEGRIM also known in UK as Cornish Sole, Torbay Sole, Witch, Sail-Fluke, Fluke or Whiff  ...

Megrim Sole - whole pan-fried Last year I bought a couple of Megrim Sole in Santa Pola Usually, I would roast or bake in the oven in ...

   PEBRELLA - wild mountain thyme I cannot believe that in all the years I have been visiting Spain I had not seen or heard of Pebrel...

Gurnard - roast whole Sad news in November - Trump won the US Presidential election, Leonard Cohen died and my local fishmo...

Corvina roasted whole Janet Mendel describes corvina as a bland tasting fish which benefits from a sharp sauce. In “Cooking in Spain” sh...

October 2016 I feel rather guilty that, although I kept notes and photos of progress on the Mile Oak allotment in 2015, I didn't get ...

September 2016 After only a couple of years on the waiting list, Sylvi's name came up and we were offered and accepted a half plot (1...