Viva San Fermín & Dos Cafeteras

Dos Cafeteras

I'm fortunate to have the opportunity to travel fairly regularly to Pamplona, Navarra, Spain, the city made famous by Ernest Hemingway. Its San Fermín festival, known to most as the 'Running of the Bulls', got off to a riotous start yesterday and I'm sitting here chewing on one of the city's small culinary delights, Dos Cafeteras, Pastillas de Café y Leche (soft caramel candies made from coffee and milk). Back at Christmas when I was in Pamplona last, a friend of mine sent through a nice article on this nice little sweet. There's a good story behind these tasty candies so read on!

Dos Cafeteras Coffee Candies: Great Product, Great Story - The Atlantic - by Ari Weinzweig (Dec 2010)

Les bonbons

A sweet little video on how bonbons are made by hand:


Fabrication de bonbons à Berlin from philmotion productions on Vimeo.

Diwali in Southall

It's a week late, but I think next year a trip to Southall during Diwali is in order. A short little spot from The Guardian:

Southall celebrates Diwali: Navdeep Singh Kandola visits Southall to see how the west London borough's Hindu, Sikh and Jain communities celebrate the 'festival of light'.



Happy belated Diwali! Hrm... I have a sudden hankering for Indian sweets.

Mexican candy-making in East LA

My tribute to El Día de los Muertos...

I want some of these candies now. I wonder if they ship internationally.

The Artisan: La Zamorana, making candy the old-fashioned way (LA Times, 28 Oct 2010)

Enjoy!