Rice with baby clams

A few days ago I made this recipe for rice with clams and it was a success at home. I can't say that it is a typical or exclusive recipe from Panama, but it must be from somewhere in that area at least… With our almost 1.550 miles of coasts, islands, rivers and mangroves, how …

Clams with mushrooms and sherry sauce

Summertime is the best moment for light eating, because the body doesn’t need all the extra calories for fighting the cold weather. But that’s not an excuse for not eating properly or just eat salads and greens. Today’s recipe is a wonderful example.  It reminds us of the ocean breeze, the sand between our toes and …

White lima beans with clams

In Spain, soups and stews are very common during the winter. They are a delicious and comforting way of fighting the low temperatures of winter. Very popular are the cocido madrileño, made with chickpeas or the fabada asturiana, made with fabes, a type of white lima beans. Today’s recipe uses the same beans. The recipe …

Clams with Oloroso

This summer at the beach we had some delicious clams. It was at a place where we go every year several times for dinner, so I took the audacity to ask for the recipe and not only they gave it to me, but also gave me a bottle of Oloroso Alfonso to prepare it. They …