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Recipe Challenge: Picking it up again!

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In 2017 a friend and I set ourselves a recipe challenge to be completed by 2020. In 2018 I nearly forgot all about it, but I am now staring at the looming finish line and am keen to pick it up again. I have completed two out of 27 categories, so in order to complete it I will need to address one category every two weeks. Eek! Oh, except one category is to make one dish from each region of Spain... Well, that might take some effort as well! And paella is a separate category! And so, at the beginning of the year, I sat down and reviewed the categories to begin thinking about what recipes I might like to try, and what time of year might be good to try each of them. Summer might be a good time to try a salad, or any recipe which needs summer fruits, for example. I will need some help finding recipes, so if you have a favourite recipe which you think matches one of my categories, please let me know! Especially if you have a simple recipe from any region of Spain - preferably in Engli...

2018 Personal Reading Challenge: The Conclusion

When I wrote at the halfway point , I was less than halfway through two out of three categories, and had admitted defeat in the third category - at least for 2018. What has happened in the second half of 2018?