I’m Anne-Marie Smith – my passion is recycling, upcycling, design and craft. I have a studio (garage) full of vintage (or junk as my husband likes to call it). I’m a whizz at organising events (bossy). Oh and I love food whether that’s cooking, bottling, baking or eating it!

tea & toast & tapas is a lifestyle blog and online shop stuffed full of ideas, inspirations and handmade loveliness.

No 14 is the biggest upcycling and design project I’ve undertaken here. An original wooden chalet restored and updated but still retaining that seaside chalet feel with lots of vintage touches. Available to rent from Easter 2021 subject to campsite opening dates and Covid 19 restrictions (Contact for Details on Bookings)

The Pop-Up Artisan Market is a whole new venture. An online space for creative businesses based here in the Costa Brava to promote and sell their work to a wider audience. Particularly during these difficult times when the usual places like Arts and Crafts Markets and Events are cancelled and people who would normally buy their unique and original pieces for themselves, their friends and their families from independent traders have few means of seeking them out. Its been running since November last year and we are gradually building a following and adding to our traders all the time. Do get in touch if you think this is for you!

I’m Anne-Marie Smith – my passion is recycling, upcycling, design and craft. I have a studio (garage) full of vintage (or junk as my husband likes to call it). I’m a whizz at organising events (bossy). Oh and I love food whether that’s cooking, bottling, baking or eating it!

tea & toast & tapas is a lifestyle blog and online shop stuffed full of ideas, inspirations and handmade loveliness.

No 14 is the biggest upcycling and design project I’ve undertaken here. An original wooden chalet restored and updated but still retaining that seaside chalet feel with lots of vintage touches. Available to rent from Easter 2021 subject to campsite opening dates and Covid 19 restrictions (Contact for Details on Bookings)

The Pop-Up Artisan Market is a whole new venture. An online space for creative businesses based here in the Costa Brava to promote and sell their work to a wider audience. Particularly during these difficult times when the usual places like Arts and Crafts Markets and Events are cancelled and people who would normally buy their unique and original pieces for themselves, their friends and their families from independent traders have few means of seeking them out. Its been running since November last year and we are gradually building a following and adding to our traders all the time. Do get in touch if you think this is for you!

Family Time

March 5, 2022 /

After over two years of separation from our nearest and dearest, our younger son has been able to get out to see us. Happiest day of 2022 so far! We were chasing the sun and struck lucky in Palamos.

Chose a seafront restaurant with a big seafood menu and even managed to ditch our coats as the sun was so warm. Even for us locals it feels like holiday when you sit in the sun with a plate of crustaceans sprinkled with sea salt, garlic and oil just waiting to be eaten.

All sorts of prawns, regular, king, langoustines and cockles, mussels, razor clams and baby scallops. Messy eating at its best, no standing on ceremony, best eaten with fingers and cleaned with lemon after.

Cold smoked bacalla (salt cod), uncooked and thinly sliced drizzled with olive oil and tomato. Brie, nut and tomato salad with a honey vinagrette, Patatas bravas, Catalan bread rubbed with garlic, oil and tomato. A feast for the eyes and the palate.

Tuck in.

No lunch complete without a baked cheesecake with strawberry coulis and fresh strawberries, or in my case, lemon mousse, although must confess I did have a spoonful or two of the strawberry!

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