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About helenbcn
I sometimes write about things that interest or inspire me, and that I think might interest and inspire other people. I prefer blogs as a medium (rather than Medium, Twitter, Instagram etc) partly because of the longer format but mostly because of the ability to hyperlink to other interesting and useful sources, which to me seems more true to the 'spirit of the internet' than proprietary sites that try their hardest to keep you within their own domain. Comments welcome.The best Xmas presents ever!
While it’s too early to give away what everyone is getting this year, if anyone is stuck about what to give friends and family for Xmas / Reyes / other suitable festive celebration this year, here is my top tip … Continue reading →
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Posted in Food, General, Gifts
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Tagged alcohol, Cake, ethics, fair trade, food miles, local, organic, party, Shopping in Barcelona, Sweets, traditional
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Call Valls – Organic Fruit Products from Catalunya and Beyond
Almost all the shops I have mentioned so far stock the ‘Cal Valls‘ range of fruit juices. I’ve tried a few – the Mandarina in particular is superb – so I thought I’d try and find out more about them: … Continue reading →
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Posted in Drink, General
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Tagged Drink, Food, food miles, General, local, organic, Shopping in Barcelona, traditional
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More ‘friendly’ cleaning products:
I wrote about the fabulous Lympha brand of eco-friendly, fair trade cleaning products here, however more recently while researching the post on local independent shops selling ethical products I discovered that my most local of locals actually stocks a different … Continue reading →
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Tagged Cleaning Products, fair trade, groceries, local, organic, Shopping in Barcelona, Soap
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