© Mónica R. Goya
Tenerife
March 2024
Chuffed to share new work for Punch magazine, a publication I have long admired. This story features the barraquito, a coffee cocktail and one of Tenerife’s most iconic drinks. I happened to be on Tenerife when the story was commissioned, so I could provide both images and text. You can read the full piece here. With thanks to Sergio Martín, of Las Terrazas del Sauzal restaurant, who kindly shared his recipe with us.
March 2024
New story for Punch magazine, featuring the combinación, one of those historic cocktails that it’s making a comeback in Madrid. With massive thanks to Diego Cabrera, of Viva Madrid fame, who was kind enough to share his recipe with us. Read full story here.
July 2021
New work for Modern Farmer, featuring Flaura, the project of Laura López Terrón, an edible flower farmer who works on Tenerife, Canary Islands. Laura, the founder and owner, discusses her transition from office jobs to working the land, plus the difficulties of starting from scratch in a new place. Read full story here.
January 2021
The almond trees, one of the crops that dominated the rural landscapes of some Canarian islands before tourism took over, put on a show at this time of the year. Read full story (in Spanish) here.
February 2020
It’s been a pleasure to interview Jonatan García Lima of Suertes del Marqués winery. He is at the forefront of quality wines from Tenerife. You can read the full story here and also see some accompanying images shot at the winery last autumn.
October 2019
New work for Modern Farmer, featuring La Calabacera, an organic banana farm located in Tenerife, Canary Islands. Dulce Acevedo, the owner, discusses the transition to organic agriculture and why they did it. Read full story here.
March 2019
New feature with some of the top foods you need to try while on Tenerife, as where as the addresses to do so. Work for Condé Nast Traveler Spain. Read full story here.
November 2018
New work (writing + photography) for Food and Wine magazine. The story, published in the Spanish edition, focuses on the young winemakers of Tenerife. When I was on the Canary Islands earlier this year, I was lucky enough to spend time with talented local wine producers. Their dedication and their love of the craft of winemaking made a deep impression on me. The feature appears in the November 2018 edition, edited in Mexico and available on newsstands now.
October 2018
It’s been an absolute joy to spend some time with Dolores Cabrera of La Araucaria winery in her beautiful vineyards on Tenerife. My visit was tremendously inspiring and I feel grateful for having had this opportunity. To read this story and many others on interesting small natural wine producers, please buy your copy of Pipette magazine and support independent journalism here.
June 2018
New work for London's newspaper Evening Standard. The feature talks about the hidden Tenerife. Published in print on 22/06/2018, you can read it online here.
April 2018
Really excited to share some new work on the food of Tenerife, an island I am lucky enough to know like the back of my hand. Read the full story here.
March 2017
New feature and photography for Suitcase magazine. See the piece here.
January 2017
New travel story on Tenerife for Condé Nast Traveler Spain.
