I met Maruja and her husband Florian thanks to Josep Cuní, a great Catalan journalist I met in London, who was kind enough to show us around Begur, a small village on the Costa Brava – if you haven’t been, go!
Maruja reminds me a lot of my mum Isabel; a strong woman who, even after a really long day, still enjoys preparing food for her guests, always with fresh ingredients and with a mother’s love. Suquet simply means ‘fish stew’ in Catalan.