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Cucumbers
There’s something about a good, fresh, ripe, right-from-the garden cucumber. Bright green, a sort of forest green, small prickly bumps like cucumber acne, firm to the touch if picked properly. When...
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Spain
I hate flying. And I don’t particularly relish staying in hotel rooms. Being a tourist is not a favorite pastime either. But I still love to travel. What I really like is being in a place. Letting the...
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Barcelona – Eats!
Tapas! Cervecerias! Tortillas! Patatas bravas! Pimientos del padrón! Montaditos! Jamón ibérico! Delicous eats of Barcelona. I feel I have slighted Spain and Barcelona in recent blog posts. They’ve all...
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Tortilla Española From Saveur Magazine Serves 4 – 8 Preparation Time 1 hour Ingredients 3/4 cup Spanish olive oil 6 medium russet potatoes, peeled, quartered, and thinly sliced 6 eggs Method Heat oil...
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Padrón Peppers, or Pimientos del Padrón
Are they Italian or Spanish? I was *confused and still am. I first had something like pimientos del Padrón in Ravello, Italy while on a three week trip to France and Italy with my friend, Chef...
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Padrón Peppers, or Pimientos del Padrón Serves 4 – 6 Preparation Time 45 minutes Ingredients 1 lb. Padrón peppers (80-100 peppers) 3-4 cups olive oil Salt, large grain rock, Kosher, sel de mer, etc....
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Review: ‘The Barcelona Cookbook’
The Barcelona Cookbook: A Celebration of Food, Wine and Life. Sasa Mahr-Batuz, Andy Pforzheimer. Andrews McMeel Publishing, $29.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0740773945 A cookbook about Barcelona? With recipes...
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*The Local Report – McCall’s Meat & Fish Co.
1.9 miles, about 5 minutes, from my home in Atwater Village. There’s a new butcher in town and boy am I happy. It seems that the neighborhood butcher has gone by the wayside and that more and more...
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Cristina’s from Spain
The food of Spain has more and better cachet, and major food cred as time goes on. Lagging behind sister European countries like France and Italy due to the slow return from Francisco Franco’s...
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