Saturday was my last day at El Quim... at least as a stage (for a while..I hope to go back). As usual, I was spoiled rotten. In the middle of the day, a woman came in carrying the most gorgeous bouquet of tropical flowers. She asked me if I was Rachel. I immediately smiled and …
Month: April 2012
Thursday and Friday at Quims
Thursday for lunch, Quim made us a delicious muscle and pea soup with a saffron and leek broth. The recipe is really simple: 1) Add 1 c. h2o, 1/2 c. of sweet vermouth, and 2 fresh bay leaves to a pot 3) dump in fresh muscles 4) steam muscles until all are opened (discard any …
Sant Jordi Day, and more delicious food in and out of El Quim
Monday, I made Lebanese food, and my boss, Quim, came over for dinner. I made Kibbeh, Fatyre, flatbread with zatar, a tomato and onion salad with sumac, an orange and olive salad (not sure if that's Lebanese, but I thought we needed a 2nd salad), and an app plate of stuffed dates with goat cheese …
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Sunday in Barca
On Sundays, many places close down. So, it's a great time to just go walk about the city and window shop to see what new places you might like to patronize when they're open. Just stay away from La Rambla - it's usually a mad house, and today was no different (I crossed over to …
Day 2, Round 2, El Quim
Ahh, to be in a kitchen again for 10 hours. I love it! The morning started off slowly, but then the afternoon picked up. I tried to stave off eating as much as possible as I knew my stomach was going to be a grouch if Quim fed me seafood again, but then he brought …
Back in Barcelona
Ahhh, back to the hustle and bustle. Returned yesterday and got settled into my new digs. It's a gorgeous place with vaulted ceilings and Spanish tiles on the floor. And, it's loud as all get out. It's on a very busy street, Rambla Cataluyna. It's very central to all 3 of my stages and it's …
Life in small town, Colorado
As the subheading of my blog reads "Food, Love, and Life (Not always in that order)", this post is mostly about love and life. At the end, I'll post a dynamite chocolate cake recipe that is terrible for the body, but excellent for the soul. It's my great grandmother Agnes Nolan's chocolate cake. She was …
Spain: Bubo, Takashi Ochiai, and Girona (not in that order)
Yes, this cake was as amazing as it looks. It was a passion fruit-banana tart. It came from a "pastiserria" (pastry shop) called "Bubo", which is also the name of Pastry Chef Carlos Mampel's tapas door, next door. Both are near the Basilica Santa Maria del Mar, in Barcelona's El Born neighborhood. My friend Karina, …
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Salty Apron 