With so much expertly prepared and exquisite tasting food, did we need to eat the next day? Absolutely not. But, the real reason we went to the Douro was to return to one of our all-time favorite restaurants - Casa do Arco. Before lunch, though, we needed to walk! C found a hike that looked …
Author: carnet
Seville (Sevilla)
Carnet here... in my quest to follow the sun this year we decided to hit the road after a month of intense rains in Portugal and look for sunshine in Spain. We hopped in our sort of beater rental car and started driving south to the Algarve where we met up with our dear friends …
Sunday Night Dinner Party
Thanks Rach for letting me drop in again to talk about food, love, and life. When we started this whole culinary school journey Rachel and I had a couple long discussions about what we both expected from this experience. As many of our friends have known for many years, we both love to cook… for …
Guest Post: Live to Eat
Greetings SaltyApron readers. I'm sneaking in for a quick guest post while Rachel is practicing how to filet a Flounder for a big week at FCI. Wed is big test at school and she's in focus mode. I wonder if she'll even notice I posted on her blog 🙂 My theme for this post is …
A chef is born!
Thanks to my new friend, Anne, I have a few photos of taillage techniques. For those who don't know French, taillage is the practice of cutting vegetables into uniform sizes and shapes. We learned how to ciseler, emincer, and make macedoine and brunoise cuts from vegetables. No student cut themselves, although Chef Tomm (cheftomm.com) predicted …
The start of a grande adventure!
Hello family and friends! This is my first foray into food blogging. I hope you'll enjoy reading about my cooking experiences over the next 6 months at The French Culinary Institute. Then, who knows what will happen. Hopefully, one day you'll visit my restaurant in Hawaii, where I'll be wearing a salty apron.
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