My last day at Osmosis was Friday, June 29. Frederic cooked a beautiful family meal with some of the best beef I've tasted in Spain - perfectly marbled, seared on the outside, rare on the inside. I'm such a meat eater! My last week was a blast and my last night was the busiest of …
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S and F were in Barcelona for 3 days before heading back to HI. So, they had an eating "line-up" that rivaled any I've ever experienced. Friday: Alkimia into Dos Palillos. Saturday: El Quim into CalPep into Osmosis. Of course, I joined them on Saturday for all of the eating and festivities. The picture at …
So, this is my third stage and next week will be my 4th and final week at Osmosis. I was thinking about all that I've learned over the last 3 months (much Spanish not being one of them) and what I would tell people like me who are interested in career changes to the culinary …
This was breakfast: garlic spinach atop organic eggs atop pan con tomate. Sencillo pero perfecto before my 2 hour walk today through Gracia, a barrio I had not yet thoroughly explored. As I was eating breakfast I was thinking about how many beautiful doors, windows and building facades there are in Barcelona, and I decided …
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I'm loving it! Oooohh, I'm so mad McDonald's uses that as a tag line, as I've always used it and now it sounds gross when I say it. Anyway, I AM loving my new stage, the chefs, and the food we produce. I'm also loving my weekends that are now free after early Sat a.m. …
So far, amazing and good! I like my chef Frederic a lot, except that he has threatened to put "cinco kilos" on me before I leave at the end of the month. Translation: he thinks I'm skinny and wants to put 10 pounds on me by the end of June. No problem. I've already eaten …
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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 …
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 …
Yes, it has been a slow year of blogging, so far. But, I'm off to Spain very soon and then my culinary adventure updates will be more regular (I'd like to say everyday, but my goal is a minimum of 5 days a week). So, what did I cook for Carnet for Valentine's? Thai-ish, of …
After a full day of packing, I went up to S & F's for dinner. MMMMMM! We had stuffed salmon, grilled eggplant Thai-style, roasted vegies and a cauliflower "risotto" (riceless). Fred stuffed the salmon with sundried tomatoes, basil, feta, onions, and roasted red peppers. Then, he sauteed the stuffed salmon in butter, brown sugar and …
Salty Apron 