Sep 17
6
Traditionally we use more Olive oil than butter, we do have some influences from the French cuisine and therefore butter is used in some recipes, but Olive oil is a Must in every Spanish kitchen! We use it every day for frying, for salad dressings, for softening the vegetables, for ...
Sep 10
1
Soups, salads, vegetables & potatoes
What Color Is Your Diet? This is the tittle of a book published in 2001 by David Heber, MD, where he wrote about the benefits of a colored diet... 12 years later, I have started to hear ...
Sep 04
1
Cupcakes, cookies & muffins | Fruits
If you ask me which fruit is my favorite, I will tell you that figs are. If you ask me which dessert is my favorite, I will tell you Ice creams are. And if you ask me what would I do in Madagascar... I will tell you: no ...
Aug 31
0
Here is my new book recommendation: The Photography of Modernist Cuisine. If you know or have heard of the beautiful, awesome, stunning Modernist Cuisine collection, now it's the time to reserve the new Photography book. It will be launched in October 2013. I'm completely sure it will be ...
Aug 31
0
Like a Sumo guy ready for the battle, like an astronaut waiting for the ignition of the rocket, like a king in its throne... this chicken will give its best in this recipe! If you have never heard of it, you are probably making funny faces to the screen right ...
Jul 31
2
I'm leaving, I'm on a trip, voyage, viaje, viaggio... off to Italy, La Toscana... the craddle for Pizza, Risotto, Pasta, Parmesano, Mortadela, Chianti, Mozzarela, Lambrusco, Panettone and Gelato!!!! I'm off to learn what THE DOLCE FAR NIENTE means, how a real Pizza tastes, where Leonardo da Vinci was born; I ...
Jul 25
0
Since I was a kid, the time for the Vermouth has been like a ritual for our family and for many others here in Catalonia. We call it Vermouth time, (in the rest of Spain it's called Aperitivo time) but it's not compulsory to drink vermouth... you can have a ...
Jul 23
0
Rice & pasta | Soups, salads, vegetables & potatoes
It's taken me a while to write a new post... it's just too hot in here! Thank god air conditioning has been invented because my brain would probably melt if I had to live without it. Why kitchens are not taken into consideration when we think about installing air conditioning... ...
Jul 07
0
Too many ripe bananas in your pantry/freezer? Bake a CAKE! Too many clouds in the sky? Bake a CAKE! Too many things bothering you? Bake a CAKE! Too many days without making yourself a gift? Bake a CAKE! Too many shirts piling up to get ironed? Bake a CAKE! It works ...
Jul 05
0
Bread, pizza, quiches & sandwiches | Eggs
Have you ever weighed up an ostrich egg, would you like to know how it feels among your hands? Is the surface smooth or not? How could you break it if you want to cook it? How many people would feed? Would you like to know all about it?...