You might not think it from the contents of this blog, but we are big fans of cheese. In fact, the only post on the subject of cheeses was written back in June and even then it only really dealt with cheese in brief, offhand kind of way. However, nothing could be further from the [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Cabrales: It’s a Bit of an Animal…
Posted in food, tagged cabrales, cheese, food, Madrid, pintxos, Spain, tapas on January 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Oh Beautiful Madrid, How I Miss You! Some Non-Food Related Pictures
Posted in food, tagged culture, food, Madrid, photographs, photography, Spain, travel on January 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I usually wouldn’t bore readers with non-food-related things on our blog, but I figured some of you may be stopping by looking for some travel-related items. So, here are some pictures we took in Madrid. You can click on each to get a bigger view. I hope you will consider a vacation to Spain soon [...]
No Amphibians Were Hurt in the Making of This Dish…
Posted in food, tagged batter, bisto, British, butter, easy, England, flour, food, Garlic, gravy, kale, milk, mushy peas, onions, peas, Recipe, sausage, toad in the hole, tradition on January 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In his extremely witty book, French Lessons, Peter Mayle attends the annual Fete de Grenouilles (Festival of Frogs-Legs) in Vittel, France, and describes an instance at the festival banquet in which the, perhaps, unusual French habit of eating frogs was turned on its head by a fellow festival attendee when she asked him, shuddering, if [...]
Tame Tapas We Ate in Madrid/ Tortilla Espanola Recipe
Posted in food, tagged cheap meal, Chorizo, culture, egg, Europe, food, history, leek, Madrid, Olive Oil, Recipe, Recipes, sauce, sausage, seafood, Spain, tapas, travel, vegetarian on January 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »
In a later post, the husband will write about all the, shall we say, interesting tapas we ate while in Madrid. When I use the word interesting, I mean that many may find some of these tapas to be gross and/or bizarre. Personally, I am always willing to try something new. Only then can I [...]
Low and Slow – Even More Succulent Pernil, But Only If You Have the Time!
Posted in food, tagged cheap meal, easy, entertainment, food, Garlic, orange juice, Pernil, pork, Puerto Rican, Recipe, Recipes on January 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Many, many moons ago, I published my recipe for pernil, the delicious Puerto Rican roasted pork butt/shoulder. Recently, I had a whole Saturday afternoon to try a longer and slower cooking method for my bone-in pork butt. I have to tell you, if you have the time I would advise cooking it this way as [...]
News Shocker! Diversity Finally Comes to Food Network!
Posted in food, tagged diversity, food, Food Commentary, Food Network, rant, television show on January 18, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Well, it looks as though either my blog has been read by Fool Network execs or there are more people out there wondering where the diversity has been on the station (NOTE: There are alot of other blogs discussing how homogeneous TFN has become, not only me). Starting at the beginning of February (Feb. 2nd, [...]
Vermut: Rediscovering an Old Classic
Posted in food, tagged alcohol, alcoholic drink, beverage, Castillano, castille, culture, drink, entertainment, Europe, food, holiday, Madrid, Spain, tapas, tourism, tradition, travel, vermouth, vermut on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As regular readers will know, we recently visited Madrid and gorged ourselves at its myriad restaurants, tascas, bars and any other hostelry we could find. Because of this excessive consumption, we’re currently going through what can only be described as a traumatic process of catharsis, in which we’re avoiding all meat and all booze for [...]
Chestnut Custard Tart, Full of Christmas Cheer – Recipe 4
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged baking, butter, chestnuts, Christmas, cognac, cream, custard, dessert, easy, French, holiday, nuts, pastry, pie, Recipe, sugar, tart, vanilla on January 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
During the cook-a-thon that was the weekend before Christmas, in which my wife and I got our first real glimpse of just how hard professional chefs have to work, I turned out something of a rarity for me, and thus far, unique to this blog – a dessert. Touring the food blogosphere (hmm, starting to [...]
Christmas Rundown – Recipe 3 – Fettuccine Fra’diavolo with Crab and Shrimp
Posted in food, tagged calamari, chile, chili, chilli, Christmas, Clams, crab, easy, Feast of 7 Fishes, fish, food, Garlic, Italian, Italy, Olive Oil, parsley, Pasta, Recipe, Recipes, sauce, seafood, shrimp, spicy, Squid on January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Apologies for the break since our last post. The husband’s sister got married last weekend in London and we took a break in Madrid afterwards. The city is beautiful and energetic with an unbelievable food and drink scene. I have some extra padding around the waist to prove it! We are eating salads and meat-free [...]
Quickest Meal Ever 4 – Creamy Lemon Pasta
Posted in food, tagged cheap meal, food, lemon, Pasta, quick meal, Recipe, Recipes, sauce, vegetarian on January 3, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Ok, so I’m overusing the title “Quickest Meal Ever”. There can only be one “Quickest Meal”, right? In our bizarre blog world, no. I’ll have as many “Quickest Meal Ever” posts as I want! You know why? Cause they’re quick and we all know you like some things to happen quickly – getting a shot [...]
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Unusual Tapas We Ate, Or Madrileno Specialities
Posted in food, tagged Europe, food, Food Commentary, grilled, indulgent meal, Madrid, offal, pinchos, pintxos, pork, Spain, tapas, tourism, travel, unhealthy on January 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As my wife accurately put it in her post of the other day, we ate a lot of interesting tapas during our time in Madrid. Several of these are specialities of the city and cannot be found elsewhere. We felt it our duty then, to give at least some of them a try. Long-term readers [...]
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