Too Busy Cooking to Blog!
When students come for a week or two of intensive Gascon cooking, it’s intensive for me, too! This week I went from having tapas in San Sebastian to the famous Truffle Market in Lalbenque to perfecting a delicious Gateaux Basque recipe. This Morning My Neighbors are Killing a Pig. I promise this weekend there will be blogs to post, pictures to fileand stories of the good food in Gascony…all year round! This is what we have cooked so far: Pintade a la crapaudine truffĂ©e Gratin... Read More
Duck hearts and Clafoutis
I just returned with First Peas and Fava beans fromthe Market at San Sebastian. Spring Stall with Mimosa and Plum Blossoms This is what Kris, Matt and I are cooking for dinner tonight in the French Kitchen… aperitif Saucisse de CanardFloc de Gascognemorcillo with hot peppers fresh pea puree and sauteed gesiers(the first peas of the season from Basque Country) grilled duck hearts on a bed offondante de poireaux(slow-cooked leeks) Wild Roquette Saladwith walnuts and roquefort Clafoutis... Read More
Spanish Hooky*- rooms with a view
I love hotels.The bed is always Maid.The bath has too many towels.A genius put a Toblerone in the petit frigo for my midnight craving.But best of all, I love the view… from here,and here,and here.Pais Vasco is more than gastronomy children, but if you are going to pilgrimage to San Sebastian for Arzak & Pintxos, then think of all the great places you can stay-all these ‘rooms with a view.’ *Playing Spanish Hooky at the Hotel Londres, Iturregi- a Basque paradise,... Read More
Spanish Hooky*- the making of…Caviar de La Rioja
Peeking. Seems like everyone is doing it… Even my friend David Lebovitz is writing eloquently about luxury in this time of… fiscal hijinks. So when I found myself in the arms of Frank O. Gehry’s smiling Hotel Marques de Riscal in La Rioja Alavese, I succumbed to the temptation. Caviar. Perfect, dark bubbles of burst-in-your-mouth flavor. Don’t worry sturgeon lovers. This caviar is perfectly sustainable and might even be called… vegetarian if it wasn’t... Read More
Spanish Hooky- room with a view…
Winter skyVino tintof.o.g.pink, gold, inox ribbonP.V. Where am I? Read More
