Basque Hooky

Some things are better left unsaid. Like trying to describe the sound of the rocks talking back to the waves. Some things are better not shared. Like the first morning café con leche in the port. Some things are best just as a remembered smile. Like the nostalgic smell of a fishing boat, part diesel/part anchovy. Best of all is when you can capture these small solitary moments within the overall madness of a busy August holiday week in a pretty... Read More

Spanish Hooky- a not so still life

Whew. So many things to tell you as I slip under the spell of summer here at Camont with a glass of cold and bone dry rose’ wine. Ok, that’s just the usual teaser used by people who live in France. We are snotty and protective about our perceived lifestyle and I, for one, try not to disallusion you, dear reader, too much. Actually, I am fighting the underdeadline-procrastination-book writing blues as my Spanish Hooky excuse of a book deadline... 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…... Read More

Spanish Hooky- room with a view…

Winter skyVino tintof.o.g.pink, gold, inox ribbonP.V. Where am I?  Read More

Spanish Hooky- a coffee in the port

Its in my nature.Part gypsy, part hobo, part 19th-c traveler.I live on a boat.I travel for a living.I dream in technicolor and surround-a-sound.I have one foot planted on water, the other in the garden.Sometimes I channel Mark Twain, wearing an apron.I am at ease in this world. Ok, so enough with the lifestyle haiku. This is my way of introducing a new feature here at French Kitchen Adventures. I call it Spanish Hooky. The best part living in Europe... Read More