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      Cristina’s from Spain

      The food of Spain has more and better cachet, and major food cred as time goes on. Lagging behind sister European countries like France and Italy due to the slow return from Francisco Franco’s dictatorial ways, Spain’s foods, cuisine and chefs are now hitting their stride on the world stage. Only due to lack of [...]

      *The Local Report – McCall’s Meat & Fish Co.

      1.9 miles, about 5 minutes, from my home in Atwater Village.
      There’s a new butcher in town and boy am I happy. It seems that the neighborhood butcher has gone by the wayside and that more and more people are relying on supermarket butchers. While the guys at my local Whole Foods are very [...]

      Review: ‘The Barcelona Cookbook’

      The Barcelona Cookbook: A Celebration of Food, Wine and Life. Sasa Mahr-Batuz, Andy Pforzheimer. Andrews McMeel Publishing, $29.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0740773945
      A cookbook about Barcelona? With recipes of all those great things I ate when I was there this spring? When I first heard about ‘The Barcelona Cookbook’ that’s exactly what [...]

      Recipe: Padrón Peppers, or Pimientos del Padrón

      Padrón Peppers, or Pimientos del Padrón
      Serves
      4 – 6
      Preparation Time
      45 minutes
      Ingredients
      1 lb. Padrón peppers (80-100 peppers)
      3-4 cups olive oil
      Salt, large grain rock, Kosher, sel de mer, etc.
      Method
      Clean the peppers by rinsing them lightly. Dry them completely so they won’t splatter when they hit the hot oil. Leave the stems attached.
      Place the olive oil in a large [...]

      Padrón Peppers, or Pimientos del Padrón

      Are they Italian or Spanish? I was *confused and still am. I first had something like pimientos del Padrón in Ravello, Italy while on a three week trip to France and Italy with my friend, Chef Jeremiah Tower. We spent the day driving along the Amalfi Coast stopping in at all the [...]