Posted in Asturias, Castillano, Chorizo, Madrid, Recipe, Spain, blood, boiled, caldo, carrots, chick peas, chicken stock, chickpeas, cocido, pork on Mar 28th, 2009
Many of European countries have a one-pot dish into which odds and ends of the beast and various cheap vegetables are thrown, and cooked until all components sit fall-apart tender in a rich broth. Examples include Lancashire hot-pot in the UK, the famed French pot-au-feu, and the various cocidos of Spain.
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Posted in Asturias, Europe, Recipe, Recipes, Spain, cheap meal, easy, fabada, french fries, fried, meal, offal, onions, paprika, parsley, restaurant, sauce, thyme, tradition, travel on Apr 18th, 2008
If you are a regular reader of our blog, perhaps you remember this post on my husband’s near-death by gluttony as he ate his way through a giant Asturian meal – fabada. While I had to listen to his groans and watch the thick beads of sweat roll down the side of his head [...]
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Posted in Asturias, Jose Andres, Olive Oil, Recipe, Recipes, Spain, apples, cabrales, cheese, easy, eating, food TV, hazelnuts, healthy, herbs, nuts, salad, side dish, travel, vinaigrette on Apr 12th, 2008
There are some things that just strike you as being astonishingly simple, yet brilliantly devised. For example, the interface of an iPod- the way you use it – is unbelievably clever in its design. One “wheel” and one button, and that’s it. Everyone – even me – can figure it out in about 8 seconds. [...]
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Posted in Asturias, Chorizo, Europe, Food Commentary, Madrid, Spain, alcohol, alcoholic drink, appetizer, beans, beverage, blood, chops, embarrassment, fabada, indulgent meal, lunch, morcilla, offal, pigs, pork, sausage, tapas, tourism, tradition, travel, unhealthy on Mar 7th, 2008
“The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.”
- William Blake
Have you ever thought, as you sit red-faced, breathing shallowly, “just… one… more… bite”? Have you ever then taken that extra bite and thought to yourself — in your blood-starved brain — “maybe, after all, I could manage another one”? And, finally, upon swallowing [...]
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Posted in Asturias, Chorizo, Food Commentary, Potato, Recipe, Recipes, Spain, cheap meal, chick peas, chickpeas, culture, easy, ham, healthy, hearty, kale, meal, quick meal, sausage, soup, tourism, travel on Oct 11th, 2007
Several years ago, on a trip to northern Spain I found myself in the small town of Santillana del Mar in the region of Cantabria on a cold and rainy night. Outside the hotel, a herd of dismal-looking goats shivered together in the lee of a thorn bush as it got dark, and all I [...]
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