Posted in Asturias, blood, boiled, caldo, carrots, Castillano, chick peas, chicken stock, chickpeas, Chorizo, cocido, Madrid, pork, Recipe, Spain 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 appetizer, batter, broiled, chick peas, chickpeas, Europe, flour, Genoa, Genovese, Italian, Italy, lower fat, pine nuts, Recipe, Recipes, rosemary, sage, salad, salt, savory, street food, travel, vegetables, vegetarian, vinaigrette on Jul 30th, 2008
The Italian region of Liguria is famous for its dramatic landscape of mountains plunging into crystal clear waters, and narrow terraced fields leading down to tiny, colorful villages precipitously perched on the edges of cliffs of which the Cinque Terre (five lands) of Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore in La Spezia province [...]
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Posted in chickpeas, Chorizo, Food Commentary, Madrid, pork, Rachel Ray, rant, Spain, stew, travel on Feb 19th, 2008
I know, guys… yet again, another Ray-Ray complaint. I just can NOT stop. I try, kids… I REALLY freaking try. I put her show on and within 30 seconds, I put her on mute. Within a minute, the channel is changed. I can’t do it. I try over and over again, and over and over [...]
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Posted in Asturias, cheap meal, chick peas, chickpeas, Chorizo, culture, easy, Food Commentary, ham, healthy, hearty, kale, meal, Potato, quick meal, Recipe, Recipes, sausage, soup, Spain, 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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