Posted in Travel on Nov 24th, 2006 2 Comments »
Guess who’s going there for dinner on May 11?!? El Bulli is a three Michelin star restaurant just outside of Girona in Catalunya, Spain and it is the home restaurant of Ferran Adrià , the very inventive and much-celebrated chef. It’s supposed to be the best restaurant in the world, and it is closed for 6 [...]
Posted in Travel on Nov 16th, 2006 No Comments »
Well, Ian beat me to writing about the Paris cooking class we took … but I can still extoll the virtues of Paris patisseries and in particular these delectable goodies they make: macarons. No, these aren’t the usual Safeway macaroons, those bland dollops of coconut flakes and almond flavouring. I am talking about delicious, soft [...]
Posted in Travel on Nov 15th, 2006 No Comments »
The market On Tuesday, Oana and I spent half a day at a French cooking class. Our early day started with a visit to one of the markets near the Roland-Garros stadium to the west of Paris. This market runs daily in one of 3 or 4 locations in the arrondissement, all year round, independent [...]