What a Catalan friend offers for dinner
Exqueixada, a dish of shredded salt cod was the star of the first course. It’s a Catalán classic, available ready prepared in the market, though our friend Jordi dismissed the…
Read moreCulinary Heritage: UNESCO and the Mediterranean Diet
Here’s a must read article on the UNESCO designation of the Mediterranean Diet as intangible patrimony of humanity from the excellent Food in Italy blog run by Zachary Nowak with…
Read moreBread and Salt
One week into our stay in Girona (a small town about an hour north of Barcelona in Catalonia in Spain) and I have two overwhelming impressions of the food. First,…
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