Discovering Ballymaloe relish on a sojourn to Whitehead, Northern Ireland, we became determined to make a copycat version. It’s not quite the same, but it is good.
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Visiting Beit Trad, ‘A House in the Lebanese Mountains’
‘A House in the Lebanese Mountains’ is both a cookbook and a magic carpet that transports the reader to a place of serenity and hospitality. MatthieuSalvaing’s photographs of Beit Trad (reproduced here by permission) bring the book alive.
Making Valencian paella in the classic fashion
No chorizo! That’s the first rule we learned in a paella cooking class at El Casal de la Fallera in Valencia.
La Jetée gives seafood and farm bounty a southern French accent
Spike Gjerde’s La Jetée gives the Fell’s Point neighborhood the kind of classy yet relaxed upscale dining it needed.
Taste the Chesapeake at Thames Street Oyster House
Thames Street Oyster House in the Fell’s Point quarter of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is definitely the place to go for Chesapeake Bay seafood.
Saffron, Spain’s gastronomic gold, shines at La Melguiza
Visit David Saenz at La Melguiza in Madrid for a crash course in the superiority of saffron from La Mancha.
Walk the Camino? Piece of cake!
The lightly sweet tarta de Santiago is a classic Spanish almond cake associated with the Camino and Santiago de Compostela.
