The summer grill party is one of the most beloved of summer gastronomic experiences. On the Fourth of July we fire up the grill, people gather round impatiently, and on go the hamburgers, the hot dogs, the pork spareribs, the chicken breasts, the steaks. But why not take your grilling game up a notch this […]
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Summer Grilling That Filet Mignon with Bacon
June 15, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Summer is about to be upon us and that means grilling is the dominant form of cooking. I like to grill everything but sometimes I just want to keep it simple. A simple meat to grill, although expensive, is filet mignon. Now and then I find a whole filet mignon (in older times called chateaubriand) […]
Valencia’s Arros a Banda – Paella’s Cousin
June 8, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Arròs a banda is a very old preparation from Valencia and really quite simple. Traditionally, arròs a banda was made on the small cabotatge, the coast runners that ran from north to south along the Levante, the Valencian coast. The boatmen would eat the fish with some hollowed out pieces of bread. Fishermen also made […]
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