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Eating in Barcelona the Serious Eats Way
I'm a NYer living in Barcelona- I was this afternoon doing my regular grocery shopping at the Boqueria and guess who was there filming his new PBS TV special: Mario Batali (oh, yeh- Michael Stipe from REM and a famous Spanish actress were also in tow) Being a huge Mario fan, it was great to see him enjoying Barcelona- we chatted a bit about eating in the city.....
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I visited some friends in Trapani this summer- we enjoyed immensely local busiati with pesto Trapanese- which contains local almonds and tomatoes. The focus on seasonality of ingredients in Sicilian cuisine is definitely brought to the extreme. We ate ricci (sea urchin) and a fish egg (not botarga) dish frequently in August as the season was about to end. By the way, I don't think raw garlic adds anything to pesto- it is too strong and I omit it from any pesto recipe.....