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shaved on pasta

Recently in Barcelona, lunch at a seafood counter in the Boqueria, dinners at Comerc 24 and Botafumeiro. And to top it off, a cooking class and wine tasting in the El Priorat wine region!!!

Profiteroles with hazelnut ice cream and Valrhona chocolate sauce!!!

rack of lamb slathered with an herb marinade and grilled to medium rare - perfection!!!!

red velvet

a "sweet" dessert pizza topped with almond cream, fresh berries, and melted shaved chocolate.

avoid processed foods as much as possible.

a whole fish baked in salt and herbs. then dressed with lemon and olive oil.

I had made the perfect tarte tatin. I carefully lifted the pan out of the oven and turned it over to unmold the tart. Somehow I missed the platter underneath, with half of the tart making it onto the platter and the other half - splat, onto the counter. This was in front of a bunch of people for whom I was demonstrating the proper technique as the "pastry expert"!

homemade soup

on a croissant with brie and honey mustard

no knead bread - he's got the whole world making it!!

porterhouse