Romesco de L’Olive

My wife wanted something a little different for our supper last weekend. Since I was making pa amb tomaquet, I thought I would do a simple grilled chicken to go with it.  But how to give the dish that Catalan approach?  Fortunately, I found a Salbixada recipe in Miramar Torres’ The Catalan Country Kitchen (p […]

Pa amb tomàquet

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2019/04/17/approaching-homemade-bread/ Many years ago, I had the great fortune to visit Barcelona just before the start of 25th Olympic Games.  I was there, ostensibly, to study the works of Antonio Gaudi.  While there, I got the opportunity to have dinner at Restaurant L’Olivé (there’s a picture of the pa amb […]

Approaching homemade bread

…if you give a man a fish he is hungry again in an hour. If you teach him to catch a fish you do him a good turn…                                                                                           Mrs. Dymond –Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie Recently, my wife and I noticed that we were having some difficulty finishing a loaf of commerically bought bread during […]