Posted on March 27, 2007 by hande
UPDATE on April 5th, 2007: Thanks to everyone who has commented here or written me emails. It has been very interesting to see how other foodies (blogger or non-blogger) handle this and we even had a chef in the discussion (thanks Sebastian!) who tried to show us the other side about swapping plates. Thanks to [...]
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Posted on March 23, 2007 by hande
Spain is the reason T. and I had a bumpy start to our relationship. Spain in general, Spanish restaurants specifically. But then again, it was Madrid (and its tapas bars) that brought us back together.
See, it was in a Spanish restaurant (in Düsseldorf) that T. during our 4th or 5th date told me he had [...]
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Posted on March 13, 2007 by hande
“I don’t really like seafood salads” said R. She is the new-ish girlfriend of our old friend O. and we are just getting to know her. Until now I thought she would eat everything.
We had invited a couple of friends for dinner, to digest (no pun intended!) the impressions from our latest trip, Madrid this [...]
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Posted on March 1, 2007 by hande
I had leftover duck foie gras. Now I know that is one problem you don’t encounter everyday. T wouldn’t eat it “as is” because he found it too strong. He wasn’t alone in it either; the guests, for whom I had composed the duet of foie gras consisting of a mousse of goose foie [...]
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