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Friendly fire in Leña, Dani García’s new restaurant in Madrid
The steep stairs that lead to Leña, the new restaurant of the Dani García group, could well resemble Dante's descent into hell. Basically, because what you do not expect is a dark place dedicated to the cult of the grill and the smoke. However, this story ends well,...
Renee´s Erickson slow writing… and food
Elena F. Guiral Her first book A whale, a walrus and a carpenter is the most beautiful cookbook I´ve ever read in my life but at the same time one of the most practical. Some of its recipes stuck with me forever, such as the halibut and morel sauce, the parsnip soup,...
Teruel: The High Desert Magic of Spain
Elena F. Guiral Teruel has a millenary agri-food culture developed in an arid, cold and hard land with the particular characteristics of the High Desert: heights estimated between 2,000 and 4,000 ft (600 and 1,300 meters) with short and very hot summers and...
Spanish vines, Washington wines. Spanish engineer, Washingtonian wine maker
Elena Fernandez Nothing could make me happier than seeing a wine maker… making wine. Even better if he is a fellow Spaniard compatriot. Javier Alfonso, owner of Pomum Cellars, was dealing with a batch of Tempranillo grapes just when I met him is his cellar at...
Celebrating National Grilled Cheese day… with Mahon cheese sandwich and gazpacho
Tasting Washington… and beyond
Elena Fernandez And here we are! Facing again a big food and wine event! The difference is that Taste Washington is not big is totally massive! So massive that is the biggest of his kind in the US. 225 wineries, 65 restaurants. 700 wines, 5,000 glasses, 200,000...
A real NW food and wine experience
Elena Fernandez Writing about a massive food event like Seattle Food and Wine Experience is always tricky. It´s like trying to describe a complicated puzzle piece by piece to the eyes that never had the opportunity to taste, smell and see all the...
Seattle food landscape will pop this weekend
Elena Fernandez As a final kick to Seattle´s so boring gloomy winter before beautiful spring this weekend arrives Seattle Wine and food experience will be a beatiful oxygen pump to Northwest foodies. More than 200 vendors including chefs, wine experts and...
Madrid Fusion, the highest world cuisine in Madrid
The best world chefs have gathered these days in Madrid at the International Gastronomy Summit Madrid Fusion. The Yummy Bull did not want to miss this opportunity to see firsthand what is “being cooked” in the kitchen of the best international chefs.
A sirloin French-Lavender story
Elena Fernandez During 3 years since I moved to Seattle I´ve trying with no success to find fresh duck foie. I have to admit that this is not an easy thing to find in Spain either. You won´t find it in our neighborhood store as foie is considered there kind of a...