I’ve been waking up in the morning and there has been a chill in the air. The leaves are starting to turn and the calendar says the first day of fall is less than a week away. As with every turn of summer to fall, my mind starts to think a little bit about the …
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Mercat a la Planxa’s 2014 First Annual Paella Cook-off
What do you get when you add the following: 1 big paella pan x 8 talented chefs + 4 celebrity Judges? You get 1 happy foodie!!!! (I love new math!) Monday night (June 23, 2014), I had the pleasure of attending Mercat a la Planxa’s First Annual Paella Cook-off. Far from an elementary feat, Chicago …
I Went Shopping With An Iron Chef
As a fan of all things food, I love to see the development of a meal. I watch television shows on cooking and read an innate amount of cookbooks just so I can study and mimic how exceptional meals develop. One of my preferred shows to watch is Iron Chef because of the great skill …
Mercat a la planxa: Spain in Seven Plates
I love the cliché a picture is worth a thousand words. When a person says it, you can comprehend easily the feelings they are trying to convey. Anyone who knows me knows that I am RARELY speechless. (Inarticulate, yes. Speechless, no.) So when I am dumbstruck for words, you know it has to be big. …