Cooking
Inside the Kitchen presents so many great chefs and classes, it can be hard to choose, but one of my first choices was to take the class called "Secrets of Basque Cuisine" with Gerald Hirigoyen. I am a big fan of his two current restaurants, Bocadillos and Piperade (I also used to love both Fringale and Pastis, his former restaurants).
Basque cusine has both French and Spanish influences, but is unique and not well-known in the US. Hirigoyen gave us a bit of the flavor of the region with his description of eating outside under an umbrella and drinking a glass of rose. In his recipe booklet he also gave us a suggestion for his favorite restaurant near Saint-Jean-de-Luz, the town where the seafood stew originates. He also did a little Emeril impression to keep us amused.
Today's dishes were an elegant yet spicy and satisfying fish and seafood stew with langoustines, called "Ttoro". An interesting technique was demonstrated, pureeing the stock, vegetables and fish bones in a blender before straining it to create the broth. The other dish was a seasonal dish of squab in red wine. The mahogany roasted squab was succulent and delicious, perfect for this time of year.
Gerald Hirigoyen is one half of the other team competing this afternoon against Elizabeth Falkner and Melissa Perello. Who am I rooting for? I'll never tell!
FOOD + INSIDE THE KITCHEN
- Pepper Plantation
Think "tropical island" and you probably conjure up sandy beaches, swaying palm trees and glistening sunsets. Phu Quoc, just off the coast of Cambodia has all of that. It also has fishing villages, fish sauce and pepper plantations. So guess where my...
- Puffed Rice Candy
Remember rice crispy treats? On the river in the Mekong delta we stop to visit a small workshop where they are puffing the rice, mixing it with sugar and peanuts and rolling out the candy. Sorry the photos go backwards! /* Images are wrapped in divs...
- Inside The Kitchen--cooking Competition
Tonight was the cooking competition, men versus women. On the men's side we had Laurent Manrique and Gerald Hirigoyen and on the women's side, Elizabeth Falkner and Melissa Perello. The competition was set up very much like "Iron Chef" with a...
- Inside The Kitchen--elizabeth Falkner
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- Inside The Kitchen--opening Night Dinner
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Cooking
Inside the Kitchen--Gerald Hirigoyen
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Inside the Kitchen presents so many great chefs and classes, it can be hard to choose, but one of my first choices was to take the class called "Secrets of Basque Cuisine" with Gerald Hirigoyen. I am a big fan of his two current restaurants, Bocadillos and Piperade (I also used to love both Fringale and Pastis, his former restaurants).
Basque cusine has both French and Spanish influences, but is unique and not well-known in the US. Hirigoyen gave us a bit of the flavor of the region with his description of eating outside under an umbrella and drinking a glass of rose. In his recipe booklet he also gave us a suggestion for his favorite restaurant near Saint-Jean-de-Luz, the town where the seafood stew originates. He also did a little Emeril impression to keep us amused.
Today's dishes were an elegant yet spicy and satisfying fish and seafood stew with langoustines, called "Ttoro". An interesting technique was demonstrated, pureeing the stock, vegetables and fish bones in a blender before straining it to create the broth. The other dish was a seasonal dish of squab in red wine. The mahogany roasted squab was succulent and delicious, perfect for this time of year.
Gerald Hirigoyen is one half of the other team competing this afternoon against Elizabeth Falkner and Melissa Perello. Who am I rooting for? I'll never tell!
FOOD + INSIDE THE KITCHEN
- Pepper Plantation
Think "tropical island" and you probably conjure up sandy beaches, swaying palm trees and glistening sunsets. Phu Quoc, just off the coast of Cambodia has all of that. It also has fishing villages, fish sauce and pepper plantations. So guess where my...
- Puffed Rice Candy
Remember rice crispy treats? On the river in the Mekong delta we stop to visit a small workshop where they are puffing the rice, mixing it with sugar and peanuts and rolling out the candy. Sorry the photos go backwards! /* Images are wrapped in divs...
- Inside The Kitchen--cooking Competition
Tonight was the cooking competition, men versus women. On the men's side we had Laurent Manrique and Gerald Hirigoyen and on the women's side, Elizabeth Falkner and Melissa Perello. The competition was set up very much like "Iron Chef" with a...
- Inside The Kitchen--elizabeth Falkner
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- Inside The Kitchen--opening Night Dinner
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