So my favorite thing about summer, besides the greenery and veggies, is… grilling and being outside (unless it is 100 degrees–and ironically, it was 100 degrees for this photo shoot). So below are cook-out photographs. On the menu were cheeseburgers, potato salad, and watermelon (and ketchup and mustard for someone).
So here they are, images of friends cooking out:
And thank you to everyone that helped out by modeling or assisting.
As summer rolls around I will be baking less (got to stay cool). So I made one last pizza, and here is a photograph of the pizza dough:
I have three photographs that I feel define my culinary experience in Spain.
The first image is of my first meal, breakfast. Below is smoked salmon on top of bleu cheese and bread. I washed it down with some tea, all the while thinking that bleu cheese and salmon was a weird combination. I feel though that this dish set the tone for the rest of meals, where I tried to order something that sounded a little strange–but usually turned out pallatable.
The next image is a rack full of jamon. It seemed that every restaurant that wanted to prove it was good would hang as many ham legs from the ceiling as possible. This particular scene is from a market. As a side note, I have not eaten any ham in a month.
If I was not eating ham, I was probably eating fish–and probably anchovies or sardines, though I did have a little tuna and squid.
All in all I was satisfied with the food in Spain because it was cheap and good–it is worth noting that the more expensive meals I had were no better than the cheap ones. I especially enjoyed ordering a small beer in Granada and receiving a free tapas dish.
I like cabbage because:
It lasts forever
Is delicious braised
I can grill it
I can have it in salads
I can also create Kim-chi and other accompaniments
And here is a photograph of cabbage:
Sweet potato, sauteed spinach and sausage (from Polyface, an awesome sustainable farm).
