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October 14, 2006

Fitou, because I need some rest

I must admit this has been quite a though week. A project which we've been working on for a while, and which looked almost closed, is proving to be much more elusive than we thought. Luckily, I can take this weekend off, and tomorrow after my morning visit to the market I'm taking the family and running off to Fitou, a cozy little town in Languedoc-Roussillon, just past Perpginan and altogether about 250 km. from Barcelona, center to the Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée with the same name.

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October 6, 2005

And so I graduate

So I finished my one year “professional cook” course. I had the final exam last week, where we had to come up with a dish of our own making, using ingredients from a given list and with the objective of keeping the cost to less than 7 euros.
It was a great experience, coming up with the working plan, doing the prepping, and actually cooking it from scratch.

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February 1, 2005

The City where I live


First Post. This is the city where I live.

About

I am a foodie living in Barcelona, Spain. In my professional life I am a computer scientist. However, gastronomy is my passion, and I own a stall selling fresh pasta in the Boqueria market. I enjoy visiting markets anywhere I can, as well as restaurants and really anything related to food in general.

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