Allioli One of the things I miss about Andorra is the Festa Mejor Major.
We've been in Spain, visiting our friend in the mountains, and picking up our new puppy.
Spring can be both a frustrating and a fun time in the kitchen.
Note: This is a reprint from Valentine's Day, 2008.
Back in the beginning of time, I was eating the absolutely fabulous, outrageously expensive Jamón Ibérico de Bellota in a restaurant in Spain, carefully trimming the fat as was my habit at the time.
There are over 40 different types of dry-cured ham in the display case at my supermarket: Prosciutto from Italy, Serrano from Spain, Westphalian from Germany, Bayonne from France and a few dozen more better and lesser known varieties from all over Europe.