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What is a family?  Your family is the people you are related by blood to.  Though I like to think theres more to a family than a technicality like that.  When you work somewhere that your around the same group of people 18 hours a day, spend the weekends with them, eat with them, andContinue reading “Farewell familia”

Yip.  Its my last week at the restaurant.  Not sure if im happy or sad, a little bit of both I suppose.  Were slowly starting to pack everything away to get ready the break untill we reopen in January.  Though I know Its been a fun ride, and this is just the first stop.  AnotherContinue reading “The final count down”

Ive been having some trouble uploading videos on youtube, but I finally got one of them to work!  I was saving these for last, but since its the only ones to work you get to enjoy them now. So during gastronomika there was a big lecture by grant Achatz which I was going to missContinue reading “Q&A”

A nice part about this event was that there was food around every corner, you could not avoid it.  All kinds of vendors trying to give you their great product, wineries handing out glasses like they were free and incredible lectures that gave you even more food! Though I make this post not just toContinue reading “The foooood!”

So this whole event was one incredible spectacle for me.  The food, the chefs, the venue, everything about it had me in awe like a kid at a candy store.  I want to share as much as I can with everyone, though that will be a bit crazy in just one post.  So im goingContinue reading “Gastronomika…”

This is just a quick preview of much more to come of the marvel that is Gastronomika. Whats a Gastronomika you ask?  Well the recipe is simple.  Take one beautiful venue on the san sebastian beach, fill it with the best chefs in Spain, add the already incredible food vendors of spanish food, pour inContinue reading “Gastronomika!”

Ever talk to someone in another language that you yourself can barely speak?  You know you’re butchering it and end up playing a game of charades just to try to get a few phrases across.  Being in another country causes so many things to get misinterpreted. Language is an obvious one, though because we comeContinue reading “Lost in translation”

They come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, grow in the dirt and some can kill you but boy is it worth it. Mushrooms, I swear Basque country has got some of the best.  You can see this is a mushroom loving area when you can walk into any little corner store and findContinue reading “Hongos!”

So Spain has incredible food, that goes without saying.   To no surprise theyre pretty good at making wine here as well.  When you want a beautiful bold red, you go to Rioja.  When you want something slightly sparking with your pintxos theres nothing better than a tall pour of txakoli.  Its refreshing, acidic, dry andContinue reading “txakoli!”

Being a cook, in any restaurant, often dictates a certain lifestyle. Cooks are rough neck, pirate, crazy people captivated to their craft.  Working in a restaurant together you’re locked in a basement of passionate like minded people learning and growing side by side. You’re caught in “the suck” and wouldn’t have it any other way.Continue reading “Farewells and foundations”