Though the idea of becoming a fully dedicated, 9am-6pm food and cooking blogger has always seemed fascinating to me. So in June 2012, I officially made the leap and I can’t be more happy about how great it all turned out for me!
Way back in 2006 my husband Enrique and I had the opportunity to live in Portugal for two years, where we worked at a local French cuisine restaurant as chefs and eventually bought the place. That little Portuguese food-place is still ours, and I always draw a lot of my food inspiration from there. Occasionally, once or twice a year I visit it and work there as a Chef for couple of months straight.
And as for my culinary tastes and preferences, I don’t have any specific or strict ones. I’m basically a fan of all foods and ingredients out there and never stop loving to discover new ones. Thankfully hundreds of local cuisines all over the world help me to find out about some new vegetables, meat or spices almost every day. So I either incorporate them in the meals I’ve already mastered or am trying to cook some new local authentic dishes with them. Just like I did with my most recent discovery – a Basque (region in Northern Pyrenees peninsula) dish called “pintxos”(snack with hake, cod, anchovy; tortilla de patatas; stuffed peppers; and croquettes on a bread bed, spiked with a toothpick), for example…
