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The Ham & High restaurant in Montgomery AL

The Ham & High: Locally Sourced Ingredients in Montgomery

September 1, 2011 by liz

Montgomery Alabama is, as one would expect, full of down home cookin’ and it certainly doesn’t disappoint. Being from a central mid-western state myself, I loved the barbecue, mashed potatoes with mounds of butter, baked beans and hot dogs with all the fixin’s. And don’t forget the grits! But I was very excited to find …

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Rose Wine Peachy Bloody Mary

Wine Cocktail: White Peachy Bloody Mary

August 27, 2011 by liz

In the South, cold drinks are mandatory near the close of each work day…or maybe I should say just somewhere around 3 pm, when the day is at its hottest… and its humidest (and this is what humidity does to your brain in Alabama). This is featured in the new book The New Bloody Mary: …

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Txakolina: Basque Wine with the World’s Best Grilled Food

June 20, 2011 by liz

On my recent trip to Spain, I got to eat at the world famous Asador Etxebarri (Anthony Bourdain’s best meal of his life – and mine now too) in the middle of Basque country in Spain. Home of the world’s Grill Master Victor Arguinzoniz, he’s known for cooking with fire over coals and wood, and …

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Les Prés d'Eugénie Maison Rose

Michel Guerard: Heaven’s Delight for One More Night

June 4, 2011 by liz

As the pleasure of the Baker’s company had already begun its slow, steady decline, the town of Eugénie-les-Bains, in France’s southwest corner, just outside the French Basque region, came just in the nick of time. This town has long been celebrated for its healing spring waters and tranquil valley setting, and as we coasted into …

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Etxebarri prawns

The Best Meal I Ever Ate: Etxebarri in the Basque Region

June 1, 2011 by liz

I’d heard and read so much about Asador Etxebarri from Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations (he also said it was the best meal of his life) to Chez Pim’s journey there, it was a must on my recent eating/drinking tour of northern Spain. Like Pim, I was grateful to get to eat at various starry restaurants …

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grilled octopus, pulpo a la brasa

Jamón, Octopus & Garlic Fish: Cantabria Restaurant

April 4, 2011 by liz

Staying in Cantabria, Spain has its benefits: it’s a 30-minute drive to the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, it has luscious green countryside dotted with caves containing early human paintings, and it’s unspoilt by foreign tourists – meaning it still has some really great, secret Cantabria restaurants. One of them is La Lonja in the fishing/port …

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