Delicious dinner at a hole in the wall tapas restaurant in Barcelona. Octopus with an Old Bay-like seasoning, grilled prawns and salad topped with fried goat cheese - delicious! |
Ham snack, anyone?? |
No lack of pig in Barcelona. We bought some chorizo from this shop, hoping to bring home to share with our friends, and I got some for Howie. US Customs had other plans for us :( |
Somehow we resisted the delicious looking chocolates and sweets from La Boqueria. |
More colorful beauties in La Boqueria. |
Fried squid on a stick! Cleverly photographed with a picture of an octopus in the background :) |
So many different types of chorizo. |
Mushrooms for days! |
So many spices to choose from - the colors were amazing. |
Starting the night with goblets of sangria! |
Monica shaking her artichoke maracas! |
At Barcelona Cooking School, learning the secrets of making paella. |
Yummy...simmering paella. |
Made some butternut squash soup with in-season local ingredients. |
Git 'er done, Carolyn! |
Menu del dia at Lost In in Lisbon - Octopus cakes with spinach rice and salad - I devoured the greens as my body was seriously lacking at this point. |
At Pharmacia in Lisbon - awesome trendy spot with old time-y pharmacy decor. Such a cool place and the food was excellent as well. |
Eggplant rolls stuffed with goat cheese and nuts - potential recipe inspiration :) |
We had to try the classic Lisbon dessert from Pasteis de Belem. They were these custard-like tarts which were excellent and super rich - we gladly washed them down with some cappuccinos. |
Crazy veggies! I loved all the art and graffiti in Spain and Portugal. This was on a street near our flat in Lisbon. |
The market in Madrid - I seriously loved the displays. |
Squid - straight up. |
Beautiful seafood - the prawns looked so yummy. |
Super scary monkfish! |
Beans look so nice when they are called legumbres and displayed in cloth sacks. |
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