There Are No Words...

 ...which is why I have pictures:

Lisbon

Cervejaria Ramiro

frango assado

Ginjinha shots (cherry liqueur)

Salema fishing boats

neon orange caiphirinas

When in Portugal, drink Sagres lager.

Perhaps he caught some of the ingredients in my fish stew...

afternoon snack

And now for what we did during our STUPENDOUS culinary extravaganza weekend up in New York (Hyde Park and Manhattan). Friday: Everready Diner, CIA tour, drinks at American Bounty (one of the student restaurants), dinner at Medici (another student restaurant); Saturday: "CIA Favorites" class (I'm planning to return asap to take another course; it was quite an experience), drive to NYC through fall foliage, Palace Hotel, Burp Castle, Lakeside Lounge, St. Regis King Cole Bar, Chef's Tasting Menu at La Bernardin; Sunday: Jane for brunch. Plus we got two cookbooks at the CIA: "The Professional Chef," which is the students' primary textbook, and "The CIA Cookbook." AND we received a copy of the menu at La Bernardin. The courses were so intricate, I couldn't remember everything we ate even right after we left. Now I can stare longingly at the menu and salivate, remembering how AWESOME it was. (BTW my favorite dish was "Crispy Black Bass with Pickled Cucumbers and Black Garlic-Persian Lime Sauce.")

main building

"Wearing" a toque

cafeteria

1/2 of what our class made

the other 1/2

buffet!

King Cole Bar mural by Maxfield Parrish

La Bernardin

Next up: a report on Sadia's Gourmet sauce, sent to us by my sister-in-law, direct from Minnesota. (She works for Sadia.) Think I'll try it with chicken wings.