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Lisbon |
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Cervejaria Ramiro |
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frango assado |
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Ginjinha shots (cherry liqueur) |
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Salema fishing boats |
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neon orange caiphirinas |
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When in Portugal, drink Sagres lager. |
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Perhaps he caught some of the ingredients in my fish stew... |
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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.")
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main building |

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"Wearing" a toque |
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cafeteria |
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1/2 of what our class made |
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the other 1/2 |
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buffet! |
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King Cole Bar mural by Maxfield Parrish |
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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.
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