Cigalas con Ajoblanco y Trufa de verano (Esp)

(Cigalas)


Un plato fresco y veraniego que une sabores muy distintos: el ajoblanco de la cocina tradicional andaluza, las cigalas, con todo el sabor del mar y las trufas que le dan un aroma y un contrapunto muy especial.

(Ajo)

Salicornia Salad (Engl)

(Salicornia)

It is a fresh emerald green vegetable that has a wonderfully salty flavor and a refreshing crisp and crunchy texture.





(Salicornia Salad)



Ingredients:

■A bunch of salicornia
■A lemon
■5-6 cloves of garlic
■Half glass of olive oil

Venetian Spritz (Engl)

 
Ingredients:

1 part Prosecco
1 part Aperol (medium sweet) OR Select (less sweet) OR Campari or San Bitter
1 part seltzer/sparkling water (it helps if you can blast it into the glass)

Combine the above with
a little ice,
an olive, and
a slice of orange / lemon / respectively, according to your choice of aperitif mixer.

Vietnam (Engl)

Exploring Vietnam Part 1

Travel with Mai Pham, a chef, cookbook author and Vietnamese food authority, through the street-food stalls of Hanoi and the floating markets of the Mekong.

 (Floating Market)

Vietnam: North to South Part 3

Vietnam extends nearly 1,000 miles from north to south, but measures just 30 miles across at its narrowest. Coffee plantations thrive in the cool central highlands, and banana trees grow in the tropical south.



Vietnamese Southern Home Cooking Part 4

Join Mai Pham to visit her grandmother and aunt in the village of Quoi Son.



Vietnam: Coconut Part 5

Fresh coconut is one of the mainstays of the market. Young coconut is sweet and juicy and vendors shave it on the spot for use in salads or for a quick snack.



Vietnam: Rice Part 6

Rice is the country's most important crop. Vietnam is the world's second-largest rice exporter after Thailand.



Vietnam - Saigon Part 7

Ingredients and cooks from all over the country converge on Vietnam's largest city, Saigon.



Vietnamese Po Bho (Engl) (Link)

http://www.ciaprochef.com/WCA3/vietnam-07.html

Banh Mi Sandwich (Engl) (Link)

http://www.ciaprochef.com/WCA3/vietnam-01.html

Malcolm Gladwell on Spaghetti Sauce (Engl+ Subtitles)

Tipping Point author Malcolm Gladwell gets inside the food industry's pursuit of the perfect spaghetti sauce -- and makes a larger argument about the nature of choice and happiness.

The Price of Happiness (Engl) + Subtitles

Can happiness be bought? To find out, author Benjamin Wallace sampled the world's most expensive products, including a bottle of 1947 Chateau Cheval Blanc, 8 ounces of Kobe beef and the fabled (notorious) Kopi Luwak coffee. His critique may surprise you.

Melons (Engl)

Melon Sorbet (Engl)





Summer Melons (Engl)

Learn how to choose melons and how to prepare Summer Melon Salad with Prosciutto.