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First Taste: Sergi Arola Gastro
This is the first restaurant that the Adrià-trained rocker-turned-chef has actually owned, and it’s very, very hot.
02.28.08
- Keywords
- lisa abend,
- first taste,
- madrid,
- sergi arola
travel + culture
Holiday Shopping
The Madrid Christmas market is really about plastic. And especially, plastic molded into the tiny figurines that populate nativity scenes here.
12.20.07
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- lisa abend,
- spain,
- madrid,
- shopping,
- christmas
chefs + restaurants
As Spanish as Apple Pie
In the past, whenever
Spaniards mocked American food as being all hamburgers and hotdogs, I took them to Cornucopia, a rambling old apartment-turned-restaurant.
09.27.07
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- restaurant notes,
- lisa abend,
- spain,
- madrid
chefs + restaurants
P is for Pricey ... and Maybe Pretentious
Sula House is an updated version of what Madrileños call a tasca ilustrada (bistro with pretentions).
07.13.07
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- lisa abend,
- restaurant notes,
- madrid,
- spain
chefs + restaurants
First Taste: Diverxo, As In Diverse
DiverXo sits on a drab street in a drab part of town I can honestly say I had never been to before.
06.15.07
- Keywords
- lisa abend,
- madrid,
- first taste
travel + culture
One-Stop Shopping, With Tables Attached
A big trend is the combo restaurant and gourmet shop. And now the creator of one of Madrid's best Italian restaurants has gotten in on the act.
06.01.07
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- restaurants,
- madrid,
- spain,
- shopping,
- italian
chefs + restaurants
Magic Moments from Madrid
Hundreds of chefs, writers, and critics turned out for Madrid
Fusion, one of the most interesting get-togethers in the food
world.
01.18.07
- Keywords
- lisa abend,
- chefs,
- spain,
- ferran adria,
- heston blumenthal