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Chef Mateo Blog
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Below, you'll see a few lines from each of my latest blog entries. Click the title to go to the full article.
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Howard Roark Sipped
My travels this summer were rich with first time experiences. My premier visit to Bordeaux, time trial for the Tour de France, El Bulli (more on that later), many vignerons, great wine, plush landscapes, and fabulous meals – the classic road trip. As a follow up to a recent NYT article on small family Bordeaux [...]
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Pais Vasco (Basque Country)
This is the second year that El Capitan and I have made a pilgrimage to Spain, in search of good food and wines. Last summer, Galician culture in Ribeira Sacra, drinking delicious mencia and godello crafted from impossibly terraced vineyards along the Bibei river. This time around donned our best berets to sample Basque culture [...]
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Spain Finale!
Now that team Espana is through to the World Cup Finals, be ready to celebrate in style with Spanish wine and food at Pata Negra for post celebration. This is precisely the occasion for a nice plate of pata negra ham and a bottle of excellent Spanish white. Recommended wines from Pata Negra’s reserve list: [...]
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World Cup Fare
Perhaps what is equally as important as rooting for your national team is what you are eating and drinking during the matches. While Thailand hasn’t qualified, and whose cuisine I will sadly miss, you can still celebrate the other 31 teams in style. This morning, I sipped on a lovely Graham Beck Brut Rose (SA) [...]
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Blue Bayou
Last week I packed up light and headed south to NOLA. I was a bit worried with news of the oil spill, but determined to visit one of the best food towns of North America once again. I have not been since Katrina, and wondered what I might find. What I found was a booming [...]
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