Holiday Vacation in PDX

The week before Christmas is one of my favorite times to visit Portland-PDX-in travelers’ parlance. PDX has ambiance and a lively restaurant and bar scene.

Basque, Basque Cuisine, vintage cocktails, Japanese cuisine, Portland Oregon, travel, bar hop PDXKaren TripsonJanuary 9, 2022takibi, Jim Meehan, The PDT Cocktail Book, urdaneta, silvercloud, Portland, portland art museum, PDX, The Chinese Gardens

The New Spanish — Bites, Feasts and Drinks

Exciting cooking and reading from Huertas NYC restaurant.

Piperade Remains a Wonderful Dining Experience

If you have a chance to dine at Piperade in San Francisco, make a reservation immediatley! You won’t want to miss this Dungeness Crab Salad.

Basque Cuisine, cocktails, Cookbooks, pintxos, restaurants, wine tasting, BasqueKaren TripsonJanuary 14, 2019Piperade, Basque, Basque cookbooks, Gerald Hirigoyen, Pin, pintxos, The Basque Kitchen

Basque Books for Research for The Cooking Class in San Sebastian

I read many books about the Basques for The Cooking Class in San Sebastian.

Basque Bistro Lunch at Home

Here's an easy Basque lunch to serve with a wine tasting. A few pintxos, seafood stew and almond custard dessert (pantxineta).

dessert, entree, Basque, pintxos, soup, seafood stew, wine tastingKaren TripsonMarch 28, 2018Basque, pintxos, marmitako, salt cod, tuna, shrimp, fish stock, fino sherry, rioja, white rioja, albarino, jurancon, almond custard, seafood stew, Iberico, Gilda, octopus, Idiazabal