Stage 6: Gérone --> Barcelone

Spain! I had to make a trip to the library to check out some new cook books, one of which was Joyce Goldstein's Savoring Spain and Portugal.

This book yielded a fabulous shrimp recipe, which took less than five minutes to make! (To be honest the entire meal flew together in about 15 minutes.)

Here's what we ate tonight:

• Fresh tomatoes from my garden, sliced, with basil and crumbled Celebrity Dairy chevre
• Mesclun greens with a walnut oil and balsamic vinegar dressing
• Gambas al Pil Pil (Sizzling shrimp with garlic)
• Sliced baguette

I warmed olive oil and added garlic, red pepper, and paprika; then I tossed in shrimp and lemon juice. It was done in about three minutes, and the pan juices were delicious and succulent. I caught B cleaning out the sautee pan with scraps of bread :)