London Gastro Tour: Borough Market

The day was perfect and the company fantastic! We (The Nokia Food Bloggers) went on a tour of the Borough Market in London. The charming Celia Brooks Brown was our guide. To give you an idea of what we experienced, next follows an excerpt from Celia's website:

...Hear the extraordinary history of this ancient market and share an insider's view. We start the day with elevenses / brunch at the glorious ROAST restaurant perched above the market, then follow with lots of specially arranged tastings: scallops, rare breed meats, olive oils, Ceylon tea, exotic Mexican chillies, Italy's most prized Parmesan cheese, and many more, plus a chance to hear the stories behind the creation of these fabulous artisan foods. We'll sit down for a wine tasting at Bedale's accompanied by a spread of delicious French goodies, concluding with a tasting of simple tapas combinations at Brindisa Spanish Foods. Head over to her website to learn more about her gastrotours...

Now enjoy the photos, they were all taken with my new N95 8GB:

1. Girl Interrupted Eating & The Cooking Diva, 2. Maria Luisa from Mil Sabores, 3. Perfectly round mini carrots, 4. Stylish purple-orange carrots, 5. Mushrooms, tasty mushrooms!

by Chef Melissa - CookingDiva · March 20, 2008 · 11:47 PM
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Nokia Food Workshop in London: Disfrutando el N95 8GB

De Panamá a Londres...

Se nos hizo hoy el día corto en el workshop al que Nokia nos ha invitado en esta ocasión, para conocer de las bondades del práctico N95 8GB que nos han obsequiado. Una estrategia de mercado excelente! Que mejor que el segmento prolífico de los food bloggers, de todos colores y sabores, diseños y originados en coordenadas geográficas inimaginables!

De igual forma ha sido maravilloso el poder finalmente conocer a algunos de los foodies cuyos blogs leo desde hace ya tiempo:

La Olla Suiza, de España

Blog Mercotte, de Francia

Just Hungry, de Suiza

Cavoletto Di Bruxelles, de Italia

Girl Interrupted Eating, de Londres, Inglaterra

Y mi querida Maria Luisa de MilSabores, de Venezuela

Mañana, entre otras cosas, visitaremos el Borough Market, el mercado de alimentos más antiguo de Londres.

Seguiremos reportando...

Un abrazo,

Melissa

*Photo credits / foto: Piña, La Chorrera-Panamá

by Chef Melissa - CookingDiva · March 19, 2008 · 09:15 PM
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Video From the Tropics: Behind the Black Eyed Peas & Authentic Hot Pepper Relish

Life Made Simple in Panama, show #7, hosted by Aimee Arnold & Chef Melissa De Leon.

This time we show how to prepare black eyed peas Panamanian style: with smoked pig's tail and freshly made hot pepper relish. Simply delicious!

In history, black eyed peas originated from when the slave were brought over from Africa. Now many people celebrate New Years Day with Black Eyed peas to honor the slaves who fought for freedom. Today many people continue to celebrate this tradition by preparing Black eyed peas for good luck, good fortune and or good change, not only for New Years day, because it is a well loved comfort meal, very economical and easy to prepare.

Enjoy!
Chef Melissa

Behind the Black Eyed Peas & Authentic Hot Pepper Relish Recipe from Melissa De Leon on Vimeo.

by Chef Melissa - CookingDiva · March 18, 2008 · 09:02 PM
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