Finally, home. We had a wonderful time on the cruise. (Here's another shot of the little fishing village of Portree on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, one of my new favorite places on earth).
But I've been away from this blog--and work, too--for way too long. I'm sorry for my absence here. The seas were rough. Rough like I've never seen them. We couldn't make it in to two ports because of gale-force winds. One night, they told guests to put trash cans next to their beds--"just in case." As we bobbed around in incredible lightening storms, the ship couldn't hold a steady satellite connection. I started several posts, then the connection would fail and all would evaporate into the internet ether. Sigh.
So now, back on dry land (but why is the house rocking?), I'm ready to post a full-on, two-set entry on paella know-how. We taught hands-on paella classes aboard the ship, using the technique from our latest book, COOKING KNOW-HOW. Here's what we did:
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