joaorose

In Portugal the old saying goes sardinhas nos meses sem R, literally sardines on months without R. These are may through august (in português as in castellano, français and english). June and July are the hottest months for sardinhas, the highlight of our "popular saints" festivities. It's one of those occasions when simple but tasty and real food can fulfill your senses. And not only for us portuguese guys. I remember being with The Wine Importer in Pinhão, having grilled sardines over a slice of local mixed-cereals bread and home-made red wine drunk from plastic cups and feeling in heaven. What can you say, life can be surprising...

Hello to all, (joaorose = joão roseira, Vale do Douro, Portugal, wine grower of both Porto and Douro DOC still wines) being my first post on eG, i think i could not start with a better quote than one from Victor de la Serna. On the el Buli/Adrià - It is true we are all critics, it is true we are always learning, it is true we should keep an open mind, it is true we should make statements in good faith, it is true great, innovative work (art?) will puzzle a lot of people and create positive and negative reactions, fame will always generate admiration and envy. On the sardinhas - like in España here in Portugal we have a nice diversity of canned sea food, not vintage dated though. I was wondering what kind of date is written on the cans, month and year or just year? A lot of our stuff is better in some months than others, so i guess the month would be an important issue.