My little Madrid Plans during coronavirus

We have been confined since March 14th and I have personally been stressed out by the amount of balcony and indoor activities, recipes, whatsapps, fakenews and video calls that have surrounded us.
After 3 weeks and with a certain acquired calm, I felt it was the right moment to write this post, hoping that all our readers are enjoying good health and their families too.
I also want to share with you some recommendations that have helped me throughout this period of time, without wanting to overload your agenda.

Ainsley and My Little Madrid, together on Channel 4, don´t miss it!

As you know we accompanied Ainsley Harriott through the newest and traditional eating tendencies of Madrid. Here you can watch the whole Madrid Episode of Ainsley Harriott´s Street Food on Channel 4:

We loved Ainsley and the crew!!

Hope to see you all again in Madrid...

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Acompañamos a Ainsley Harriott, un famosísimo chef inglés, a través de las nuevas y viejas tendencias culinarias de Madrid. Ya ha sido emitido en Channel 4 de la televisión inglesa así que si tiene curiosidad, aquí lo tienes. ¡Nos encantó la experiencia!

Chef Ainsley Harriot eats Madrid with us!

We never expected but it did happen… My Little Madrid will be featured in a TV show next January in many countries: the United Kingdom; the USA; Australia and some countries in Asia.  Best of all,  we will show some of our Madrid favorite places to famous and lively British chef Ainsley Harriott! The TV show is called “Ainsley Eats the Streets", and this time, the  famous chef travels around the world looking for new gastronomic experiences.  Of course, after going to Morocco, he could not fail to visit Madrid!

Entertaining at Home in Madrid (hassle free) Part 2 - The Main Dish

Welcome Home!

Following our first post referring to the Dessert (Part 1), we are ready to deliver the second post concerning entertaining at home hassle free. This time, we will focus on the main dish (the 'starter' for Americans). My suggestions are:

Torrijas - Easter must

In Madrid we eat Torrijas during Easter time. It is a popular dessert easily made at home and very similar to desserts like French Toast or Pain Perdu: thick slices of bread soaked in milk or wine, dipped in egg, fried and then drenched in spiced honey or cinnamon. Crawling though my favorite cooking blogs I found many recipes: very complete and funny Lazy Blog: cómo hacer torrijas originales, algunas noticias y otras cosas, incredibly easy and great fun Falsarius Chef: torrijas de régimen (misleading title meaning that after eating those you will undoubtedly need to get into a diet), fruity: el Comidista.

Concept Stores - Federica & Co

Federica & Co
Hermosilla 26

It is a recent trend to find cool places where a bunch of creative young people gather selling all different items not related among them but that somehow work well together. They usually find nice commercial spaces and create a concept that is simple but classy. Probably one of the consequences of the economical crisis that we are suffering makes people gather and think that being united will help their business! And I think it does!!

Accademia del Gusto - Cooking school

If you happen to like Italian cuisine, which is quite universal, here is a good hint: Accademia del Gusto. Alluring and energetic Nicoletta Negrini has opened this new concept in Madrid, offering from Italian cooking lessons to Italian genuine products that you cannot find elsewhere (for example stracchino or guanciale). There is also a lunch menu offered for a convenient price but the real must is to organize a private dinner for a maximum of 14, where Chef Enrica Barni will cook in front of guests in a very intimate dining room located upstairs. Something different to surprise Italian food lovers!

Accademia del Gusto

Cristóbal Bordiú 55
28003 Madrid
Tel: + 34 628837943