| MONDAY
JUNE 30, 2008 |
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Butter |
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not that we haven't noticed that there's some trade fair
of sorts taking place from Wednesday. But this is about
just bread. No butter. Which can be a pretty dry affair
here in Barcelona. |
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Yes,
for all of our superstar chefs, finding a decent loaf
of bread can be as challenging as getting a taxi will
be later this week. Buy a baguette at noon and by dinner
time you've got something so hard that it could double
up as a murder weapon; it's almost as if they've gone
light on the water in their add-water mixes.
Anna Bellsolà's Baluard in Barceloneta has really
raised the bar in that neck of the wood, and Raval's
ecological BarcelonaReykjavik bakery was a nice addition
- now in Gracia, too - but overpriced, even if the bags
are organic and degradable, with kilo-prices rivaling
that of half-decent cheeses.
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And
now in Eixample, we have Xavier Barriga's Turris
on Aribau, and soon we can get crusty in Crusto
on Valencia, too, where the former head baker
of Baluard is setting up shop. With this much
choice, pan amb tomàquet almost becomes
an option, not a necessity.
Baluard,
Baluart 38, Barceloneta - 93 221 1208
BarcelonaReykjavik,
Doctor Dou 12, Raval - 93 302 0921
Turris,
Aribau 158, Eix Esq - 93 217 9606
Crusto, Valencia 246, Eix Esq - opens mid-July
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COMMENT
ON THIS FEATURE |
by
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TODAY'S EVENT PICKS |
Patience
is a virtue...La
Locomotora Negra to be seen for the
first time on the stage of Liceu after some
40 years. La Rambla 51-59, 20:30h. EUR 15-40. |
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Are Brazil and Cuba really cut from the
same cloth? They say yes. Latin
Corner at Espai Cultural Caja Madrid.
Rambla Catalunya 5, 19:30h. EUR 2,50. |
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Landscapes
and a few spicy images from 18 & 19th
Century Japan on show at La Pedrera: uyiko-e.
Passeig de Grącia 92. 10-20h. Free.
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Open
air, music from Pablo
Selnik Quartet and the German flick
The
Lives of Others. What else to ask for?
Sala M by Castillo de Montjuic, 21h. EUR
4. |
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