Our hotel, The Boquete Garden Inn, is one of the most gorgeous places I’ve stayed. The grounds are exquisite, and the rooms just as nice. We’ve been looking to buy a cord to transfer pictures, but no luck. I’m preparing to cook a little. I’ve got some great local produce and meat. Today I marinated…
Author: Lanie Fioretti
My name is Lanie Fioretti and although I am not a classically trained chef or a degreed nutritionist, I have been studying food and nutrition voraciously since the early seventies. After working in public health and private practice for 22 years, I retired my dental hygiene license. I have taught cooking classes at Whole Foods and Central Market, done product development for a bakery in east Texas, catered, and been a personal chef. I usually think of myself as an improvisational cook!
Panama – Days Five and Six
Yesterday we kayaked to a beach across from the place we’re staying, and did a little shelling and exploring. There was a gorgeous freshwater stream running down the hill and into the ocean. Don got pictures, so I’ll have those for you later. The rest of the day was routine – fish for lunch; olives,…
Spanish Baked Risotto and Beans
Yes, I’m still in Panama. Today we thought we were headed for the mountains. We were confused. It happens to us when we’re on vacation- well, actually it happens not on vacation too! I’m dreaming of Spanish food because on this island, we have Italian. We did have a fabulous risotto with artichokes a couple…
Panama – Day Four
This morning we decided to hike to a beach you can only get to at low tide. It was a great workout, gorgeous scenery, and I found some nice shells to add to our collection. I’ll do a whole post of pictures when we return (since we can’t get them in the posts right now)….
Panama – Day Three
When we were talking to the chef, Ricardo, yesterday about preparing the mackerel, I forgot to ask him to make some ceviche for us. He surprised me with it last evening when we were having olives and cheese at the bar. He has now become one of my favorite people! It is amazing what a…