It’s been a decade or so, I think, that I’ve been attending the midsummer backyard bashes that my friend and colleague Andrew Leonard throws for his friends and colleagues to celebrate his birthday each year. These events are extraordinary outpourings of hospitality, good cheer and culinary excess. (Several years ago, a whole pig was buried in the yard and cooked over coals.)
This year the centerpiece was a paella that Max Garrone cooked up in a colossal shallow metal pan that must have been a yard in diameter. I am still savoring its flavor — and I don’t even really like bivalves. Above you’ll see the dish in all its beauty.
[tags]Andrew Leonard, Max Garrone, Salon.com[/tags]
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