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My mother is an amazing cook and prepares everything from scratch, so I was eating delicious homestyle food every day. But we also spent much of our time as a family traveling around Catalonia to try different restaurants – and in our family, it was first pick a restaurant we wanted to try, and then (and only then) find out what else you can do in the area where it was located. When I grew up I moved to New York City where I worked for 15 years as a graphic designer in the fashion industry. But as I started cooking more and more on my own, I decided that what I really wanted to do was cook. I decided to complete culinary school at the Natural Gourmet Institute in New York, where I received a health-supportive culinary education. After some time working at Gramercy Tavern, and then as a personal chef business, and finally as a cooking instructor, I decided I wanted to teach the food from my home region of Catalonia. My family and I moved to Barcelona, we built a big teaching kitchen in our apartment, and I worked with my mother and other family chefs to learn those delicious meals that I ate growing up. I also wanted to bring my nutrition-based culinary training to these dishes. So I have adapted those recipes to people with gluten and dairy sensitivity, without compromising the flavor and authenticity. And I have also developed a delicious vegetarian Catalan class. Now I want to share with you my favorite dishes. They are dishes from my mother and my grandmother and from other grandmothers in Catalonia, and from friends and from restaurants, fishmongers. So please join me and let’s all cook these delicious meals together – a la taula!