Your execution looks great and this is something we’d all like to eat when the weather gets way too warm….like now. :p

You asked about cooking with an ingredient you don’t like. I cannot abide saffron – don’t like the taste, the smell, the color – pretty much everything about it. I made a paella for a dinner party long ago (after friends brought us saffron from Spain), and it was good, although I’ve not made it again since. I avoid saffron on menus.

Let me know if you are interested in info on the 3-bedroom apartment we rented in Paris. It was on rue Saint Dominique in the 7th, so great location, and it was comfy and large (by Paris standards). Beds and most furniture were American brought over by the American owner. It had two bathrooms as well, a decent kitchen, a washer and dryer, and a dining room — worked well for four of us, and it could hold six. It was uncommonly quiet, since it was set well away from the street.

We ate out one night down the street at La Fontaine de Mars. Little did we know that the Obamas would have a date night there two nights later!

Thanks again for your input before our trip.

Kathy