Notes from the kitchen, from Valencia, and from the room at 2059 First Street.
Written by Torsten Schulz. Subscribe by RSS.
Table 10
A round table for two, in the middle of everything and bothered by none of it. Why I sit there in the afternoon, why couples sit there at night, and what I learn through the window.
The kitchen I drew, and the table inside it
Every station at L Campo has everything a cook needs, so nobody has to move and nobody has to shout. There is also a table in the kitchen, and on some nights it is yours.
The paella, and how we make it in thirty minutes
Paella comes from the rice fields around Valencia, cooks over orange wood, and takes an afternoon. This is how L Campo keeps the tradition and gets it to your table in half an hour.
From Jávea to Livermore: how L Campo came to be
The first El Campo was built on a hillside above Jávea in 2008 and never opened its doors. Seventeen years later the same idea opened on First Street. This is how.