Cheesecake Wars and Western Europe Delights 🍰

Welcome to Secret Breakfast / The best place to start reading a newsletter issue that's basically made of random notes about my latest journey across France through Northern SpainHi there! As you may have noticed, I took a longer hiatus than I had expected because I was much more drained than I’d realized before starting my holiday journey. I bet that happens to everyone sooner or later.With that in mind, I’d like to share some of the best food-related experiences I had while stopping in Lyon, Bordeaux, Biarritz, Bilbao, Pamplona, Santander, and San Sebastián. It wasn’t exactly a proper food tour, but I did discover a few things worth sharing.Hope you enjoy. Piero✹Juan Mari Arzak, Diez Horas con Juan Mari Arzak, probably speaking about me. This one is a book that will make you think twice before cooking cod. Juan Mari Arzak is a pioneering Spanish chef from San Sebastián, widely regarded as one of the founders of Spain’s New Basque Cuisine. His restaurant, Arzak, earned three Michelin…