Les Cols: cabbages fit for kings
Fina Puigdevall is probably the most committed locavore among her fellow Michelin star-winning Catalan chefs. Her restaurant, Les Cols (“the cabbages”), occupies a family masía (Catalan country house) in Olot that dates back to the 15th century, though she hasn’t shied away from a few modern improvements–like the dramatic glass wall separating one of the dining rooms from the chicken yard.
The design is radical, the chef says, “but the most radical thing I’m doing right now is this: I’m not serving fish anymore, even though we can get fresh fish from the coast of our own province. It’s only an hour away, you know. But we’re gradually retiring it from the menu because it’s not part of our local cuisine, our landscape.” (more…)