SaltShaker

… Mimi Sheraton: “Are we going to measure or are we going to cook?”

These are, as best I can tell, for someone either truly anal or truly lacking confidence in their own cooking skills.

I have no idea what to say about a spoon that changes color if the liquid it’s dipped into is hot…and it’s [...]

Buenos Aires – When I first saw the name I thought it was a play on the famed nightclub, but after dining, and meeting the owner, realized that Buddha BA was more of a spiritual kinda thing. Located at Arribeños 2288, in Barrio Chino, this two-story “resto-bar” also includes a separate tea salon, a tranquil [...]

Buenos Aires – Sometimes you just get an urge for something. For me, this morning, it was celery. I don’t know, maybe my body was craving fiber. Regardless, I popped down to the corner and bought myself a nice head of celery. (I have to work on my quantity words, I thought I asked for [...]

Buenos Aires – Once again I find myself impressed by the straightforward, “varietally correct” style of wine being produced for the Rodas Colección 12 line. This time it was the Tokái, a grape more commonly known as Tocai Friulano. The flavor on the label – grapefruit, peach, apricot – was dead on. I’d picked the [...]

Buenos Aires – In an interesting “follow-up” to my posting on September 18 about my experience in exploring the new restaurants of the Time Warner Center in New York, the New York Times published these notes today:
Nearly two years after it was announced that he would become the final star in the constellation of top [...]

Buenos Aires – Time for an update on the apartment process. I’ve found one! I admit to not having looked at a huge number of them because I really loved the first one I saw. That’s often the way these things work. It’s here in the same (Barrio Norte) neighborhood, only a couple of blocks [...]

Santiago, Chile – I’m sitting in the airport here after a long, roundabout flight, and waiting for my final leg back to Buenos Aires. I wish I could exit the terminal to take some photos – the airport is gorgeous – all curved glass and white-coated steel, staggered levels, ramps, vivid teal colored carpets and [...]

Louisville, Kentucky – It has been said by someone, someplace, somewhere along the line, that good things don’t come easily; the best things in life have to be won through struggle; tests of faith and all that. Well I hope there’s a grading system that takes into account all tests combined. The update on [...]