From the monthly archives:

November 2005

Food, Glorious Food

2005.Nov.12 Saturday

Buenos Aires – I saw my friend Nestor, who produces various wine “accessories”, the other night at the housewarming party and we got to talking about food markets. That’s what foodies do at parties. I was wondering if there was some slim chance that someone in Buenos Aires was importing white truffles from Italy. ‘Tis [...]

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A Few Interesting Wines

2005.Nov.11 Friday

Buenos Aires – Nothing of major note in the food and wine world has happened (or been made to happen by me) in the last day or two, unless you count that now that I’ve got my kitchen equipment, I whipped up some pesto last night to go with pasta. Pesto here tends to be [...]

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The B.A. Power Lunch

2005.Nov.10 Thursday

Buenos Aires – Met up with my friend Victor and another friend of his yesterday for lunch. He’d recommended we try one of his favorite parrillas – warning me that it was a lot about the ambiance – a real bustling place – and while the food is good, wouldn’t be a wow. I like [...]

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The ‘Burbs

2005.Nov.08 Tuesday

Acassuso – A charming gentleman by the name of Alberto has been offering up a tour that he calls “The Real Buenos Aires” for some months now. The basic premise is to take one or a couple of tourists to see something that’s completely off the beaten path. He meets them at the Retiro train [...]

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Frittata Brunch and a little Theater

2005.Nov.07 Monday

Buenos Aires – I’ve been managing to avoid being subjected to massive breakfasts for several weeks, especially those containing loads of eggs. The concept of cholesterol seems to be a mystery to folks here, perhaps it’s really just a figment of our overactive, hypochondriachal north american imaginations. But Sunday morning turned into a lazy, reading [...]

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New York Never Looked So Different

2005.Nov.06 Sunday

Buenos Aires – I spent yesterday afternoon touring all of New York. Well, Nueva York. I was on my way out to a park that had sounded interesting when I noticed the colectivo was passing by a street called Nueva York. A quick glance at my map showed it to be a fairly lengthy street, [...]

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Protests – Political and Gustatory

2005.Nov.05 Saturday

Buenos Aires – I received several e-mails from friends concerned that I was finding myself in the middle of “the riots” that occurred yesterday. Local news media certainly sensationalized what was happening, concentrating, of course, on the truly negative aspects of the protests. I’m not really sure what those of you “in the states” or [...]

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Pollo a la Mandarina

2005.Nov.04 Friday

Buenos Aires – Another spectacularly beautiful spring day yesterday, and you’ll have to forgive me for spending time in my garden eating instead of out reviewing restaurants for you. My friend Heather just got back from a trip home to New York and brought me back some goodies, so it seemed only fair to have [...]

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Rodas Tempranillo

2005.Nov.03 Thursday

Buenos Aires – I continued to be impressed by the fresh fruit, single varietal wines of Rodas’ Colección 12. A couple of friends dropped by for a glass of wine the other night and we popped open a bottle of the Tempranillo 2004 (#5 in the collection). Once again pretty much right on with the [...]

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