From the monthly archives:

April 2006

A Bit of Dining, a Bit of Wining

2006.Apr.30 Sunday

Buenos Aires – Just in case you thought I’ve been spending too much time out at restaurants recently and not enough time honing my cooking skills – after all, Casa SaltShaker opens this week – I thought I’d present a couple of things I’ve cooked recently. Not stuff that’s destined for the dinners in particular, [...]

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The Rolling Pin

2006.Apr.29 Saturday

Buenos Aires – A mattarello or matterello is a thin rolling pin, often without handles, that is used for rolling out pasta by hand. Whether or not the folks at Il Matterello, Martí­n Rodrí­guez 517 in La Boca are rolling out their pasta using one, I don’t know, I didn’t look back in the kitchen. [...]

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From Russia With Love

2006.Apr.28 Friday

Buenos Aires – Last week I tried to go with a couple of friends to a relatively new Russian restaurant in Almagro, Ermak, Bülnes 873. We were three, and on arrival we were told there was no possibility of seating us for the entire evening, everything was reserved. The place seats a mere dozen people, [...]

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Top Chef Numeros 6 & 7

2006.Apr.26 Wednesday

Buenos Aires – Continuing on with the Bravo Top Chef show, I decided to group a couple of episodes at a time together. Also, having to download them means I get them somewhat at random… Episode 6 – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? – juxtaposes an entirely different reality show up against this one. The [...]

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Another Stab at Southeast Asia

2006.Apr.26 Wednesday

Buenos Aires – I finally found my way to Sudestada, Guatemala 5602, in Palermo Viejo, the much touted “Vietnamese” place that I mentioned back in my review of Green Bamboo. Once again, I have mixed feelings about this place. First, it’s a completely different style of restaurant. One reviewer referred to it as swish, and [...]

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A Touch of Creative, a Touch of Classic

2006.Apr.25 Tuesday

Buenos Aires – Anyone who has more than a passing interest in tango knows the name Carlos Gardel. Think, the Buddy Holly of the tango world. He even died in a fiery plane crash. Actually, Buddy Holly is an unfair comparison, because let’s face it, other than rock afficonados, no one knows who he was [...]

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Toontown

2006.Apr.24 Monday

Buenos Aires – In the midst of Recoleta’s Santa Fé shopping district, sitting squarely on a corner amongst the shops offering designer shoes, clothing, mp3 players, and overpriced housewares, sits Cartoon, Riobamba 1112. I’ve bypassed it for ten months now, glancing in and thinking, cafeteria, coffee shop, overpriced. I let myself get talked into going [...]

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Searching for Gaucho Boots

2006.Apr.23 Sunday

Buenos Aires – Having made my big announcement in the last post, I’m hesitant to post anything else for a little while, as I don’t want to lose any momentum in building a small business here. But, life goes on, and so must I. I’ll just mention it here and there to keep the idea [...]

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The Opening of Casa SaltShaker

2006.Apr.21 Friday

Buenos Aires – News Flash! I was inspired by my visit a couple of weeks ago to verdellama to actually get moving on my long back-burned project of opening my own restaurant here. It will take some time to do all the proper legal paperwork, find a location and such, but in the meantime, we [...]

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