From the monthly archives:

May 2006

La Diva Cacao Theobroma

2006.May.13 Saturday

Buenos Aires – Chocolate? Did he say chocolate for dinner? Every course? Yes indeedy folks, never let it be said that I’m afraid to experiment. It’s not molecular gastronomy or gastronomic molecularity, it’s just a bit outre. I don’t remember where I first got the idea – I think someone in a food magazine years [...]

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…and the Envelope Please…

2006.May.12 Friday

Buenos Aires – Just a brief post this morning as I have to get cooking! We have another dozen folk coming this evening for round 2 of Casa SaltShaker, plus we agreed to a private dinner tomorrow night for a group of 7! Lots to do! Where did I put those boil-in-the-bag peas? I know [...]

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If I Ran Away to Join the Circus…

2006.May.11 Thursday

Buenos Aires – I haven’t seen every show of Cirque du Soleil, though I’d have liked to. I think most of them are available on DVD now, maybe I’ll see if I can grab them from the internet… I did see Varekai when it was in New York a couple of years ago and loved [...]

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FoodCandy Interview

2006.May.10 Wednesday

Buenos Aires – My first “interview” on the world of SaltShaker and our new restaurant venture just appeared over on FoodCandy. You shouldn’t have to register to read it, but it’s worth doing so anyway – lots of cool food and wine blogs from around the world! Also, for anyone who uses the FeedBlitz subscription [...]

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Chinatown on Mondays

2006.May.09 Tuesday

Buenos Aires – Apparently, Monday is the Sunday of Chinatown here. Who knew that virtually every single restaurant in Barrio China is closed on the day of the moon? Met up with my friend Heather, planning on a lovely lunch at BuddhaBA it was closed, so was Siempre Verde, in fact, there were only 2 [...]

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Opening Night Wine Roundup

2006.May.06 Saturday

Buenos Aires – As I mentioned in this morning’s post, folks brought quite a few wines (7½ bottles for 12 of them). Lucky for me, that meant four bottles at the end of the night with a glass or more of wine for me to sample. I didn’t get to them until today, so they’d [...]

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Post-Opening Night Roundup

2006.May.06 Saturday

Buenos Aires – Where to even begin? Last night, as many of you know, was “opening night” for our restaurante de puertas cerradas, our little in-home supper club. By all reports things went well, everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. It was great fun and energizing for me. I think Henry found that “restaurant work” was [...]

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Brit Pub meets Curry House

2006.May.05 Friday

Buenos Aires – One would think that the “go-to” folk for Indian food in India would be the Indians (or, Hindus, as they’re referred to inaccurately here). After all, who better to open up restaurants serving cuisine of that region, knowing what’s what, and all the who, where, why, when, and how information you might [...]

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Sometimes a Rose is a Carrot

2006.May.04 Thursday

Buenos Aires – As anyone who eats a lot of Chinese food knows, there’s a big difference in the “plating style” between most Chinese (and many other Asian cuisines) food, and most Western food. Chinese dishes tend towards food that’s already cut into bite-sized pieces, saving the need of a knife, making the use of [...]

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