SaltShaker

Buenos Aires - There are parrillas and there are parrillas. They range from bustling, packed with tourists places like Des Nivel or Cabaña Las Lilas, to those filled with businessfolk like Parrilla Peña, to modern yuppie hangouts like Miranda, to, well, the old-line, family style parrilla where the waiters and customers have been coming together [...]

Buenos Aires - It began innocently enough, with an e-mail, as things often do these days. It was a few days after my announcement about opening up Casa SaltShaker for dinners. I’d met Alberto in November when I took him up on a free tour he was offering. We’ve kept in touch, so receiving an [...]

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 [...]

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 I’m [...]

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 [...]

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!
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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 [...]

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 [...]