From the monthly archives:

August 2006

The Endless Buffet

2006.Aug.09 Wednesday

“Sensationalism is like going to a buffet; sometimes people like to go and sample everything that’s there, but you do have people who go just for the dessert tray, so they go to the salacious and they go fill themselves up just on that.” – Montel Williams Buenos Aires – Most of you know my [...]

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A Mere Exaggeration

2006.Aug.08 Tuesday

 Exaggeration of every kind is as essential to journalism as it is to dramatic art, for the object of journalism is to make events go as far as possible." – Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher A few weeks ago one of our local food writers reviewed a new Japanese restaurant located just off the main strip [...]

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Whose Food is it Anyway?

2006.Aug.07 Monday

“Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.” – Madonna Ciccone Buenos Aires – I’m being defiant. It’s a small stand for my rights, of some sort or another. It also makes absolutely no difference, but it’ll give me something to comment on. One of our favorite neighborhood lunch hangouts is [...]

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A Little Bubbly

2006.Aug.05 Saturday

 ”Come quickly, I am tasting the stars!" – Dom Pierre Pérignon, 17th Century Benedictine monk who is credited with the the idea of blending various vintages and vineyard selections while making Champagne (not, as widely believed, with the invention of sparkling wine or the methode champenoise in general) along with other innovations; this quote may [...]

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Another Art Shot

2006.Aug.04 Friday

“It’s hard for the modern generation to understand Thoreau, who lived beside a pond but didn’t own water skis or a snorkel. – Bill Vaughan, American Journalist and Author

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Peruvian Tuna Casserole

2006.Aug.03 Thursday

“I refuse to believe that trading recipes is silly. Tuna Fish casserole is at least as real as corporate stock.” – Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, Italian-American journalist, essayist, and memoirist Buenos Aires – Okay, everyone who remembers their mother’s tuna fish casserole, raise your hand. There were a legion of recipes for that icon of 1950s [...]

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The Great Hamburguesa Roundup

2006.Aug.01 Tuesday

“Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger. – Abby Hoffman, Activist Buenos Aires – The subject of finding a good hamburger in town came up several times recently on the internet – a travel forum and a couple of expat forums. It was an instant blood in the water with circling sharks fest, as some touted [...]

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