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“Newspapers will run a headline: ‘Shark kills human.’ You never see a headline from the other perspective: ‘Man swims in shark-infested water, forgets he’s shark food.”
- Gary Larson, Cartoonist - The Far Side
Buenos Aires - On the part of the shark, I imagine that there’s not a whole lot of cognitive function that goes into […]

“In terms of fast food and deep understanding of the culture of fast food, I’m your man.”
- Bill Gates, American Entrepreneur
Buenos Aires - I’ve talked a bit in the past about the apparent gradual and subtle addition of vegetarian restaurants to the Buenos Aires dining scene. It’s one of those things that many folks still […]

“If things are not going well with you, begin your effort at correcting the situation by carefully examining the service you are rendering, and especially the spirit in which you are rendering it.”
- Roger Babson, American Business Forecaster and Author
Buenos Aires - It was the incessant babble that I noted first. It crept into my […]

“Things only have the value that we give them.”
- Molière, 17th Century French Writer
Buenos Aires - There’s a two block strip along the south side of the Recoleta cemetery lined with restaurants. They tend towards the expensive - it’s the trendy part of the wealthy section of the barrio. Tree-lined streets, seating outdoors in good […]

“Wow, you’re saying better things than I am, and this is my interview!”
- Aaron Spelling, Producer
Buenos Aires - A new article, an interview I wrote, just came out in the October issue of Passport magazine. The interview was with Jamie Taylor, co-owner of Flux Bar here in Buenos Aires. As always, for posterity, a copy […]

 In Pakistan anti-American protesters set a Kentucky Fried chicken restaurant on fire. The protesters mistakenly thought they were attacking high-ranking U.S. military official Colonel Sanders.”
- Jimmy Fallon, Comedian
Buenos Aires - We, that is U.S.-type Americans, love our fried chicken. Regardless of what part of the country, it’s almost more the national dish than a hotdog. […]

 If it was pretty weather, Grandma fixed fried chicken for Sunday lunch. If it was rainy, with a little nip in the air, her family would more likely sit down after church to a plate of chicken fricassée over rice.
While Grandma wasn’t French, she preferred using the fancy French name to describe this rustic chicken […]

“I’ve been around long enough to know that the more we get criticized, the more on track we are.”
- Tom Monaghan, Founder of Domino’s Pizza
Buenos Aires - I grew up around Domino’s Pizza. Back in the day, Tom Monaghan started out with one small pizza shop in Ypsilanti, Michigan, called Dominick’s that he and his […]