From the monthly archives:

December 2006

Fee! Fie! Foe! Fum!

2006.Dec.30 Saturday

 Good, better, best. Never rest Until good be better And better best.” – Mother Goose Buenos Aires – It was a short and logical decision. Two hundred years ago this weekend, a theatrical production of Mother Goose nursery rhymes opened on the stage at Covent Garden. There’s lots of food imagery in Mother Goose rhymes. [...]

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Crawling Around

2006.Dec.29 Friday

 When I was a kid, life was good. I had some GrrAnimals clothes, and they were all prematched. On the tags they had animals, and the lion shirt went with the lion pants. The giraffe shirt went with the giraffe pants. And then they played into each other, like the lion stuff would also go [...]

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Creative and Authentic

2006.Dec.28 Thursday

 I’m not against modernization. I’ve no wish to go out in the vines in a horse-drawn cart. But I’m against standardization. More and more people seek the authenticity we represent.” – Louis Boillot, Burgundy Wine Negociant Buenos Aires – You would have thought that we would have rushed right over. But, it has to be [...]

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Food Heritage

2006.Dec.27 Wednesday

 A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Pilot and Author Buenos Aires – It’s [...]

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Power of the Press

2006.Dec.26 Tuesday

 The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span.” – Karl Kraus, Austrian Journalist Buenos Aires – It seems that among the many things that fascinate people headed here for vacation or business or an expat life, is the interaction between the press back wherever they’re from, and how it [...]

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Hey, Ya Wanna Smoke a Turkey?

2006.Dec.25 Monday

 The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise” – Benjamin Franklin, Statesman, Scientist, Philosopher, Inventor Buenos Aires – I’m not catholic. I’m not christian. But I grew up in a neighborhood where most folks were. I remember christmas eve being a relatively quiet time – families and friends gathering, having small holiday parties, [...]

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Radish Night, Part Two

2006.Dec.24 Sunday

 We signal the captain, taking time out against the wall. He frowns. He groans. His feet hurt. His ulcer rages. He hates his wife. The risotto will take 25 minutes. Lasagna will take even longer.” – Gael Greene, Restaurant Critic, on Manhattan’s Italian Pavilion restaurant, “That’s Italian”, January 1985 Buenos Aires – Picking up on [...]

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Radish Night, Part One

2006.Dec.23 Saturday

 Cua nque’ msaa” – “Good Morning” in the Chatino language Buenos Aires – And a good morning in English as well. I decided to split the Casa SaltShaker dinner this week up into parts. Not for the people eating it, they get to dine continuously on the five courses, but in terms of presenting it. [...]

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Three Torches of Fire

2006.Dec.22 Friday

 Every ten li a station swirling with dust, Every five li a post to urge couriers on; Men die like flies, their corpses line the road, So that lychees and longans may be delivered to court. Carriages race over hills, boats sweep through the seas, With new plucked fruit on fresh boughs, the leaves still [...]

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