http://www.saltshaker.net/20060414/my-necropolis-is-bigger-than-your-necropolis Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:20:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.saltshaker.net/20060414/my-necropolis-is-bigger-than-your-necropolis#comment-30503 SaltShaker » Blog Archive » The Imperial Pizza, and Walking it Off Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:18:13 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20060414/my-necropolis-is-bigger-than-your-necropolis#comment-30503 [...] 5206, right outside the Lacroze subte stop on the B Line, and opposite my favorite local cemetery, Chacarita - is it weird to have a favorite [...] [...] 5206, right outside the Lacroze subte stop on the B Line, and opposite my favorite local cemetery, Chacarita - is it weird to have a favorite [...]

]]> http://www.saltshaker.net/20060414/my-necropolis-is-bigger-than-your-necropolis#comment-628 SaltShaker » Blog Archive » Mother of Breads Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:00:27 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20060414/my-necropolis-is-bigger-than-your-necropolis#comment-628 [...] Buenos Aires - One of the things that professional and good home bakers know, is that to reproduce many high quality breads over and over, you need a mother. Not the woman who tied you to her apron strings when you were four, but more of a wiggly mass of flour, water, and yeast that you keep in your refrigerator. You use a little bit of it each time you make your special bread (sourdough is famous for this - often called a “starter”), and you have to feed it - i.e., add more flour and water to it at regular intervals to keep it alive and fresh. In castellano, at least colloquially, that’s a masa madre, or mother dough. Unsurprisingly, it’s also the name of various bakeries throughout the Latin American world, and at one time, there was one here in Buenos Aires, in Villa Crespo, simply called Masamadre. I’m not 100% certain from my searches, but I gather that at some point they packed up and moved to Chacarita, and reopened as Masamadre es con M, at Olleros 3891, a few blocks from the Chacarita Cemetery. I’m assuming that means it’s still under the guiding hand of Juan Morín, who built quite a name for himself for his artesanal breads (although I didn’t see any evidence of it, I’ve since learned that they sell their breads as well). [...] [...] Buenos Aires - One of the things that professional and good home bakers know, is that to reproduce many high quality breads over and over, you need a mother. Not the woman who tied you to her apron strings when you were four, but more of a wiggly mass of flour, water, and yeast that you keep in your refrigerator. You use a little bit of it each time you make your special bread (sourdough is famous for this - often called a “starter”), and you have to feed it - i.e., add more flour and water to it at regular intervals to keep it alive and fresh. In castellano, at least colloquially, that’s a masa madre, or mother dough. Unsurprisingly, it’s also the name of various bakeries throughout the Latin American world, and at one time, there was one here in Buenos Aires, in Villa Crespo, simply called Masamadre. I’m not 100% certain from my searches, but I gather that at some point they packed up and moved to Chacarita, and reopened as Masamadre es con M, at Olleros 3891, a few blocks from the Chacarita Cemetery. I’m assuming that means it’s still under the guiding hand of Juan Morín, who built quite a name for himself for his artesanal breads (although I didn’t see any evidence of it, I’ve since learned that they sell their breads as well). [...]

]]> http://www.saltshaker.net/20060414/my-necropolis-is-bigger-than-your-necropolis#comment-351 SaltShaker » Blog Archive » Pasta al Momento Sat, 15 Apr 2006 16:03:35 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20060414/my-necropolis-is-bigger-than-your-necropolis#comment-351 [...] SaltShaker Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Blog HomeSaltShaker Main Page :: Who Am I?My Bio :: Contact me via e-mail Bigger Font Size Smaller Font Size Left Align Justify Align Right Align Bookmark This Page Print This Page « My Necropolis is Bigger than Your Necropolis [...] [...] SaltShaker Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Blog HomeSaltShaker Main Page :: Who Am I?My Bio :: Contact me via e-mail Bigger Font Size Smaller Font Size Left Align Justify Align Right Align Bookmark This Page Print This Page « My Necropolis is Bigger than Your Necropolis [...]

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