http://www.saltshaker.net/20060503/how-do-you-judge-de-autor Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:43:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.saltshaker.net/20060503/how-do-you-judge-de-autor#comment-27334 SaltShaker » Blog Archive » Everyone Deserves a Second Chance… Fri, 06 Apr 2007 12:32:01 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20060503/how-do-you-judge-de-autor#comment-27334 [...] on about…? Almost a year ago, I critiqued my lunch with a local friend at a small venue, Restó, Montevideo 938. I gave it an “okay” rating, sort of the equivalent of a thumb’s [...] [...] on about…? Almost a year ago, I critiqued my lunch with a local friend at a small venue, Restó, Montevideo 938. I gave it an “okay” rating, sort of the equivalent of a thumb’s [...]

]]> http://www.saltshaker.net/20060503/how-do-you-judge-de-autor#comment-538 SaltShaker » Blog Archive » Running of the Bulls Sun, 09 Jul 2006 13:25:26 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20060503/how-do-you-judge-de-autor#comment-538 [...] One of the classic appetizers of the region is a brandade stuffed piquillo pepper. That’s a mouthful just to say, but if I was having a cocktail party with passed hors d’oeuvres, I’d go there. I like starting meals with soup, and it seems a goodly number of my guests do as well. I remembered trying a piquillo pepper soup recently at a small restaurant and not being thrilled with its limpness… can one use “limp” in regard to a soup? You know what I mean. So the soup had to be beefed up a bit in flavor, and I wanted to incorporate the ingredients of a brandade. Piquillo Pepper and Brandade Soup [...] [...] One of the classic appetizers of the region is a brandade stuffed piquillo pepper. That’s a mouthful just to say, but if I was having a cocktail party with passed hors d’oeuvres, I’d go there. I like starting meals with soup, and it seems a goodly number of my guests do as well. I remembered trying a piquillo pepper soup recently at a small restaurant and not being thrilled with its limpness… can one use “limp” in regard to a soup? You know what I mean. So the soup had to be beefed up a bit in flavor, and I wanted to incorporate the ingredients of a brandade. Piquillo Pepper and Brandade Soup [...]

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