http://www.saltshaker.net/20060712/the-gourmet-spy Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:24:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.saltshaker.net/20060712/the-gourmet-spy#comment-638 SaltShaker » Blog Archive » Classic Terrine Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:23:23 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20060712/the-gourmet-spy#comment-638 [...] Buenos Aires - It shouldn’t be any surprise that classics, especially in the culinary world, are often among the best food experiences. You can get as excited as you want about foams, gels, and airs cooked up in a laboratory. They’re all well and good, but ethereal as many of them may be, there are moments when you want something that reminds you just exactly where it all came from. Last night was supposed to be a selection of my takes on some classic French dishes, celebrating Bastille Day and all that. Unfortunately, over the two days prior to the dinner, two parties cancelled for Casa SaltShaker (a let-down after all our excitement earlier in the week with the press we received, but it was bound to happen), leaving us with one person headed our way. Awkwardness in the making. He decided he’d come next week and bring a friend. I’ll reschedule the French dinner for another time. [...] [...] Buenos Aires - It shouldn’t be any surprise that classics, especially in the culinary world, are often among the best food experiences. You can get as excited as you want about foams, gels, and airs cooked up in a laboratory. They’re all well and good, but ethereal as many of them may be, there are moments when you want something that reminds you just exactly where it all came from. Last night was supposed to be a selection of my takes on some classic French dishes, celebrating Bastille Day and all that. Unfortunately, over the two days prior to the dinner, two parties cancelled for Casa SaltShaker (a let-down after all our excitement earlier in the week with the press we received, but it was bound to happen), leaving us with one person headed our way. Awkwardness in the making. He decided he’d come next week and bring a friend. I’ll reschedule the French dinner for another time. [...]

]]> http://www.saltshaker.net/20060712/the-gourmet-spy#comment-556 Coastin Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:30:52 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20060712/the-gourmet-spy#comment-556 Congrat's Dan...Well deserved...The July menu looks awesome, and the communual table reference made us laugh. Congrat’s Dan…Well deserved…The July menu looks awesome, and the communual table reference made us laugh.

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