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 The test and the use of man’s education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind”
- Jacques Barzun, French educator
Buenos Aires - I think I did well, really. It was the last day of class, and I guess back on day one they’d said something about a final exam, though it just [...]

 Eating brunch
I had a thought –
Sometimes things
Have a funny, light, watery
Way of working
Out
- Mike Albo, Author, Poet
Buenos Aires - Look, anyone who spends the time making bizarre butter curls is okay in my book. Obsessive, compulsive, a bit loony, but okay by me. I promised I’d share a few more brunches as we headed out [...]

 Smoke, night, the dark lunar fortnight, and the six months of southern solstice of the sun; departing by these paths, the righteous person attains lunar light and reincarnates.”
- the Bhagavad Gita
Buenos Aires - What does one do to celebrate the Winter Solstice? In doing a bit of net surfing, I came across numerous customs, many [...]

 The virtue of authenticity is that it doesn’t change in the course of time.”
- Eric Hauser, public relations
Buenos Aires - I’ve been meaning to check out the little Brazilian spot off the corner of Plaza Palermo Viejo for some time now. Our recent dinner featuring dishes inspired by Brazilian seafood recipes brought it to mind [...]

 If it weren’t for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we’d still be eating frozen radio dinners.”
- Johnny Carson
Buenos Aires - Liquid nitrogen is cold. Really cold. To paraphrase Wikipedia: “It is a cryogenic fluid which is potentially capable of causing instant frostbite on contact with living tissue. When appropriately insulated from ambient heat, liquid [...]

 CHIANG MAI, Thailand (AP) - Vegetarians from around the world pledged Sunday to convert millions of meat-eaters by the end of the century and launched an Asian Vegetarian Union. The Bangkok-based Asian group seeks to foster the still-fledgling vegetarian movements in many Asian countries and counter a trend among the continent’s youth to ape Western [...]

 Colombians have confidence in themselves, they have taken charge of their destiny.”
- Frederick Felder, investment executive
Buenos Aires - Grant, over at What’s Up Buenos Aires?, mentioned reading a recent article in Pagina 12 about the recent opening of a couple of new Colombian restaurants in town, one of which took over the space that used [...]

 Changes to nature do not occur in a vacuum.”
- Kevin Lafferty, scientist
Buenos Aires - Though I know what Dr. Lafferty means, and I’m sure he went on to clarify this in regard to whatever he was talking about, he clearly hadn’t attended a class on vacuum cooking. Now, the first thought that popped into my [...]