From the monthly archives:

June 2007

Simple Pleasures

2007.Jun.18 Monday

 Originally a brewery, a brasserie today is a café or restaurant where beer, cider, and other drinks are served. Dishes typically sold at brasseries include garnished sauerkraut and plates of oysters, but standard hot and cold dishes are also served. The distinction of all brasseries is that they serve a limited menu at any time [...]

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Snap, Crackle, Pop

2007.Jun.18 Monday

 We may never understand the full story behind the snap, crackle, and pop, because finding money for experiments on cereal noises isn’t easy.” – Corey Binns, Live Science Buenos Aires – I realized I forgot to post up notes from the class nearly two weeks ago, along with last week’s which I knew I was [...]

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The 900 Club

2007.Jun.17 Sunday

 It’s not quite breakfast, it’s not quite lunch, but it comes with a slice of canteloupe at the end.” – from The Simpsons Buenos Aires – I’ve always liked brunch. Except when I worked the brunch shift in a restaurant, which, thankfully, was only at one place, The Sazerac House. The problem with brunch is [...]

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Bamboo… Mountain… River…?

2007.Jun.14 Thursday

 A general overview of culinary history and trends reveals that, for the most part, areas that tended to spice heavily were areas in which the fresh food supply was not as reliable as in places that traditionally used a lighter hand in their use of spices. The climate of Sichuan is conducive to faster food [...]

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Fishing the Waters of Brazil

2007.Jun.13 Wednesday

 World Ocean Day began on June 8, 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is is an opportunity every year to honor the oceans and products they provide, such as seafood, as well as marinelife itself. The oceans also provide sea-lanes for international trade. Global pollution and over-consumption of fish have [...]

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Other Passions?

2007.Jun.13 Wednesday

 Passion is the element in which we live; without it, we hardly vegetate.” – Lord Byron, Poet and Satirist Buenos Aires – According to their name, and I know not from where it comes, they’re not just a restaurant, they’re Eliot Restó & Otras Pasiones, located at Honduras 5237 in Palermo, 4831-1112. There’s no indication [...]

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What to do at Five O’Clock

2007.Jun.11 Monday

 Tea is the language and art of hospitality.” – Inés Berton, Tealosophy Buenos Aires – I once went to afternoon tea at some fancy hotel in London, and I know I went once or twice over the years at different hotels in Manhattan – I recall The Plaza having a nice one. But that’s about [...]

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Hungry Planet Photos

2007.Jun.10 Sunday

There’s a book out, and has been for awhile now, called Hungry Planet, by Peter Menzel and Faith D’Alusio. It’s a photo essay of families from around the world each seated around a table with a week’s worth of groceries. Time magazine has just published an online selection of fifteen of those photos along with [...]

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The Urge to Strangle

2007.Jun.09 Saturday

 Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together – mass hysteria.” – Dr. Peter Venkman, Ghostbusters Buenos Aires – People who cook will understand this. People who don’t cook may sympathize, based on their attachments to wherever their workspace is, but they won’t understand it. Not at a visceral level. My kitchen, to the casual observer, [...]

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