Nurse Fearing (uncovers dinner): “Lentil delight, dandelion salad, goat’s cheese.”
James Bond (opening his secret cache): “Beluga caviar, quail’s eggs, vodka, foie gras.”
- from Never Say Never Again
Buenos Aires - Over the last few days I’ve had the opportunity to taste some interesting wines, pulled out of one cellar or another. Just a quick round-up of […]
The crab that walks too far falls into the pot.”
- Haitian proverb
Buenos Aires - Maryland may have its crab bashes, but northern Peru has its crab bursts. Cangrejo reventado, much as it sounds like taxonomic nomenclature, simply means “burst crab”. I got to taste this dish once on the beach in Trujillo and loved it, […]
The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
- Horace Walpole
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"...if you insist on being the aggressive blowhard who takes meatlessness as a personal insult and rails about what fools we all are, you're only going to persuade me that you're a dickhead. When someone says he's Catholic, you probably don't start the stump speech about how God is a lie created to enslave the ignorant masses, and it's equally offensive to berate an herbivore. I know you think we're crazy. That's neat. But seeing as I've endured the hassle of being a vegetarian for several years now, perhaps I've given this a little thought. So let's just agree to disagree and get on with making fun of Hillary Clinton's inability to operate a coffee machine." - Taylor Clark, Slate
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