It’s hard to say how far they walked. They were in the forest for nine months, eating snails and leaves and whatever they could get.”
- David Brandon
Buenos Aires - I’ve just finished reading through the famed The Whole Beats: nose to tail eating by Fergus Henderson, a fun little recipe book for the use of [...]
The saying of John Peale Bishop is worth recalling, that the South excelled in two things which the French deem essential to civilization: a code of manners and a native cuisine. Both are apt to suffer when life is regarded as a means to something else. Efficiency and charm are mortal enemies, and Southern charm [...]
Writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. Much of the time life is a sort of rhythmic progression of three characters. If one tells oneself that life is like that, one feels it less arbitrary.”
- Francoise Sagan, French playwright
Buenos Aires - One of the questions [...]
Tandoor: A kind of oven that seems to have originated in Central Asia; the word is also sometimes written tandur or tandir. Tandoor ovens were introduced to the Subcontinent with the Moghul invasion and are associated with Moghul cuisine and traditions. They are commonly found in Pakistan and northern India, as well as in restaurants [...]
Internet mailing lists are like Fox television shows. They have really cool previews, and they get you all excited about them, but they just don’t live up to their promises.”
- John Dobbin
Buenos Aires - I was just subjected to… well, no, I just subjected myself to… I mean, I didn’t have to say yes… watching [...]
What kind of restaurant makes you cook your own food?”
- Bill Murray, in Lost in Translation
Buenos Aires - Home again, home again, dancing a jig… sorry, channeling Mother Goose for a moment there. After catching up on some sleep, unpacking, getting back in the swing of things, etc., I had phoned my friend Michael to [...]
And that’s the world in a nutshell - an appropriate receptacle.”
- Stan Dunn
New York City - My initial impulse, looking back over a week’s worth of dining out, is to do a quick overview and point out some high and low points, and move on, returning to Buenos Aires, which is, as I’ve been informed [...]
The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
- Horace Walpole
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"I have a few other dislikes, but not many. I don’t want salt sprinkled on my desserts, even high-minded pink sea salt from some Hawaiian coast. I don’t enjoy marshmallows snipped off tableside; it’s way too French. Of course, marshmallows roasted over a campfire are exquisite, the only dessert that should be served searing hot. (That’s the second great lesson I learned in the Cub Scouts.) I particularly dislike the custom of plopping cold ice cream in the center of hot soufflés, a perverse practice that ruins two desserts at once. I never cared much for Chuckles as a kid, and I don’t go for gelées now. That’s never going to change." - Alan Richman, GQ
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