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 On the night before his coronation, Sir Hari and his peers dined off the traditional gold plate, while their underlings supped from silver. Next day he rode out at the head of the state procession of elephants. His favorite pony, which trotted after, was decked with a jeweled harness, containing among other gems an emerald [...]

 They were very popular through most of the ’70s and part of the ’80s. But when microwave ovens came along, people lost interest in baking and traditional cooking methods.”
- David Dahlquist, creator of the Bundt pan
Buenos Aires – Local friend Tom recently e-mailed me:
There is a new Thai restaurant in Belgrano that has been open [...]

 Without rice, even the cleverest housewife cannot cook.”
- Chinese proverb

Buenos Aires – No, this isn’t going to be a rant about price increases or boycotts. I’m not out to start another tomato war like the one we just went through here. No, this is about an opportunity. For those of us who spend a whole [...]

 There are some limitations when using the Apple Macintosh as a client device for Tarantella:
* Printing to client device printers is only supported on Mac OS X version 10.2 or later.
* Client drive mapping (CDM) is not supported.
- from the Tarantella Administration Guide
Buenos Aires – There are, [...]

 The more you love
the more you’ll find
that life is good
and friends are kind
and only what we give away
enriches us from day to day.”
- Helen Rice
Buenos Aires – At least once a week, there’s a day… a moment… that truly reminds me of why I love being here. Like whiling away an hour in a beautiful [...]

 Cajun is country food by farmers and fisherman that arrived in Louisiana from Acadiana, Canada…. Creole is New Orleans city food. Communities were created by the people who wanted to stay and not go back to Spain or France.”
- Paul Prudhomme, Chef
Buenos Aires – You’d think, given the constant harping about lack of spiced food [...]

 If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.”
- Seneca, Roman philosopher
Buenos Aires – I generally avoid the Puerto Madero area of town – it’s a multi-block strip of renovated docks and warehouses, akin to something like the South Street Seaport in New York, filled with overpriced apartments, office [...]

 There is a vulgar belief in Gloucestershire and other counties, that Rosemary will not grow well unless where the mistress is ‘master’; and so touchy are some of the lords of creation upon this point, that we have more than once had reason to suspect them of privately injuring a growing rosemary in order to [...]