From the monthly archives:

May 2008

Chicago Style…

2008.May.30 Friday

 Chicago-Style Pizza. There’s a lot of disagreement about what this actually is. It’s thicker than New York pizza, that’s for sure, but after that all bets are pretty much off. Most folks will argue that Chicago Pizza’s claim to fame is simply a thick wheat crust. However to me Chicago’s great contribution to pizza crust [...]

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Wait… Pasta, Meatballs, and Sauce…?

2008.May.28 Wednesday

 Give us this day our daily taste. Restore to us soups that spoons will not sink in and sauces which are never the same twice. Raise up among us stews with more gravy than we have bread to blot it with Give us pasta with a hundred fillings.” – Robert Farrar Capon, Episcopal Priest and [...]

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It’s a Queer Thing…

2008.May.26 Monday

 It’s a queer thing is a man’s soul. It is the whole of him. Which means it is the unknown him, as well as the known.” – D.H. Lawrence, Studies in Classic American Literature Buenos Aires – As noted about a week and a half ago, I expect(ed) a few more intereviews about Casa SaltShaker [...]

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Enclave of the North

2008.May.26 Monday

 …we now live in the second robber baron era. One of the things that happens in such times is that the wealthy and powerful get to construct huge building and homes. Yet, however we may feel about the 19th century power hoggers, we are still attracted to the architecture and structures they were rich enough [...]

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Bondi, Cured Bondi

2008.May.24 Saturday

 I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean, country singer, actor, businessman Buenos Aires – Those of us from the U.S. recognize the name Jimmy Dean from the sausage brand. What many people probably don’t know (I certainly didn’t) is that [...]

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It Worked!

2008.May.23 Friday

 The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Donald Kendall, Co-founder of PepsiCo Buenos Aires – It’s not that I want to give short shrift to our private dinners. In some ways they’re among the best we offer, because generally, the request is something to the effect of “pick out [...]

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Exquisite

2008.May.22 Thursday

 Mind you, that’s not to say presentation is everything. At the end of the day, it really doesn’t matter how nice your coffee machine is. What counts is the quality of the service that you offer.” – Peter Bolton-King, chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents Buenos Aires – I turn to my [...]

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Lit Day

2008.May.21 Wednesday

 The Día das Letras Galegas (Galician for “Galician Literature Day”) is a holiday in Galicia, a region in northwest Spain. This holiday has taken place on May 17 since 1963 when the first event was held to commemorate the centenary of Cantares gallegos, the first work written in the Galician language by Rosalía de Castro [...]

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Raw Once Again… or More

2008.May.19 Monday

 Treebeard marched on, signing with the others for a while. But after a time, his voice died to a murmur and fell silent again. Pippin could see that his old brow was wrinkled and knotted. At last he looked up, and Pippin could see a sad look in his eyes, sad but not unhappy. There [...]

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