From the monthly archives:

November 2008

T-Day

2008.Nov.29 Saturday

 Most turkeys taste better the day after, my mother’s tasted better the day before.” – Rita Rudner, comedienne Buenos Aires – Just to set your minds at ease, we did indeed celebrate Thanksgiving here. Not in Casa S, but we headed over to friends’ in San Telmo for a turkey dinner with the fixin’s. While [...]

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Pocho Chino

2008.Nov.28 Friday

 A creole language, or simply a creole, is a stable language that originates seemingly as a nativized pidgin…. While it is arguable that creoles share more grammatical similarities with each other than with the languages they phylogenetically derive from, no theory for explaining creole phenomena has been universally accepted. The relationship between pidgins and creoles [...]

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Do You Feel Lucky?

2008.Nov.27 Thursday

 What the hell do you think Leona really puts in that pizza?” – Lili Taylor as JoJo in Mystic Pizza Buenos Aires – Those of you who’ve been reading awhile might remember the fiasco I considered the much lauded Guido’s Bar in Palermo. I know, I know, I hear regularly from people how amazing it [...]

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The Chronicles of Shawarma: Book I

2008.Nov.25 Tuesday

 He that but looketh on a plate of ham and eggs to lust after it hath already committed breakfast with it in his heart.” – C.S. Lewis, author Buenos Aires – The subject of shawarma has come up numerous times recently, in casual conversation with aquaintances, in more in-depth chats with those closer, and seemingly [...]

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Who? What? Where? When? How…?

2008.Nov.25 Tuesday

 First things first, but not necessarily in that order.” – Doctor Who Buenos Aires – There was much speculation, much buzz, much questioning… just exactly what were we going to do at Casa SaltShaker to celebrate 45 years since the pilot of Doctor Who aired – celebrating the longest running science fiction show on television [...]

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Vetting the Viets

2008.Nov.24 Monday

 When helicopters were snatching people from the grounds of the American embassy compound during the panic of the final Vietcong push into Saigon, I was sitting in front of the television set shouting, ‘Get the chefs! Get the chefs!” – Calvin Trillin, writer Buenos Aires – I don’t know if it’s the economy, or just [...]

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How Do I Make…?

2008.Nov.23 Sunday

 Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?” – Terry Pratchett, Author Buenos Aires – Bored? Sitting at home wishing you had something to do, something to stimulate your interest, your intellect, your skills, your tastebuds? In town for just [...]

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When You Don’t Have a Fire Pit

2008.Nov.22 Saturday

 Linking these extremes is food activist Isabel Alvarez, an anthropologist who has studied colonial cuisine and teaches the history of food at St Marcs University. She owns El Senorio de Sulco, a cliff-edge restaurant overlooking the sea in the elegant Lima suburb of Miraflores. Alvarez, of Andean (Quechuan) and Catalan descent, is evangelical about preserving [...]

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A Little Spanish Grape

2008.Nov.21 Friday

 This wine is too good for toast-drinking, my dear. You don’t want to mix emotions up with a wine like that. You lose the taste.” – Ernest Hemingway, Author Buenos Aires – I had the opportunity recently to drop in on the guys who run 7 Spirits, one of the few wine import companies here [...]

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