From the monthly archives:

August 2009

This Little Piggy went to Market

2009.Aug.31 Monday

 Pork fat rules.” – Emeril Lagasse, chef, t.v. personality Buenos Aires – It was happenstance. I was walking down Venezuela, enroute Diablada (reviewed a couple of posts ago), and passed by a wood-fronted restaurant with signs in the window proclaiming themselves Buenos Aires’ specialists in cochinillo, suckling pig. Now, I know my friend Mickey has [...]

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To the South of France

2009.Aug.27 Thursday

 H. H. Hughson: The pastries are light as air. John Robie: Germaine has very sensitive hands and an exceedingly light touch. She strangled a German general – without a sound. ” – from To Catch a Thief Buenos Aires – In preparation for this last weekend’s French south coast dinner I fired up my DVD [...]

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Devil of a Pizza

2009.Aug.26 Wednesday

 Fireworks continued to erupt between Bolivia and Peru over a costume worn at this year’s Miss Universe pageant. Last week, during the national costume part of the competition, Miss Peru, Karen Schwarz, wore an Andean-inspired outfit featuring a headpiece with large horns based on the costume used in the traditional Diablada, or deviled, folk dance. [...]

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Midday at the Oasis

2009.Aug.22 Saturday

 Coffeehouses became the favorite hangouts of the Beat Generation in the 1950s. There were Beat coffeehouses in every American city with a population of over 100,000 by the early 1960s. New York’s Greenwich Village, San Francisco’s North Beach, and Venice West in southern California, with their low rents, friendly bistros, and reputations for tolerance, were [...]

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Dude… Sushi…

2009.Aug.18 Tuesday

Buenos Aires – Rather than a quote, just a brief note on the common Argentine expression che. At its simplest, it means “friend”, but in the sense that back in the ’60s and ’70s in the US we might have used “man” or “dude”, especially if we happened to be a little stoned or thinking [...]

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Coasting in Spanish

2009.Aug.17 Monday

 There are many ways to look at la cocina Española; it can be defined by its ingredients, its techniques, its history, or its regionalism. To really understand this rich and diverse cusiine, one should look at all of these elements, because they overlap. Their roles are equally important in understanding traditional Spanish cooking as they [...]

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Popping the Question

2009.Aug.14 Friday

 The first sushi for everyone.” – Sushi-Pop slogan Buenos Aires – Whether it’s sushi and pop culture or sushi and pop rocks, or just something about the combination of the words, there seem to be an inordinate number of Sushi Pop, Pop Sushi, Sushi n Pop, Sushi ‘n’ Pop, and a variety of other sushi [...]

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Angels’ Pizza?

2009.Aug.13 Thursday

 The only place in the world run by an angel.” – this restaurant’s slogan? Buenos Aires – Continuing on with my quest for the best pizza a la parrilla, the other day we made our way to Monse’s Angels Resto Bar, Pasaje San Lorenzo 365, San Telmo. I’m not sure where the slogan above comes [...]

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North by Northwest

2009.Aug.10 Monday

 The trouble with eating Italian food is 3 days later, you’re hungry again.” – anonymous Buenos Aires – We do have a bit of fun with our various “historical or hysterical” themes at our Casa SaltShaker evenings, but sometimes, I just have the whim to pick some place or cuisine and cook around that, rather [...]

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