From the monthly archives:

March 2010

Tiger’s Milk – Glass I

2010.Mar.19 Friday

 Dr. Melik: This morning for breakfast he requested something called “wheat germ, organic honey and tiger’s milk.” Dr. Aragon: [chuckling] Oh, yes. Those are the charmed substances that some years ago were thought to contain life-preserving properties. Dr. Melik: You mean there was no deep fat? No steak or cream pies or… hot fudge? Dr. [...]

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Mediterranean Veggies

2010.Mar.18 Thursday

 The traditional Mediterranean diet is firmly rooted in the earth. The warm, sunny climate, the long growing season, mild winter, and fertile soil of this region have long provided its inhabitants with delicious, fresh fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, and nuts. It is, and has always been, a plant-based cuisine, one that never depended on animal [...]

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Pastry Class 1

2010.Mar.15 Monday

 Men are always pushed into group situations … like group sports with a leader. In the kitchen the chef is your captain, but in pastry there is more autonomy, more independence. Women relish that. you are permitted to be creative sooner than on the hot line.” – Claudia Fleming, NYC pastry chef I’ve worked a [...]

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Cena Privada

2010.Mar.15 Monday

Our recent visitors from Canada for a private dinner apparently enjoyed themselves quite a bit and recommended us to a group of their friends from Chicago, who dined with us this last weekend, also for a private evening. Much of this comes out of some favorites, and one dish, new to the dinners, comes out [...]

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More Drinks in the House

2010.Mar.15 Monday

Last week’s tasting notes: Quilmes Patagonia Amber Lager, Buenos Aires – Gorgeous burnt orange color. Medium bodied beer with good acidity, refreshing. A touch of hops, but not overly noticeable. Slight fruitiness, somewhat like peach and apple skins. Hint of bitterness towards the finish. Antares Kölsch, Mar del Plata – Dark brown, sort of root [...]

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Sardinia, Without Sardines

2010.Mar.14 Sunday

 The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them.” – Camillo di Cavour, prime minister, Kingdom of Sardinia I’m getting a bit behind on dinner posts, so I may throw these at you rapidly over the next couple of days. You’ll live. Let’s start back at the beginning of the [...]

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The Supremes – Track 8

2010.Mar.13 Saturday

So, we reach the end of the Supreme Directors with a short walk dedicated to Juan Pedro Julián Aguirre y López de Anaya, more commonly just referred to as Julián Aguirre. There’s not a huge amount to tell about him, and in fact I was able to find out little overall. He was a revolutionary [...]

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Passing Vegetarian

2010.Mar.10 Wednesday

 Everyone’s a pacifist between wars. It’s like being a vegetarian between meals.” – Colman McCarthy, journalist, activist I was vegetarian once upon a time. It wasn’t for a long period. I was dating someone who was, wasn’t working in a restaurant at that moment, and it seemed to be a good move at the time. [...]

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Koreatown Caution

2010.Mar.10 Wednesday

I’ve hesitated a few days about writing this up, mostly because I don’t want family and friends to be worried about living here in BA, nor people who don’t really know the city to take this as a sign of insecurity here in town. In the end though, it’s not something that couldn’t have happened [...]

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