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Books & Other Media

Sale!

2009.May.04 Monday

Friends, family & fans 10% off intro sale on new edition of my book direct from publisher until May 10th! Click here Go ahead, you know you’ve been wanting to buy a copy….

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Standards

2009.May.02 Saturday

 I try to live up to my standards and not sink down to my principles. – paraphrase of an old movie quote that I can’t quite remember, but it fits… Buenos Aires – The blogosphere is abuzz, yes abuzz I tell you. First it was a week or two ago’s big kerfuffle over Dr. Vino [...]

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Second Time Around

2009.Apr.19 Sunday

 Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.” – George Bernard Shaw, critic, essayist, playwright Buenos Aires – Just shy of two years since the original edition’s publication, the second edition of my bilingual Spanish and English food and wine dictionary was officially approved today. [...]

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R Rated Guacamole

2009.Apr.12 Sunday

 I’ve been thinking about changing my major from Home Economics to Feminist Studies, but I wasn’t sure if you had any feminist cooking classes.” – Bunny, from the movie about to be reviewed… Buenos Aires – A couple of months ago I mentioned the movie Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death, in passing, [...]

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Vacation Books

2009.Mar.10 Tuesday

 I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.” – E.M. Forster, Two Cheers for Democracy, 1951 Buenos Aires – One of the things I like about vacationing by myself is [...]

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Haas Disturbance?

2009.Feb.03 Tuesday

 We don’t care if these girls want to eat their men. That’s the Piranha Man’s problem. We just want the avocados.” – Ford Maddox, in Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle Buenos Aires – Can I just say that I find this video, the winner of the Avocado Video Bowl… mildly disturbing? (sorry, I can’t [...]

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The Glow

2009.Jan.12 Monday

 Given our shared passion for cooking, how is it that we were suddenly convinced to retire our pots and pans for good? It’s not just the extra cupboard space that our oven now provides.” – from the book reviewed here… Buenos Aires – Okay, pet peeve in regard to book titles. Yes, book titles. If [...]

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Entrevista

2008.Dec.01 Monday

 Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are.” – Oscar Wilde, author Buenos Aires – A couple of months ago I received a note from a charming young man in the San Francisco area who writes a blog called Cooking With The Single Guy. He wanted to reserve a spot at Casa SaltShaker, but in addition, [...]

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On the Radio

2008.Nov.11 Tuesday

 I like radio better than television because if you make a mistake on radio, they don’t know. You can make up anything on the radio.” – Phil Rizzuto, baseball player, sports announcer Buenos Aires – Harkening back to the posts from last week covering my trip in Mendoza, I mentioned a couple of times David [...]

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