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Provencelona

2012.Feb.09 Thursday

 Announcing the marriage of Ramon Berenguer III, The Great, Count of Barcelona and Douce I of Rouerge, Countess of Provence. The wedding to be held at the Cathedral of St. Trophime in Arles, this 3rd of February, in the year 1112.” – an imagined wedding invitation from 900 years ago It isn’t that the wedding [...]

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A Touch of Cangurolandia

2012.Jan.30 Monday

 Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.” – Charles Schulz, cartoonist It was Australia Day once again – how is it that even without my posting themes anymore, the Australians visiting Buenos Aires seem to gravitate to Casa S on Australia Day? I wasn’t even really [...]

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Four Nights. Three Menus.

2012.Jan.23 Monday

It’s been one heck of a week with dinners. On Tuesday, originally, we had a private party planned – a group of four who were only able to come the one night, and they were referred by a past customer. They were happy to go the private dinner route, but, asked if we’d offer up [...]

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Brazil in Four Passes

2012.Jan.22 Sunday

Those of you who’ve been with me awhile may remember that several years ago I took a series of private cooking classes from one of the best Brazilian chefs here in Argentina, Eduardo Pinheiro. He’s since moved back to Brazil (and I inherited those lovely dark clay soup and stew bowls you’ve been seeing the [...]

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The Return of Thai Pongal

2012.Jan.20 Friday

 Thai Pirandhal Vazhi Pirakkum (the commencement of Thai paves the way for new opportunities)” A year ago, still in the midst of very thematic dinners, we had a happy camper weekend of celebrating Thai Pongal, the start of the month of Thai – basically a harvest festival. I decided to bring back some of the [...]

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Tweaks and Something New

2012.Jan.11 Wednesday

 Continual improvement is an unending journey.” – Lloyd Dobyns, news correspondent Catching up on the last week’s worth of postings. Last weekend we continued into a two-day menu of tweaks to four dishes and one new one that I’ve been playing with. Brought the goat’s milk feta cheese back to the chilled avocado and roasted [...]

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Pasta and Chocolate, Every Day

2012.Jan.06 Friday

 Over the years, Audrey Hepburn has become a symbol for class, elegance, and timeless style. Word has it that she had an hourglass figure, 34-20-34, a weight of never no more than 110 lbs. (except when she was pregnant), at a height of 5 foot 7. So how did she stay so slim, even after [...]

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Time is Flying

2012.Jan.03 Tuesday

 Time goes by so slowly for those who wait. No time to hesitate. Those who run seem to have all the fun. – from Madonna’s Hung Up It’s already halfway through January 3rd. Really. The year is flying by. So this holiday weekend started out with a conflict. Initially an internal conflict, but one that [...]

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2011 Tied Up in a Bow

2011.Dec.30 Friday

 Life isn’t tied up with a bow, but it is still a gift.” – Proverb So, once again time for that end of year wrap-up. The next few days look to be outrageously busy, so I thought I’d whip it into shape before we hit auld lang syne and all that. As usual, a bit [...]

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