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Dinner and a Touch of Sci-Fi

2012.Feb.21 Tuesday

I’ve been a science fiction reader since I was kid. I might have one of the longest running subscriptions to Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine, having subscribed since the first issue in 1977 (I’m sure there are others too who’ve been regular readers since the beginning). These days, it arrives as if by magic, on my [...]

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Just a Touch of the Argentine

2012.Feb.18 Saturday

Just a quickie for the day, a private party this week with pretty much dishes that we’ve done before. The only instructions – not overly spicy and some hints of Argentine cuisine thrown in. Started with a pionono filled with a mix of mascarpone and goat cheese, fresh shrimp and endive. Served over our own [...]

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The Last Emperor

2012.Feb.16 Thursday

 If you cannot say what you mean, your majesty, you will never mean what you say and a gentleman should always mean what he says.” – from The Last Emperor (1987) This weekend was the 100th anniversary of the abdication of the Xuantong Emperor, Aisin-Gioro Puyi, China’s last. It seemed a fitting tribute to influence [...]

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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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