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 What kind of restaurant makes you cook your own food?”
- Bill Murray, in Lost in Translation
Buenos Aires - Home again, home again, dancing a jig… sorry, channeling Mother Goose for a moment there. After catching up on some sleep, unpacking, getting back in the swing of things, etc., I had phoned my friend Michael to [...]

 And that’s the world in a nutshell - an appropriate receptacle.”
- Stan Dunn
New York City - My initial impulse, looking back over a week’s worth of dining out, is to do a quick overview and point out some high and low points, and move on, returning to Buenos Aires, which is, as I’ve been informed [...]

 Your world is as big as you make it.”
Buenos Aires - French food isn’t the first thing I go looking for here in Buenos Aires, but every now and again, it’s a nice change of pace. The problem is, there are few places that do it well. I’ve talked about Brasserie Berry, which is a [...]

 CHIANG MAI, Thailand (AP) - Vegetarians from around the world pledged Sunday to convert millions of meat-eaters by the end of the century and launched an Asian Vegetarian Union. The Bangkok-based Asian group seeks to foster the still-fledgling vegetarian movements in many Asian countries and counter a trend among the continent’s youth to ape Western [...]

 Culture is a window reflecting the history, culture and spiritual world of a nation. Cultural exchange is a bridge to enhance the mutual understanding and friendship between the people of different nations.”
- Hu Jintao, President, People’s Repulbic of China
Buenos Aires - I admit it, I didn’t participate in any exchange student programs during any part [...]

 World Ocean Day began on June 8, 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is is an opportunity every year to honor the oceans and products they provide, such as seafood, as well as marinelife itself. The oceans also provide sea-lanes for international trade. Global pollution and over-consumption of fish have [...]

 Tea is the language and art of hospitality.”
- Inés Berton, Tealosophy
Buenos Aires - I once went to afternoon tea at some fancy hotel in London, and I know I went once or twice over the years at different hotels in Manhattan - I recall The Plaza having a nice one. But that’s about it. Normally, [...]

 If you like Hungarian food,
They have a goulash which is very good.
Or if you wish a dish that’s Chinese,
Somewhere down in Column B there’s lobster Cantonese.
Enchiladas, that’s what people eat in Mexico.
Shish kebab is skewered, in Armenia you know.
Then there’s blubber, the favorite of the frigid Eskimo.
Such delicious dishes, no matter where you go.
Chicken cacciatore [...]