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Food & Recipes

Rainbow Connection

2012.Mar.11 Sunday

It all started with being in a rainbow sort of mood. There I was, thinking about presenting a five course menu in the colors of the rainbow (minus blue, which just doesn’t work well for food). And that was the starting point, but I ended up not being tied to it because, well, I just [...]

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A Touch of Bulgarity

2012.Mar.07 Wednesday

Although not actively creating dinners in our old themed manner, it doesn’t mean I don’t still get some inspiration from various “today in history” sort of sites. This past weekend was Bulgarian Republic Day, and while there were certainly no dishes of Bulgar origin on the menu, I did take in some ideas from favorite [...]

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February Leftovers

2012.Mar.03 Saturday

As usual, the end of month roundup of photos I didn’t use in a post but think deserve a moment of their own…. A private pizza class for a vistiing couple – we made focaccia with rosemary and salt, traditional style Sicilian pizza studded with anchovy, parmesan and garlic, grilled pizza with salami, arugula and [...]

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4 Nights, 3 Menus, 36 Happy Campers

2012.Feb.29 Wednesday

Another week of multiple menus – we had two private events and two public dinners this week, and, for the second week in a row, a huge number of folk on the waiting lists for the latter (43!) – actually, we even had someone try to bribe his way into one of the private events [...]

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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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