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 I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.”
- Igor Stravinsky, Composer

Buenos Aires - Does blogging, or this blog in particular need, or even merit a defense? Is there any point to it? What am I […]

Buenos Aires - I was all set to spend a little time catching up on some of the reviews I’ve been wanting to do when I happened to glance at the calendar and something about the date reminded me of my time here in Buenos Aires. I’ve been thinking that I’d arrived in early June, […]

 We relish the opportunity of finding something new and different to eat wherever we go, whether it is part of an extended travel experience to a far destination or simply to a treasured friend’s table down the street. On The Road is our way of sharing the pleasure and adventure of food discovery through the […]

Trujillo, Peru - At least for now, this is my roundup post on Trujillo and its food, and meeting Henry’s family. I’m going to let the photos speak for themselves for the most part… these are some of the highlights of the visit.
We spent an hour at a horse show one afternoon at a local […]

 The best translations cannot convey to us the strength and exquisite delicacy of thought in its native garb, and he to whom such books are shut flounders about in outer darkness.”
- Edwin Booth, Actor
Buenos Aires - There are myriad internet sites out there that talk about the world of mistranslation. In the food world, of […]

 Six degrees of separation refers to the idea that human beings are connected through relationships with at most six other people. Several studies, such as Milgram’s small world experiment have been conducted to empirically measure this connectedness. While the exact number of links between people differs depending on the population measured, it is generally found […]

 When I was a kid, life was good. I had some GrrAnimals clothes, and they were all prematched. On the tags they had animals, and the lion shirt went with the lion pants. The giraffe shirt went with the giraffe pants. And then they played into each other, like the lion stuff would also go […]

 Stan Laurel: “We drank your liqueur.”
Mrs Laurel: “That wasn’t liqueur, it was cold tea.”
- From Blotto, 1930
Buenos Aires - About a month and a half ago here at Casa S we put on a dinner featuring spirits and liqueurs from what is arguably Argentina’s finest distillery, Tapaus. The food was received to rave reviews from […]