Presidential Backbone – 7th Vertebra

2011.Mar.09 Wednesday

Back in the saddle, or I suppose, on the hoof, again, picking up from where I left off in the heart of Barrio Flores at Plaza Pueyrredón… there’s actually light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak. Av. Rivadavia continues, within city limits anyway, only to the 11500 mark or so, and today’s [...]

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Au Revoir to Not Much of Anything

2011.Mar.08 Tuesday

 Eating is one of the only socially acceptable ways we can share vulnerabilities. We would never get together with strangers and use the bathroom together, but it might have the same affect. No sense putting on airs, we’re just human.” Donald Miller, author No question I’m late to the party on this one, but then, [...]

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A Journey of 1000 Miles Begins with a Single Dish

2011.Mar.07 Monday

 I estimated that there were no less than twenty thousand shops in Cairo… Every sort of rare goods from all over the world can be had there: I saw tortoise-shell implements such as small boxes, knife handles, and so on. I also saw extremely fine crystal, which the master craftsmen etch most beautifully… I saw [...]

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Next Round of Tasting Notes

2011.Mar.06 Sunday

Just an octet of sips from the last few weeks…. Dante Rubino Extra Brut NV, Mendoza, Argentina – Blend of Pinot noir and Chardonnay with a touch of Semillon – light gold color, fine bubbles, orange creamsicle on the nose, moderately high acidity, medium bodied, creamy, orange peel, butter and vanilla, long finish. Quite good. [...]

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Different Strokes for Different Folks

2011.Mar.05 Saturday

 Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Not everyone comes to Buenos Aires to sit in a cafe and watch the world go by, or to see the Casa Rosada, or to follow the Evita trail, or, amazingly, even [...]

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Silverside Stuffed

2011.Mar.04 Friday

 When the shriveled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it satisfies the senses amazingly.” – Virginia Woolf, author Staying with the theme for another post in a rwo, we’ll take the level of difficulty for our pejerrey recipes up a notch. Just a notch, not too far. I ran across a book [...]

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Pejerrey in the Pink

2011.Mar.02 Wednesday

 I believe in pink.” – Audrey Hepburn Continuing on with our exploration of recipes for pejerrey, today we have another classic… Filetes de Pejerrey con Salsa Rosada Now, despite the appellation, as you’ll see, the sauce isn’t overly pink – it’s more of orange-pink – but it is darned tasty. First, of course, our mise [...]

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He Stuck in His Thumb, and Pulled Out a Plum…

2011.Mar.01 Tuesday

 What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?” – Logan Pearsall Smith, author It was the weekend of the Japanese Plum Festival, but, I wasn’t feeling particularly Japanese inspired. So, I took the plums from the festival and treated it like an [...]

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The People

2011.Feb.28 Monday

 Solutions will not be found while Indigenous people are treated as victims for whom someone else must find solutions. – Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician I grew up in the ’60s, during the “civil rights era” – not that it didn’t exist prior nor after, but it has come to be known by that moniker. And [...]

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