Buenos Aires – News Flash! I was inspired by my visit a couple of weeks ago to verdellama to actually get moving on my long back-burned project of opening my own restaurant here. It will take some time to do all the proper legal paperwork, find a location and such, but in the meantime, we… Read More The Opening of Casa SaltShaker
Buenos Aires – Today I’m going to more or less post a bunch of photos from my various wanderings over the last week. Much of it is simply buildings that I found interesting, a couple of things I have some things to comment on. In that vein, by pure happenstance, I headed for the Mercado… Read More A Photographic Wander
Buenos Aires – I had a recent exchange with someone on a food forum elsewhere on the net on the subject of Barbecued Pizza in Buenos Aires. Given linguistic differences in different parts of the globe, he had come under the impression, from reading somewhere about the topic (and I don’t know if it was… Read More Pizza BBQ
Buenos Aires – You probably can’t remember your first falafel. I certainly can’t, but knowing where I grew up, I’m sure it was a greasy ball of over-fried chickpea batter stuffed in some poor excuse for a pita bread, topped with iceberg lettuce and cellophane tomatoes, and doused in some combination of sauces that bore… Read More A Falafel does not a Gefilte make
Buenos Aires – Met up with my friend Victor and a group of folk he’d gathered together for a bit of a wine tasting on Sunday afternoon. What else is there to do on an Easter Sunday except bite the ears off of a chocolate bunny? And that gets old after a half dozen of… Read More Sunday Afternoon on the Docks
Buenos Aires – If your town has never hosted the Cow Parade, you simply don’t know what you’re missing. Starting seven years ago with events in Chicago and New York, this art and fund-raising event has gone worldwide, having been hosted in a multitude of cities around the globe. This year, Buenos Aires is one… Read More Beef on the Hoof
Buenos Aires – We’re getting closer to the “secret” family recipe. I’ve mentioned before that when Henry makes ceviche he won’t let me watch – you’d think by now I’d be considered family and welcome to the secrets, but such is life. Actually, he doesn’t like it when I watch him cook anything – I’m… Read More My First Official Ceviche
Buenos Aires – Let your eyes drift past the faded red awning, the storefront with it’s almost scrubbed off graffiti, the peeling paint on the inside walls, the parts of the ceiling falling to the floor below, the layer of dust atop every bit of decor in the room, and let them light upon the… Read More Pasta al Momento