https://www.saltshaker.net/20060503/how-do-you-judge-de-autor Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Fri, 07 Apr 2017 23:30:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.saltshaker.net/20060503/how-do-you-judge-de-autor#comment-257901 Fri, 07 Apr 2017 23:30:52 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20060503/how-do-you-judge-de-autor#comment-257901 […] a big turnaround. I have reviewed Restó, Montevideo 938, here in Recoleta, twice before – first in 2006 and then after another visit again in 2007. Now, I’d sworn off visiting the place again, […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20060503/how-do-you-judge-de-autor#comment-27334 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 12:32:01 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20060503/how-do-you-judge-de-autor#comment-27334 […] on about…? Almost a year ago, I critiqued my lunch with a local friend at a small venue, Restó, Montevideo 938. I gave it an “okay” rating, sort of the equivalent of a thumb’s […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20060503/how-do-you-judge-de-autor#comment-538 Sun, 09 Jul 2006 13:25:26 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20060503/how-do-you-judge-de-autor#comment-538 […] One of the classic appetizers of the region is a brandade stuffed piquillo pepper. That’s a mouthful just to say, but if I was having a cocktail party with passed hors d’oeuvres, I’d go there. I like starting meals with soup, and it seems a goodly number of my guests do as well. I remembered trying a piquillo pepper soup recently at a small restaurant and not being thrilled with its limpness… can one use “limp” in regard to a soup? You know what I mean. So the soup had to be beefed up a bit in flavor, and I wanted to incorporate the ingredients of a brandade. Piquillo Pepper and Brandade Soup […]

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