It was a quiet January, Casa SaltShaker-wise. As previously mentioned, Henry’s away in Peru for his annual family visit, plus I spent a week in São Paulo, so we only offered up three dinners all month. Singled out, one dish per meal, for your virtual gustatory pleasure. This one has been in the works for… Read More Meandering through January
Blecs After that, it seems like there’s no more to say. It just, at least in English, has a sort of finality to it. But, it’s the Slovenian name for a pasta from the Istrian penninsula, overlapping into far northeastern Italy, meaning “patches”. The Italian name for the same pasta, Biecchi, means “bent” (also “sinister”),… Read More Patchy with No Chance of Meatballs
Just back from six days in São Paulo. Initially planned as a solo getaway with the intent to get to a bunch of the “50 Best”, “Michelin Star”, or simply highly recommended by friends in the know kind of restaurants. The kind of places that Henry has little interest in, so I end up not… Read More Standing Out in São Paulo
There, that title should attract some new folk to my site…. It’s time, yes, for this week’s pasta! I told you I had one in reserve, since I’m now looking out over the Cerqueria Cesar neighborhood of São Paulo on a few day break to eat my way through some of the spots on either the… Read More White Supremacy, Baked
Flotsam, jetsam, lagan, and derelict… the opening salvo of 2023’s Bite Marks, a bit of this, a bit of that, some of it washed up, some of it not. One man’s cast-offs are another’s treasures and pleasures. Perhaps seven spots are a little overdoing it, but I wanted to get this in before heading out… Read More Bite Marks #101
It’s been a couple of weeks since I delved into a new pasta step-by-step for you. The holidays were busy for us at the restaurant and personally, so not a lot of time for playing around in the kitchen. Back into it now, and I actually have this and another one lined up. Today, we… Read More Happy as a Cl… Mussel
The barrio of Caballito, in the middle of the city of Buenos Aires was created around a small pulpería, or, general store. The store was opened in 1821 by Don Nicolás Vila, at the corner of Av. Rivadavía and Emilio Mitre, and was notable for its tall weathervane topped with a horse, a caballo. As the barrio… Read More Which Way Blows the Pizza Wind
Small plate, creative food, is still a thing here. Is it still a thing wherever you are? Three relatively new spots recently checked out. Social Paraiso Bistro, Riobamba 1220, Recoleta – Long time eaters in Buenos Aires may well remember Social Paraiso, in Palermo, one of the early on spots that made a pretty good… Read More Grazing at the New Year