Dinner reviews from our Casa SaltShaker evenings
“I could never tell where inspiration begins and impulse leaves off. I suppose the answer is in the outcome. If your hunch proves a good one, you were inspired; if it proves bad, you are guilty of yielding to thoughtless impulse.” – Beryl Markham, English Aviator Buenos Aires – One of the fun things about… Read More Southeast Asian Inspiration
“Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious.” – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Buenos Aires – It’s no small thing to have a pair of boots, a city, and a steak named after you, especially when you’ve had to change your name to get there, and everyone thought… Read More A Few Twists of the Whisk
In Pakistan anti-American protesters set a Kentucky Fried chicken restaurant on fire. The protesters mistakenly thought they were attacking high-ranking U.S. military official Colonel Sanders.” – Jimmy Fallon, Comedian Buenos Aires – We, that is U.S.-type Americans, love our fried chicken. Regardless of what part of the country, it’s almost more the national dish than… Read More Comfort Food
“Erotica is simply high-class pornography; better produced, better conceived, better executed, better packaged, designed for a better class of consumer.” – Andrea Rita Dworkin, Feminist, Writer, and Critic Buenos Aires – A couple of months ago I was introduced to the distilled spirits of Tapaus, the alta gama (top range) of Argentine spirits. A relatively… Read More A Spirited Evening
“If they ask you what it is, tell them it’s an old recipe from Chantilly.” – Gérard Depardieu, from the movie Vatel Buenos Aires – Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, Duc d’Enghien, and probably several other titles, was not only a famed French general, but a well known gourmet. At various times he… Read More Chantilly…
How sad and yet I gave my consent to have the old Royal Hawaiian Band who are now the Government U.S. band come and serenade me on this the occasion of my 62nd birthday. My consent is the healing over of ill will of all great differences caused by the overthrow of my throne and… Read More A Taste of Hawaii
“But the region which we first particularly inspected was that of Heraclided Falsus (No. 7), in which we found several new specimens of animals, all of which were horned and of a white or grey color, and the remains of three ancient triangular temples which had long been in ruins. We thence traversed the country… Read More The Great Moon Hoax Dinner
Perfection would be a fatal flaw for evolution. Life’s hold on life depends on God losing his grip on life every once in a while.” – Unknown I’m not against the principle of Intelligent Design. Nor am I against that of Evolution. I don’t think either of them truly excludes the other. One could assume… Read More Intelligent Design