We’re back in Lazio, in Rome, with another pasta. It came up as I was watching a video from someone purporting to know all about Italian pastas, as he asserted that the only pastas worth knowing from the area were the famed four “spaghettis” (gricia, cacio e pepe, amatriciana, carbonara), which he then detailed, getting… Read More Tail of a Pasta Sauce

It’s that time again, a new month has dawned and we have a little round-up of the last one. I’m finding that a lot of my focus in creating dishes for Casa SaltShaker seem to end up in the pasta world. If I wasn’t already basically retired, I think I’d open a small restaurant that… Read More April Flours

On to the roundup of last month’s Casa SaltShaker meals. Despite taking some time off, we still managed three public and one private dinners over the course of the month. A combination of my personal tastes, and the feedback I got from diners, these were the favorite dishes for each meal.   Scallop Mousse Raviolo,… Read More March Madness

Here we are, the end of another month. I, of course, will be taking February 29-31 as days to do things like not drink wine, go on a diet, and exercise regularly. Because I’m just that committed. Let’s look in at my favorite dishes from the meals we served at Casa SaltShaker this last month.… Read More Fleeting February

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

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

Continuing with my new dish of the meal approach to the Casa SaltShaker dinners and lunches. We had a few extra in December, with some private parties, as well as we added in Saturday nights for Christmas and New Year’s Eves. Carré de Cerdo – Not the prettiest presentation nor photo, but damn it was… Read More Dishing December