Posting each meal’s menu and a description began to seem a bit boring, especially as we often repeat dishes. Besides, I post each meal with photos and menu on my Instagram account, so anyone who’s keenly interested can see them there. I kind of liked the approach I took last month of picking out a… Read More The November Meals

No, I’m not going to overdo this and subject you to fifteen dishes in one post. I was just falling behind, wanted to catch up, and didn’t feel like I needed to detail very dish. So, I’ve picked one dish that I particularly liked the way it turned out, from each of the last three… Read More 2022 Dinner Menus 28, 29, and 30!

The lunches are slowly beginning to catch on. Not unexpected that it would take a little time for word to percolate around. For this lunch we only had two folk come, but it was fun, and gave me a chance to spend more time chatting with them. Still haven’t seen any of the folk who… Read More 2022 Lunch #3

I’m not avoiding restaurant reviews, I’m just organizing them a bit rather than just throwing them all into one big Bite Marks. This last weekend’s menu now, with folk from the US, UK, and Germany.  To the two people who made a reservation, then went out for a snack pre-dinner at another restaurant, ended up… Read More 2022 Dinner Menu #27

Two dinners this last weekend – our usual Friday night communal table affair, and a private dinner for a group of mortgage brokers from Puerto Rico. Fun times had by all! Tiradito de Palometa – palometa, variously translated as butterfish, leatherjack, or pomfret, all of which are actually different fish, so, who knows… cut into… Read More 2022 Dinner Menu #26

Let’s jump right into this one – I think this was one of my favorite dinners we’ve done so far this year. And a great group of guests (as always)! Berenjena Asada – violet eggplants, cut in half, then cross-hatched and roasted face down in the oven in a little oil. While still hot, brushed… Read More 2022 Dinner Menu #25

And, another successful lunch! This time we leaned in a bit on the Peruvian side of things. Solterito con Langostinos – a solterito is a traditional fresh salad sort of appetizer from Arequipa, in southern Peru. Our version is a mix of potatoes, peas (usually fava beans, but the ones in the market that morning looked… Read More 2022 Lunch #2

There was no liver, no Chianti, and no psychopaths. It was just the pasta from the last two Casa SaltShaker meals, and a couple of requests for more details on it. Now, my version of this dish is not 100% traditional, it’s more just solidly based on a classic from Sicily and/or southern Italy, called… Read More Fava Beans for Spring