Dinner reviews from our Casa SaltShaker evenings
“Caramels are only a fad. Chocolate is a permanent thing.” – Milton S. Hershey, entrepreneur Buenos Aires – The 102nd anniversary of the opening of Hersheypark, the amusement park created by Milton S. Hershey, seemed about as good a weekend as any to host our second Casa SaltShaker all-chocolate dinner. From my perspective, a far… Read More The Cocoa Bean
“Aleppo – Town of ancient and of modern Syria, and capital of a Turkish vilayet of the same name, between the Orontes and Euphrates rivers; situated on the banks of a little desert stream, Nahr-el-Haleb, seventy miles east of Alexandretta, its seaport on the Mediterranean. Formerly it derived its importance from being on the route… Read More Cooking the Aleppo Code
“The word “avocado” comes from the Nahuatl word āhuacatl (“testicle”, a reference to the shape of the vegetable). Historically avocados had a long-standing stigma as a sexual stimulant and were not purchased or consumed by any person wishing to preserve a chaste image. Avocados were known by the Aztecs as “the fertility fruit”. In some… Read More Vegetarian Prairie Oysters?
“One of the happiest days of my life is when I made five or six hundred pesos from a crop of watermelons I raise all on my own.” – Emiliano Zapato, Mexican Independence Fighter/Leader Buenos Aires – Last weekend marked the 90th anniversary of Emiliano Zapato’s last stand, in his hometown of Morelos, Mexico. It… Read More Viva México!
Just a quick update on our class schedule and availability as of right now – kept up to date in the link off to the side. April 2009 Monday, April 13, 1o:30 a.m. until approximately 2 p.m., What’s so awful about offal? – part of our ten session Color Palate of Italy (basics of Italian… Read More Classes Update
“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr., author Buenos Aires – Two weeks, that’s what we gave it. Not what we intended… Read More Ending the Experiment
[Denton] Cooley reportedly answered in the affirmative when a lawyer during a trial asked him if he considered himself to be the best heart surgeon in the world. “Don’t you think that’s being rather immodest?” the lawyer replied. “Perhaps,” Dr. Cooley responded. “But remember I’m under oath.” Buenos Aires – Perhaps it was just coincidence,… Read More A Little Bit of Heart
“Comer bien o comer mal es una cuestión cultural. Comer o no comer es una cuestión de dinero.” (Eating well or badly is a question of culture. Eating or not eating is a question of money.) – Manual Vázquez Montalbán, author Buenos Aires – On the western edge of Spain, bordering Portugal, is the region… Read More On the Border