Dinner reviews from our Casa SaltShaker evenings
The egg standing myth was born with an article penned by Annalee Jacoby in the March 19, 1945 issue of Life magazine. Ms. Jacoby was on assignment in China at that time, when she witnessed a peculiar Chinese ritual. In China, the first day of spring is called Li Chun, and they reckon it to… Read More Alban Elfed
To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.” – from Life of Pi Buenos Aires – I do seem to be falling behind on the dinner posts… hmm… well, I’ll try to get caught back up. Here we are a week after Pi Day, which,… Read More 3.14159 26535 89793 23846 26433 83279 50288 41971 69399 37510…
“I was the main complainer about not having my favorite dishes, and then someone suggested that I open my own restaurant.” – Gary Edwards, Owner, Sister Sue’s, Asbury Park Buenos Aires – Maybe it’s just me, but it seems that while Casa S is getting busier and busier, especially with private events, that I spend… Read More Playing Favorites
Please don’t retouch my wrinkles. It took me so long to earn them.” – Anna Magnani, actress Buenos Aires – You may have noticed that recently our Casa S themes have been getting more and more offbeat – moving away from various Republic Days and Independence Days and such. It’s only semi-intentional – part of… Read More Mamma Roma
“Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.” – Samuel Johnson, poet, writer Buenos Aires – ‘Twas a busy weekend, with both a couple of regular Casa S dinners and a private event hosted by an engaged couple (norteamericano and argentine) to let their families get to know each other. I won’t… Read More Argy with a Twist
“One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. It is, as common people say, so ‘upsetting;’ it makes you think that, after all, your favourite notions may be wrong, your firmest beliefs ill-founded; it is certain that till now there was no place allotted in your mind to… Read More Gamboling
“The sun of my Cuba Salutes me good morning I take breakfast and come out The whole world is already up Hey chico turn the volume up Coz I love this bolero And this line to buy the bread, goes around the entire world anyway Now picture La Habana The old streets with colonel air… Read More Guantanamo
We love television because television brings us a world in which television does not exist.” – Barbara Ehrenreich, Columnist, Political Activist Buenos Aires – Some of you may remember I mentioned back in November that we’d had a telelvision film crew in for one of our dinners (their idea, not ours, though in a moment… Read More More TV