Dinner reviews from our Casa SaltShaker evenings
More affectionate than a kiss is a well done hug in someone that you love. Have you ever notice how I can give delicious hugs?” – Carmen Miranda Buenos Aires – There was no question in my mind that the event to celebrate last weekend was Carmen Miranda’s 99th birthday. Actress and singer, famous for… Read More I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi, I Like You Very Much…
“The number e is one of the most important numbers in mathematics, alongside the additive and multiplicative identities 0 and 1, the imaginary unit i, and π. – Wikipedia Buenos Aires – Sometimes, you just have to feed that inner intellectual, the nerd, the geek, the schoolkid who actually studied. Or at least I do,… Read More Feeding Your Inner Nerd
Chant Yemanja (Goddess of the Sea) Ago Lona O Ya Le – Open the way for the most powerful mother Ago Lona O Ya Le – Open the way for the most powerful mother Ya Le Ya Luma O – Most able mother who protect children Ya Le Omi Abe – Mothers’ house of the… Read More Yemanja
“Every object has a history, and behind that history an inventor, the person who thought it up first. Sometimes who was first can be a topic for hot debate: often several people independent of each other will all think of the same good idea at around the same time and will later have to argue… Read More Unidentified Frying Objects
“The native foodstuffs of the Americas radically changed eating habits the world over. The Americas gave the world corn, tomatoes, squash, beans, potatoes, and chocolate, to name a few. Most of these ingredients are now staples of our everyday diets, and one can’t easily imagine life without them. Unfortunately, due in great part to the… Read More Spice Battle
“We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.” – Winston Churchill, former British Prime Minister Buenos Aires – Seventy years ago this past weekend, Ireland came into being as a republic, by declaration of constitution. Prior to that, for a few years it was the “Irish Free State” and… Read More Up The Irish!
“I have to make dinner – I mean actually make it without magic. We are liable to die.” – Barbara Eden as Jeannie, I Dream of Jeannie Buenos Aires – ‘Twas the night before Larentalia, and all through the house… Not a creature was stirring, except the house elf. Well, not an elf exactly, but… Read More House Elves
“Observe what happens when sunbeams are admitted into a building and shed light on its shadowy places. You will see a multitude of tiny particles mingling in a multitude of ways… their dancing is an actual indication of underlying movements of matter that are hidden from our sight.” – Lucretius, On the Nature of Things,… Read More Brownian Motion