A look at local food discoveries, whether it’s a particular dish or an ingredient, often with one or more recipes.
“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
“Of course we need to eliminate social injustice in Colombia … but what is first? Peace. Without peace, there is no investment. Without investment, there are no fiscal resources for the government to invest in the welfare of the people.” – Álvaro Uribe Vélez, President of Colombia Buenos Aires – One of the things I’ve… Read More Colombian Lights
“A process which led from the amoebae to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress – though whether the amoebae would agree with this opinion is not known.” – Bertrand Russell, Logician and Philosopher Buenos Aires – I’d heard that Jangada has moved to new digs, at Bonpland 1670, around the corner… Read More The Price of Progress
Getting the truth in the New York Post has been as difficult as finding a good hamburger in Albania.” – Paul Newman, Actor Buenos Aires – I don’t know if it is, or was, difficult to find a hamburger in Albania. I’ve never been there. I don’t know if Mr. Newman had ever been there… Read More Double Eagle
“A careful observer can easily see the way in which western cuisine is gaining an increasingly strong influence on Turkish cooking. This influence is taking its place alongside those of ancient Chinese, Persian and Arab civilisations, indigenous Anatolian culture accumulated over many thousands of years, and later still those of Eastern Europe and North Africa.… Read More Timeless Tastes
“God defend me from that Welsh fairy, Lest he transform me to a piece of cheese!” – Titania, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare Buenos Aires – I promised more cheese, you get more cheese. That’s the long and short of it, the meat of the matter, the curd… The making of a pasta… Read More The Soft Cheese Chronicle
“You see, my practice is to try to lead a useful existence. That means if you engage in some service to others, give at least a short moment of happiness to others, including animals, then you get the feeling ‘Now I did something good. My existence has become something purposeful.’ After all, the purpose of… Read More Hello Dalai
“pickles ‘n cheese” A exclamatory remark, with no real positive or negative connotations. Can be used both in support of, or againt any other statement or situation. Can also be: Pickles and cheese Pickles & cheese Man 1: Alright, I totally aced that test! Man 2: Pickles ‘n cheese! – Urban Dictionary Buenos Aires –… Read More Pickles ‘n Cheese