A look at local food discoveries, whether it’s a particular dish or an ingredient, often with one or more recipes.
I decided to play around a little more with some of the dishes from our first Iquitos inspired dinner, and searching for a quotation to open the post came across this video of a new documentary that’s in production, Our Man in Iquitos. from Brooklyn Vitagraph It also reminds me that I wanted to put… Read More Iquitos – Another Round of Inspiration
“Once there were brook trout in the streams in the mountains. You could see them standing in the amber current where the white edges of their fins wimpled softly in the flow. They smelled of moss in your hand. Polished and muscular and torsional. On their backs were vermiculate patterns that were maps of the… Read More Evolution of the Trout
If you’re not aware and you’re here in Buenos Aires, the last couple of days, plus today and tomorrow are the Raíz Festival Gastronómico. This is a new festival that was announced as an exploration of the roots of Argentine cuisine. It does go a bit beyond that – although the mercado of food and… Read More Mixed Roots in Argentina
“Beginnings and endings are not interesting, audiences want the high point, which means you’ve got to get to it and get to it now – get the gun out fast, the clothes off quick. What I really want to do is produce. There isn’t much patience with a slow developing story line anymore.” – Sydney… Read More Simmering Pollack
I’ve gotten away from posting about various food books that I’ve read, and someone asked me this week if there was anything I’d read recently in the genre that I recommended. So, I thought, let me get back to that – I’ve been reviewing what I read over on Goodreads (yet one more social network… Read More On Fermentation and Carrot Pudding
Another month has passed and it’s time for a look at the scattered photographs of my life that went unused. Last September it was all spicy mac ‘n cheese and Montecristo sandwiches, experiments with Peruvian dishes, graffiti covered cars, and making empanadas. So what does September 2013 have to offer? Let’s take a look: Let’s… Read More Remembering September
I mentioned recently that there are a whole lot of new cafes and bakeries that have opened up all within a few blocks of home here in Recoleta. It’s a conspiracy against keeping the weight off, I tell you. I do like my coffee with a little something sweet on the side. Or is it… Read More Recollect… The Pastry Shops
There’s a big conference of matrimonial lawyers in town and a group of ten of them decided they’d like to come to dinner and enjoy a relaxing night out before the onslaught of formal events that they were slated to attend. As usual, picked out some recent favorites for the menu. Our whole wheat bread.… Read More Matrimony & Dinner