A look at local food discoveries, whether it’s a particular dish or an ingredient, often with one or more recipes.
“Do not overcook this dish. Most seafoods…should be simply threatened with heat and then celebrated with joy.” – Jeff Smith, The Frugal Gourmet And, one more private dinner. Seafood on the menu, not too spicy. A couple of dishes selected by the guests from past menus. I’ve been playing around with some new whole grain… Read More Fish, Not too much spice
“There are no loose ends. There is a systematic proposal to expand Peruvian cuisine, and I am willing to bet that in 10 years, we will have created a market that rivals Mexican food.” – Ernesto Cabellos, Director, Cooking Up Dreams Another private dinner this week and a bit of spice was on order…. Shellfish… Read More A Taste of Peru
“Look at me and tell me if I don’t have Brazil in every curve of my body.” – Carmen Miranda Just a little touch of Brazilian flavoring in some of the dishes this weekend – no particular reason other than I was perusing through some of my Brazilian cooking class recipes and got a little… Read More A Hint of Brazil
“Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.” – Henry David Thoreau, author One of the things that I regularly deal with at Casa SaltShaker are special requests due to allergies or dietary considerations. Most of the time it’s pretty simple – the most… Read More Gnawing on the Bone
“Route 66 has held a special place in the American consciousness from its beginning. The road is uniquely American. There are a thousand stories of hope, heartbreak, love, hate, starting over, and new dreams found along the next bend of the highway we call the Mother Road. The story of Route 66 is our story;… Read More Route 66
“We’d put some zip to it, add some character, some identity.” – Roy Rogers, actor, singer, “King of the Cowboys” I was tempted to add Roy to our pantheon of centenarians given that this last weekend would have been his 100th (he only made it to 86), but once I got past some sort of… Read More Edging up the Spice
“A diplomat who says yes means maybe”, a diplomat who says maybe” means no, and a diplomat who says no is no diplomat.” – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French diplomat Although I’ve gone away from using themes for the dinners on a regular basis, and definitely not posting them in advance, I’m still going to… Read More Don’t Say Οχι, Say Ναι
The title is from Wally Glickman’s Ode to a Bagel, do check it out. Expat culture is not homogenous, it is made up of people from a large number of countries and cultures. Each expat comes with not only their personal quirks, baggage, hopes and expectations, but often their cultural ones. While those of us… Read More Blessed Bread with Chewy Soul