Stuff unrelated to food, wine & spirits that I just feel like posting.
Buenos Aires – I’d like to wax poetic over the first arrival of fresh green peas in my local market. My poetic talents, even if I’ve had a glass or two of wine, run towards Mary had a little lamb or limericks about gefilte fish. I’d wax prosaic, which is more in line with my… Read More Ode to Spring Peas
Buenos Aires – Spent the weekend out wandering around. It has been the first weekend of truly spring weather, no jackets required, gorgeous. Saturday I headed out along one of the major streets, Córdoba, heading west out to Parque Centenario, one of the city’s prettier parks. Unfortunately, on arrival, turned out the entire park is… Read More Walkabout
… Mimi Sheraton: “Are we going to measure or are we going to cook?” These are, as best I can tell, for someone either truly anal or truly lacking confidence in their own cooking skills. I have no idea what to say about a spoon that changes color if the liquid it’s dipped into is… Read More To quote…
Buenos Aires – Once again I find myself impressed by the straightforward, “varietally correct” style of wine being produced for the Rodas Colección 12 line. This time it was the Tokái, a grape more commonly known as Tocai Friulano. The flavor on the label – grapefruit, peach, apricot – was dead on. I’d picked the… Read More Free-Ranging
Buenos Aires – Time for an update on the apartment process. I’ve found one! I admit to not having looked at a huge number of them because I really loved the first one I saw. That’s often the way these things work. It’s here in the same (Barrio Norte) neighborhood, only a couple of blocks… Read More A Garden of My Own!
Santiago, Chile – I’m sitting in the airport here after a long, roundabout flight, and waiting for my final leg back to Buenos Aires. I wish I could exit the terminal to take some photos – the airport is gorgeous – all curved glass and white-coated steel, staggered levels, ramps, vivid teal colored carpets and… Read More High in the Andes
Louisville, Kentucky – It has been said by someone, someplace, somewhere along the line, that good things don’t come easily; the best things in life have to be won through struggle; tests of faith and all that. Well I hope there’s a grading system that takes into account all tests combined. The update on Henry… Read More More trials…
Atlantic Ocean – Way… up high… Yes, winging my way back the the U.S. for a short visit. Since Henry is stuck in Peru for a couple of weeks, it seemed like a good time to visit with friends and family for a bit. There’s not a whole to say about the food on an… Read More Somewhere…. Over the…