This post has come together over a couple of months. I had just decided to do an Italian focused theme, and it took that long to end up with three that I wanted to showcase. Some of it was some mediocre food that isn’t worth mentioning, some of it was that much of my Italian… Read More Italian Triptych
The city and area around Rome is known for three types of pizzas that differ from what I think most of us think of as Italian style pizza, pizza napolitana. The first is the pizza in teglia or pizza al trancio, translating, respectively, as “pizza in a baking tray” and “pizza by the cut (or piece)”, which is almost universally… Read More Roamin’ the Romans
Our usual grab bag of various and sundry. We have sushi, wine bars, a special pizza, and some creative modern Latin American street food. What more do you want out of life? Kanji, Scalabrini Ortíz 1580, Palermo – Hard surface, concrete and metal everywhere, no decor to speak of. Uncomfortable chairs. Unevenly cut pieces of… Read More Bite Marks #104
Time for some meat! A trio of steakhouses that have been on my list for eons. Literal eons. Since the creation of the cow. Or, like, somewhere around a decade. Don’t ask why I haven’t gotten to them. I have hundreds of restaurants on my list to try. Please feel free to fund my trying… Read More The Steak Scrolls IV
We’re back with Stan! Yes, it’s been awhile. The dish I’m about to demonstrate uses lamb stock and I kept putting off making some sort of lamb dish in order to have lamb bones leftover to make stock from. But we were on a bit of a stew fetish for a couple of weeks there… Read More Tucci #8
I’ve not remotely exhausted the list of contenders for filling out the currently short-filled top five burgers in the city list. But, I have filled in that blank spot, and I’d still venture that at least one of the remaining ones is in danger of losing its position. So let’s start with the ones that… Read More I Coulda Been a Contend-Burger….
Time for a look back at some of our (and our customers’) favorite dishes of the last few meals at Casa SaltShaker. These include a couple of further iterations on dishes that I’ve presented in the past, and a new pasta dish that’s been in the works for awhile. Tiradito de Corvina – I’m… Read More Midwinter Munchies
Over time, I’ve built up quite the list of burgers. My map has, well, a lot of places, many recommended, many not. And it doesn’t include those places that I’ve reviewed in the past that have closed, since. I’ve tried to maintain a “top five” at the pinnacle. At the same time, I realized recently,… Read More Top Burger Redux