It’s one of those places that at a glance you just know is not going to be a good move to enter. It has that fast-food look – signs emblazoned with photos of the food, cheap (relatively speaking) prices, plastic chairs, well, sort of plastic everything. But, it was raining, it was Las Cañitas, virtually… Read More The Cones of Sushi
Back in May I posted a little trio of mini-reviews, out there looking for a mixed grill of seafood. It’s well worth a read if you’re into that sort of thing. I’m just sayin’. I haven’t put much attention on finding more, it was a project of the moment, but, I do love my seafood,… Read More Seafood Bonanza
Bobo is one of those simple words that, depending on the language, can mean vastly different things. It’s also one of those sorts of simple words that seems to show up in almost every language. It could mean, as it does here, the village idiot, a fool, or elsewhere it could be something fake, something… Read More A Tale of Zucchini and Bobo
Nana, Grandpa Al, Aunt Carol, Mom – 1951 This is not at all the post I’d planned for today or for these photos. But life has its moments. Almost 40 years ago my mom passed away, quite suddenly. The family fallout over the next few years created an ever widening rift between “our” family and… Read More Flowered Moment
My friend Belli, who owns Tandoor restaurant here, used to joke that there were only 70 Indians here in Buenos Aires and half of them worked at the embassy, and none of them were working in the Indian restaurants, which was why they were so bad. At the time, I think there were maybe four… Read More Hindu ST.
Just catching up on last week’s dinners – our internet has been wonky for the last two weeks, generally with service only a few hours per day, so posting has fallen by the wayside – a trio of nights packed with folk from various parts of the world, though a bit norteamericano focused (not entirely… Read More Now, Dat’s a Spicy Chicken
To all my friends and family on Facebook (and since I’m posting this on my blog which will show up on my Facebook feed, also all my non-Facebook connected readers)… I can already hear the groans, oh no, not another one. Yes, a request for a repost on your status for seventeen and one quarter… Read More Run-on Status Update
Those of you who’ve been reading my posts for awhile might remember my critique of The China Study a couple of years back. Keeping in mind that my criticism was directed mostly at the book, not at the concepts it presented, I try to keep an open mind. In fact, here at home, the majority… Read More No Fat Vegans