Every now and again I just love being surprised and delighted by being confronted by my own misconceptions. For some time now I’ve passed by this restaurant in Palermo, Nicaragua 5802 at the corner of Carranza, and just sort of said to myself, “oh, another regional Argentine spot with some sort of indigenous language name… Read More Who’s on First?
It was time for one of our recently less frequent non-pescetarian meals, and I decided to pull out a couple of dishes from my Peruvian repertoire that I’d been playing with on and off. Not for every course, in fact, three of the five were repeats of recent hits. I’m still debating, internally, this whole… Read More Liver and Giblets for All
A new class added to our vegan repertoire, Coastal Spain. One dish each from Valencia, Murcia and Andalucia. So, what did you miss? A delicious and tummy-warming olla gitana, or gypsy soup, packed with chickpeas, green beans, squash, and pears, and flavored with a sofreito of different onions, garlic, almonds, saffron, paprika and cinnamon. A… Read More Vegging out on the coast of Spain
Picking up where I left off on my walk along Lavalle street, I thought I’d spend a little time wandering the three open square blocks of Plaza Lavalle, helpfully numbered I, II and III. I wouldn’t say that each has its own character, there are certainly differences in the layout and the foliage, but overall,… Read More Plaza Lavalle Statuary
When last we left off on our Great Sandwich Hunt we had new winners in the chicken and pork categories. Now, since that post I haven’t received a single suggestion for another “you must try” sandwich – hard to believe that we’ve exhausted all the good ones out there, so come on with those ideas!… Read More The Great Sandwich Hunt 5
Let’s wake up this lovely Tuesday morning with a look back at Soul Train… …some of you will remember the show, others will be thinking, “Dancing with the Stars” is so much… oh never mind. This last weekend’s feature dish, the main course, a baked sole. Those of you who’ve been around with me awhile… Read More Sole Train
The monthly roundup of unused photos, just for fun, of course. When we were leaving Aramburu a couple of weeks back we spotted the arrival of a brand new subway car on a flatbed trailer. Didn’t have time to get the camera out, so grabbed a quick shot with the phone as it disappeared down… Read More The August Photos
Really, just wait for it. Or scroll down and feast your eyes. Because good as the rest of the dinner turned out, the eye-rolling and moaning started with the tart. Or, I could save you the work, here, I’m going to post this dinner in reverse…. An apple, pear, cashew and brazil nut tart –… Read More Wait for the Tart…