Back in the saddle, or I suppose, on the hoof, again, picking up from where I left off in the heart of Barrio Flores at Plaza Pueyrredón… there’s actually light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak. Av. Rivadavia continues, within city limits anyway, only to the 11500 mark or so, and today’s… Read More Presidential Backbone – 7th Vertebra
“Eating is one of the only socially acceptable ways we can share vulnerabilities. We would never get together with strangers and use the bathroom together, but it might have the same affect. No sense putting on airs, we’re just human.” Donald Miller, author No question I’m late to the party on this one, but then,… Read More Au Revoir to Not Much of Anything
“I estimated that there were no less than twenty thousand shops in Cairo… Every sort of rare goods from all over the world can be had there: I saw tortoise-shell implements such as small boxes, knife handles, and so on. I also saw extremely fine crystal, which the master craftsmen etch most beautifully… I saw… Read More A Journey of 1000 Miles Begins with a Single Dish
Just an octet of sips from the last few weeks…. Dante Rubino Extra Brut NV, Mendoza, Argentina – Blend of Pinot noir and Chardonnay with a touch of Semillon – light gold color, fine bubbles, orange creamsicle on the nose, moderately high acidity, medium bodied, creamy, orange peel, butter and vanilla, long finish. Quite good.… Read More Next Round of Tasting Notes
“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Not everyone comes to Buenos Aires to sit in a cafe and watch the world go by, or to see the Casa Rosada, or to follow the Evita trail, or, amazingly, even… Read More Different Strokes for Different Folks
“When the shriveled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it satisfies the senses amazingly.” – Virginia Woolf, author Staying with the theme for another post in a rwo, we’ll take the level of difficulty for our pejerrey recipes up a notch. Just a notch, not too far. I ran across a book… Read More Silverside Stuffed
“I believe in pink.” – Audrey Hepburn Continuing on with our exploration of recipes for pejerrey, today we have another classic… Filetes de Pejerrey con Salsa Rosada Now, despite the appellation, as you’ll see, the sauce isn’t overly pink – it’s more of orange-pink – but it is darned tasty. First, of course, our mise… Read More Pejerrey in the Pink
“What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?” – Logan Pearsall Smith, author It was the weekend of the Japanese Plum Festival, but, I wasn’t feeling particularly Japanese inspired. So, I took the plums from the festival and treated it like an… Read More He Stuck in His Thumb, and Pulled Out a Plum…