Turkey Jackson: I can’t go on! No food, no water. It’s all my fault. We’re done for! It’s got me. I can’t stand it! No food, nothing! No food, no water! No food! Jeff Peters: What’s the matter with you, anyway? There’s New York. We’ll be picked up in a few minutes. Turkey Jackson: You… Read More Ode to Morocco
Very cool antique car show going on this afternoon along Av. Quintana just off of Plaza Francia….
“A little bit of this, a little bit of that. A pot, a pan, a broom, a hat…. – from Fiddler on the Roof As I mentioned in my last dinner post, we had a couple of private dinners, and then this weekend our second brunch. Nothing of astounding excitement in terms of dishes, but… Read More Bits and Bites
Larry Daley: Sorry. Last time I checked, I thought we lived in a free country, so… Brandon: No, we don’t. Larry Daley: No? Brandon: It’s the United States of “Don’t Touch That Thing Right in Front of You.” – from Night at the Museum 2 [Warning: Creepy photos below] Each year Buenos Aires hosts an… Read More A Night in the Museums
“Revolution is not a dinner party.” – Sun Yat-Sen, Chinese revolutionary leader Except here at Casa S, of course. Friday night was the day celebrating Sun Yat-Sen’s birth, a national holiday throughout China and Taiwan – probably one of the few public, political figures honored in both. I’d had in mind a vegetarian dinner for… Read More Dinner Coup
“A desperate disease requires a dangerous remedy.” – Guy Fawkes, one of the leaders of The Gunpowder Plot No, don’t worry, I didn’t burn anything. It was more of a figurative “on fire”. It was Guy Fawkes’ Day/Night, or Bonfire Night, or The Gunpowder Plot Eve, or something of that sort. I know we heard… Read More Dinner on Fire
“Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honourable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” – The Woodbridgian, along with their motto, Pro Deo Rege Patria – For God,… Read More Brunch in the Name of God
“Give that man a chocolate fish!” – popular expression in New Zealand to express thanks Y’all do love yer chok-o-lit. It seems, amusingly, that each time we’ve offered customers input into the planning of one of our dinners, notably our “Iron Chef” style approach, though others as well, chocolate leaps to mind. I do realize… Read More Chocolate Fish