“OPA’LIA, a Roman festival in honour of Opis,a which was celebrated on the 14th day before the Calends of January (Dec. 19th), being the third day of the Saturnalia, which was also originally celebrated on the same day, when only one day was devoted to the latter festival. It was believed that Opis was the… Read More Earth Mom, Roman Style
“A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive and honey.” – Deuteronomy 8:8 Buenos Aires – Notice, no mention of shawarma. I’m pretty certain it doesn’t come up in either the old or new testament, nor in the koran. I could be wrong, but I’m… Read More The Chronicles of Shawarma: Book II
“Fort Apache is not actually the real name of the isolated ghetto that lies four miles to the north of the centre of Buenos Aires. A journalist first coined the phrase after a shoot-out in front of the local police station in the early 1980s and it has stuck ever since. Most of the 30,000… Read More Fort Apache
“…a man that can’t quickly throw together a meal is always going to be dependent on someone else to feed him, be that his wife, girlfriend, or McDonald’s. Dependency is not an admirable trait in a man. You don’t want to be the guy that has to turn to frozen pizzas just because your finer… Read More When the Moon Hits the Sky…
“We would drive up the Avenue, but we haven’t got the price We would skate up the Avenue, but there isn’t any ice We would ride on a bicycle, but we haven’t got a bike So we’ll walk up the Avenue Yes, we’ll walk up the Avenue And to walk up the Avenue’s what we… Read More Stroll Up the Avenue
“Filipino cuisine could easily be the original fusion cuisine. After all, more than 400 years of Chinese, Hispanic, American and various other influences have blended together in perfect harmony for a very individual, very unique cuisine that is simply sarap (delicious).” – Datin Hjh Zainah Bujang, General Manager of the Sheraton Utama Hotel. Buenos Aires… Read More Original Fusion?
“A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me. I’m afraid of widths.” – Stephen Wright, comedian Buenos Aires – While it may not be the most commonly asked question in Buenos Aires, which is probably “Where do I get the best steak?” (an unanswerable query if ever there was one), it certainly comes… Read More Wide Open Spaces
“Life is a combination of magic and pasta.” – Federico Fellini, film director Buenos Aires – Session two of our Color Palate of Italy course went off with no major hitches yesterday – a bit of carbo-loading as we made four different kinds of fresh pasta – semolina pici, egg-based baked agnolotti, whole wheat langanelli,… Read More Magic and Pasta