It’s not quite breakfast, it’s not quite lunch, but it comes with a slice of canteloupe at the end.” – from The Simpsons Buenos Aires – I’ve always liked brunch. Except when I worked the brunch shift in a restaurant, which, thankfully, was only at one place, The Sazerac House. The problem with brunch is… Read More The 900 Club
A general overview of culinary history and trends reveals that, for the most part, areas that tended to spice heavily were areas in which the fresh food supply was not as reliable as in places that traditionally used a lighter hand in their use of spices. The climate of Sichuan is conducive to faster food… Read More Bamboo… Mountain… River…?
“World Ocean Day began on June 8, 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is is an opportunity every year to honor the oceans and products they provide, such as seafood, as well as marinelife itself. The oceans also provide sea-lanes for international trade. Global pollution and over-consumption of fish have… Read More Fishing the Waters of Brazil
“Passion is the element in which we live; without it, we hardly vegetate.” – Lord Byron, Poet and Satirist Buenos Aires – According to their name, and I know not from where it comes, they’re not just a restaurant, they’re Eliot Restó & Otras Pasiones, located at Honduras 5237 in Palermo, 4831-1112. There’s no indication… Read More Other Passions?
Tea is the language and art of hospitality.” – Inés Berton, Tealosophy Buenos Aires – I once went to afternoon tea at some fancy hotel in London, and I know I went once or twice over the years at different hotels in Manhattan – I recall The Plaza having a nice one. But that’s about… Read More What to do at Five O’Clock
There’s a book out, and has been for awhile now, called Hungry Planet, by Peter Menzel and Faith D’Alusio. It’s a photo essay of families from around the world each seated around a table with a week’s worth of groceries. Time magazine has just published an online selection of fifteen of those photos along with… Read More Hungry Planet Photos
Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together – mass hysteria.” – Dr. Peter Venkman, Ghostbusters Buenos Aires – People who cook will understand this. People who don’t cook may sympathize, based on their attachments to wherever their workspace is, but they won’t understand it. Not at a visceral level. My kitchen, to the casual observer,… Read More The Urge to Strangle
“The real, native South Seas food is lousy. You can’t eat it.” – Victor Jules Bergeron (Trader Vic) Buenos Aires – Never having been to any of the eighteen islands and islets that make up Samoa, and that would fit, combined, comfortably into the state of Rhode Island, I’d be hard-pressed to even guess at… Read More Supping Samoan Style