Buenos Aires – I hesitate to even post on the subject of Bravo’s new “reality show” Top Chef. Having no real history with watching reality shows, other than occasionally having caught part of an episode of that round the world race one, I’m not sure where to begin. We can start with, no surprise, that… Read More Top What?
Buenos Aires – It’s a rainy day today, so I’ll go with a second post that’s been in the works for awhile. A few weeks back I did an early Saturday morning introduction to the geography of Uruguay, and have realized that I’ve never done the same for Argentina. This has been underscored recently by… Read More A little more geography
Buenos Aires – I’m feeling a bit mislead. Yet, at the same time, it’s probably my own fault. No wait, it’s theirs. I’m not sure. Here’s the question. If a restaurant looks really fancy and expensive from the outside; gives every indication of that while you’re entering – circular drive, porticoed entryway, a huge, marbled… Read More Scheherezade at the Buffet Counter
Buenos Aires – If you’re not gastronomically Jewish, either by birth or influence, you probably won’t understand the devasatation it is to have missed out on the Great Gefilte Fish Festival. I didn’t miss out on the entire day’s festivities – sponsored by an organization called Yok (pronounced somewhere between shock and jock) – a… Read More Lacking fins or tail; the gefilte fish swims; with great difficulty
Buenos Aires – The last few days have been spent more or less indoors, for myself fighting off a bit of a change of season cold, and playing nurse to Henry who’s been dealing with some sort of allergic reaction to something he ingested. So, thanks to the magic of the internet and p2p software,… Read More The Future?
Buenos Aires – I thought about writing an Ode to Radicchio, but my poetry talents are nearly non-existent and limited to reasonably good attempts at haiku. I searched for an ode online and didn’t find one, though I did find one to arugula that more or less dismissed radicchio in one stanza. It’s not one… Read More Radicchio Confit
Buenos Aires – José Andrés Pacheco de Melo was alive, here in Argentina, at one time. I’m reasonably certain of that. He was a priest, born in the northern city Salta, though I’m guessing he wasn’t a priest at birth. Later on he became a deputy of the national congress, and, was one of the… Read More A Melo Sort of Evening
Buenos Aires – The population of Argentina is just short of 40 million people, 75% of whom are over the age of 15. That means there are probably almost 30 million different recipes for the best matambre, or hunger killer. Like empanadas and chimichurri, everyone has an aunt, grandmother, mother, sister, uncle, grandfather, father, brother,… Read More Hunger Killer