Years ago I encountered a classic sausage from a bit north of Paris, the Andouillettes d’Amiens. In its commercial form, it’s made much like a traditional sausage, stuffed into a casing, and has an interesting mix of both ground and coarsely chopped pork, giving a unique texture. Home cooks often make the same sausage sans casing,… Read More It’s Raining Meatballs
The Roving Ravenous Horde was on the move again. We’re managing about once every two to three weeks right now, still being a bit more cautious about going out. But, it’s really nice to have something social to look forward to now and again after most of a year of semi-isolation. Recently, I’d heard about… Read More Syrian Hording
I have been in the restaurant business in one way or another for most of the last five decades. Vegetarianism and veganism seem to me to be perfectly normal, mainstream options for a diet, I even gave it a shot for a year at one point (though that was almost totally related to dating a… Read More Sealed With a…
A round up of some casual lunch bites over the last month or so…. Let’s start with a trio of pizzerias. First up, Antonio’s Pizza, Tacuarí 76, Monserrat. This one was ordered up for delivery as my lunch while watching the presidential inauguration. I tossed it quickly in the oven to re-crisp it up a little… Read More Bite Marks #84
Now that we have a full-on kitchen again, we’re back to offering food on the weekends for delivery or pickup. Current plan is to offer an appetizer of some sort, plus two main courses, and at times, a dessert. We’ve got two weekends under our belt so far, and I thought I’d present one of… Read More Steak ‘n Onions
The Horde was on the march once again, bravely battling our way ‘cross town to the barrio of Chacarita for our 89th outing, where we had ourselves setup for a table of six on the sidewalk out front of the newly opened Picaron, Av. Dorrego 866. It’s not the best block for outdoor eating; though… Read More I Yam What I Yam
I promised you all the story of the kitchen and home disaster, and before it fades away, let’s do it. This is one of those… “you can’t make this stuff up” situations. This was our kitchen, the one we’d worked in for the last 15 years. It was getting run down. You can’t really see… Read More When the Rainy Day Comes
Years ago… wow… probably like 20 years ago, thinking about it, I had this idea of opening a burger and sandwich shop with a menu of wines by the half bottle. I mean, nothing against craft beer and a burger, but I’m still more of a wine guy. Now, I was focusing on wines that… Read More Red Wine Loves