Henry’s been asking me for more vegetarian dishes in our own dinners, and he particularly likes things like curries, so I’ve started playing around with some. This will likely not last, we’ve been down this road before, and in a week or two, he’ll want to know why we’re not having beef, pork, chicken, shrimp…… Read More Hey Dal! What a Chickpea!
An all Asian round-up… it’s been awhile! Monkin, Formosa 327, Caballito (the characters on the menu are handwritten, and harder to read than classic printed Chinese, but if I’m reading them right, mean something to the effect of “sunrise satisfaction”). It was one of those days. One of those days when I vowed to stop paying… Read More Chop Suey #23
Oh, where to start…? Let’s go simple to elaborate this time around. Yes, the infamous “avocado toast” is a thing in Argentina too. In general, I haven’t been overly impressed, but the version at Duca – Caffè & Apericena, Thames 1759, Palermo is excellent. It can be had on either a toasted rustic white bread… Read More What to Eat #3
Last year, right around this same season, I spent several days over several weeks shuttling back and forth to Nueva Pompeya, a barrio on the southwest side of Buenos Aires, checking out a stretch of Peruvian restaurants along Av. Saenz that had caught my attention. I noted that there were more spots, both along the avenue… Read More More Saenz of Peruvian Cooking
September 12-14 – 2019 – 12-14 de Septiembre Menu Mushroom Galette with Llajwa Marmalade – polenta and gran pampeano cheese crisp; saute of mushrooms, leeks, garlic, butternut squash, topped with goat cheese; arugula leaf; the marmalade is based on salsa llajwa, a Bolivian condiment, but a sweetened version, made by cooking down tomatoes, rocotos, garlic,… Read More A Tale of LLajwa, Kosho, Chaufa, & Dried Apple Pies….
I know, I know. I keep saying I’m going to get this project back on track more regularly, and then not doing it. I do have the best of intentions when I say it, I’m just not good with the follow-through…. So hey, instead of a roughly four-year project as envisioned at the beginning, with… Read More The Bread & Soup Project #27 – B.V.I.
First – for those of you who read my blog on the site rather than via email or other link, you’ll notice a fairly big change in the look. It was bound to happen, as things move forward – WordPress and the underlying structure of blogs steadily change, and eventually, the theme I was using,… Read More What to Eat #2
“On one of the SpaceX flights, we had a secret payload: a wheel of cheese. We flew to orbit and brought it back, so it was the world’s first ‘space cheese.’ It was, in part, a tribute to Monty Python.” – Elon Musk “En uno de los vuelos de SpaceX, teníamos una carga secreta: una… Read More Have You Accepted Cheeses Into Your Life?