July 18-20 – 2019 – 18-20 de Julio Standout Plates / Platos Destacados Textures of Artichoke – The centerpiece is a half artichoke heart and stem “escabeche”, sauteed in olive oil, garlic, and bay leaf and tossed with sherry vinegar; behind it there’s slice of artichoke and manchego cheesecake, and a dollop of spicy… Read More Of Artichoke, Rapini, and Ling Cod
Enrique Rodríguez Larreta, Uruguayan by birth, but raised in Argentina. A famed author, teacher of medieval history, politician, and art collector. Married into the politically powerful Anchorena family. Important enough to be buried in Recoleta Cemetery. He was nominated for ten Nobel Prizes in literature, and though he didn’t win one of those, he did… Read More The Supremes
July 4-6 – 2019 – 4-6 de Julio Standout Plates / Platos Destacados Semolina pappardelle, using a puree of portobello stems and egg as the liquid binder. The sauce is a puree of sauteed red onion, garlic, and portobello caps, blended with butter, miso, goat cheese, liquid smoke, lemon juice, salt, and pepper.… Read More Winter Nights: Mushrooms, Lamb, Potatoes
A fun lineup this time… and for a change, almost everything was good. We have an alliteration of pizza, Peruvian, pasta, and pastrami! We’ll kick off with the one that wasn’t up to par. “I love a good mushroom pizza, if it’s made with fresh mushrooms, not canned. I hate canned mushrooms” “Sir, we… Read More Bite Marks #78
We’re quite fond of soups around here – be they a part of my Bread & Soup Project, my L Word Project, or just what’s for dinner. I’d venture to say that soup is what’s for dinner here in the house, at least 3-4 days a week. Even on the nights we run Casa SaltShaker, I’d say… Read More WhatSoup #1
One of the very first Peruvian sauces I learned to make was huancaina, a bread thickened sauce of fresh cheese, walnuts, yellow chilies, and milk. It’s generally served chilled, over potatoes, as a simple cold appetizer. I learned it on the way to making an ají de gallina, the same base sauce, heated, with the addition… Read More How Far Can You Stray?
Our usual hodgepodge of spots for a Bite Marks… some from before my trip, some from after. Life is short, eat dessert first. Okay, we ate it last, but still. And yes, that picture is really only about the ice cream, nothing else. I swear on a Baskin-Robbins napkin. Heladería Capricci, Fraga 602, Chacarita. I… Read More Bite Marks #77
June 21-23 – 2019 – 21-23 de Junio Standout Plates / Platos Destacados Prawns • Avocado • Black Vinegar – Prawns and cherry tomatoes poached in seaweed broth (kombu, wakame, nori); puree of avocado, white miso, lime juice; black vinegar jelly; roasted shallot petals, toasted nori strips, limo chilies, spirulina flakes. Langostinos • Palta… Read More Of Prawns and Strawberries