“Well, basically, there was this little dot, right? And the dot went bang and the bang expanded. Energy formed into matter, matter cooled, matter lived, the amoeba to fish, to fish to fowl, to fowl to frog, to frog to mammal, the mammal to monkey, to monkey to man, amo amas amat, quid pro quo,… Read More Fish and Fowl
“Rice is a beautiful food. It is beautiful when it grows, precision rows of sparkling green stalks shooting up to reach the hot summer sun. It is beautiful when harvested, autumn gold sheaves piled on diked, patchwork paddies. It is beautiful when, once threshed, it enters granary bins like a (flood) of tiny seed-pearls. It… Read More Fish ‘n Grains
“…a man that can’t quickly throw together a meal is always going to be dependent on someone else to feed him, be that his wife, girlfriend, or McDonald’s. Dependency is not an admirable trait in a man. You don’t want to be the guy that has to turn to frozen pizzas just because your finer… Read More When the Moon Hits the Sky…
I speak: Portuguese, German, French, English, Spanish, Italian, Esperanto, some Russian; I read: Swedish, Dutch, Latin and Greek (but with the dictionary right next to me); I understand some German dialects; I studied the grammar of: Hungarian, Arabic, Sanskrit, Lithuanian, Polish, Tupi, Hebrew, Japanese, Czech, Finnish, Danish; I dabbled in others. But all at a… Read More A Novel Dinner
“It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.” – Henry James, Writer Buenos Aires – The other night, Henry and I were in the mood for something a little different, and decided to check out another of the Brasilian spots on my list, having crossed one spot off the list… Read More Brazil, Take 3
“The virtue of authenticity is that it doesn’t change in the course of time.” – Eric Hauser, public relations Buenos Aires – I’ve been meaning to check out the little Brazilian spot off the corner of Plaza Palermo Viejo for some time now. Our recent dinner featuring dishes inspired by Brazilian seafood recipes brought it… Read More Brazil, Take 2
“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