“Before 18th May 1810, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay were all part of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, a Spanish colony. At that time Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, was king of Spain. However, he was opposed by the Spanish Supreme Central Junta, a committee of local governments, which resisted him and… Read More From SIDE to Sabot
“Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.” – Jules Renard, 19th century French dramatist A completely fun weekend with some totally fascinating people in attendance between the nights. I now know more about beekeeping and sting-less bees than I ever thought I would – there was… Read More The Early Years VII
“Inala ayihambi, kuhamba indlala Usually translated as: Plenty sits still, hunger is a wanderer.” – Zulu proverb A few short notes on worthy spots I’ve stopped at to grab a quick bite…. You might remember Arévalito, Arévalo 1478, Palermo, from when it was called Providencia and was located around the corner. Back then it was… Read More Wandering Bites
“If my memory serves me correctly…” – Chairman Kaga, Iron Chef …I swore that if I did another Iron Chef style dinner that I’d ban chocolate as one of the ingredients, given that in all five previous iterations, that was one of the two ingredients selected. Okay, this time they said “cocoa”, but still. I… Read More Battle: Game & Cocoa
“A wine shop was open and I went in for some coffee. It smelled of early morning, of swept dust, spoons in coffee-glasses and the wet circles left by wine glasses.” – Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms I promised a week or so ago that I’d bring in a more solid review of the… Read More Wine and Dine
“The freedom to move forward to new opportunities and to produce results comes from living in the present not the past.” – Brian Koslow, entrepreneur and author We’re continuing our little walk down memory lane and re-creating favorite bits of menus from the past. Last time we left off with fall of 1996. Looking at… Read More The Early Years VI
“What hunger is in relation to food, zest is in relation to life.” – Bertrand Russell, Logician and Philosopher Your only critical decision this morning is whether you’re going to go with flavedo and albedo, or exocarp and mesocarp. We’re going to completely ignore the endocarp and vesicles. Really, it’s that simple. I’ll wait. Okay,… Read More Just My Type, Mrs. Peel
“Pythagoras, like the Chaldeans under whom he studied, thought that souls ended up in fava beans. My college philosophy textbook contained the fragmentary Pythagorean tenet “abstain from beans,” not explaining that it might have something to do with eating your forebears. (Heraclitus referenced this in his own aphorism on human fallibility: “Pythagoras may well have… Read More Some fava beans and a nice…