Yes, truel, or triel, is a word, and the equivalent of a duel, but between three parties. And new words for me, I guess in the back of my mind I assumed that there might be words for duels between more than two people, but had never looked them up. Learning, always learning! Today, we’re looking at… Read More An Omakase… Truel
Let’s jump right into this one – I think this was one of my favorite dinners we’ve done so far this year. And a great group of guests (as always)! Berenjena Asada – violet eggplants, cut in half, then cross-hatched and roasted face down in the oven in a little oil. While still hot, brushed… Read More 2022 Dinner Menu #25
Every time I approach a recipe that involves innards, I can’t help but hear “parts is parts” pipe up somewhere deep in my subconscious. I grew up eating a fair number of parts, be they from cows or sheep, chicken or ducks, or whatever, and over the years, I’ve had many more. Considered by many… Read More When Life Gives You Parts
A quartet of spots, with pizza, Korean food, Italian food, and Peruvian-Nikkei food. On a random roll of the dice, I had headed out to barrio Coghlan to check out one of those “neighbors say it’s the best in the barrio” pizzerias, Primera Parada. Unfortunately, they turned out to be takeout only. Now, that’s not what… Read More Bite Marks #98
And, another successful lunch! This time we leaned in a bit on the Peruvian side of things. Solterito con Langostinos – a solterito is a traditional fresh salad sort of appetizer from Arequipa, in southern Peru. Our version is a mix of potatoes, peas (usually fava beans, but the ones in the market that morning looked… Read More 2022 Lunch #2
There was no liver, no Chianti, and no psychopaths. It was just the pasta from the last two Casa SaltShaker meals, and a couple of requests for more details on it. Now, my version of this dish is not 100% traditional, it’s more just solidly based on a classic from Sicily and/or southern Italy, called… Read More Fava Beans for Spring
Brazil and Sweden, represent! Buenos Aires is full of Brazilian visitors right now. The exchange rate is right, there are special flight offers, so it was no surprise that we ended up with two couples and a trio of Brazil. The former knew each other, even though they reserved separately, the latter, just happenstance. And… Read More 2022 Dinner Menu #24
So many little lunches out and I haven’t been writing them up. I’ll cover a few of them today and save the rest for another post. This sort of hole-in-the-wall spot that I stumbled on right here in my neighborhood. Well, it’s about ten blocks away, but still, never noticed it before. Clarisimo Resto, Parera 187,… Read More Bite Marks #97