Stuff about books or articles I’ve read, shows or movies I’ve watched – usually food or wine related, but not always.
“It is important to understand the basic differences between the wild yeast of sourdough and the commercial baker’s yeast in most other breads. First sourdough yeast grow best in acidic doughs, while baker’s yeast does better in neutral or slightly alkaline doughs. Baker’s yeast is a single species, with hundreds of strains and varieties, while… Read More Sourdough Dreams
“As the media theorist Marshall McLuhan pointed out in the 1960s, media are not just passive channels of information. They supply the stuff of thought, but they also shape the process of thought. And what the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my capacity for concentration and contemplation. My mind now expects to… Read More Time for a Change
“It’s a queer thing is a man’s soul. It is the whole of him. Which means it is the unknown him, as well as the known.” – D.H. Lawrence, Studies in Classic American Literature Buenos Aires – As noted about a week and a half ago, I expect(ed) a few more interviews about Casa SaltShaker… Read More It’s a Queer Thing…
“You shouldn’t speak until you know what you’re talking about. That’s why I get uncomfortable with interviews. Reporters ask me what I feel China should do about Tibet. Who cares what I think China should do? They hand me a script. I’m a grown man who puts on makeup.” – Brad Pitt, Actor Buenos Aires… Read More Interviews…
We love television because television brings us a world in which television does not exist.” – Barbara Ehrenreich, Columnist, Political Activist Buenos Aires – Some of you may remember I mentioned back in November that we’d had a telelvision film crew in for one of our dinners (their idea, not ours, though in a moment… Read More More TV
“I’ve become wary of interviews in which you’re forced to go back over the reasons why you made certain decisions. You tend to rationalize what you’ve done, to intellectually review a process that is often intuitive.” – Peter Weir, Film Director Buenos Aires – Just a quick “check out the interview” with FoodCandy, a much… Read More Waitin’ on da Bus
“I never read a book before reviewing it – it prejudices a man so.” Sydney Smith, Essayist, Clergyman Buenos Aires – In the last couple of weeks a trio, or is it a quartet, or quintet, of books has come across my desk. They didn’t get there by themselves, I went to book launching parties… Read More Libro Trio
“I agree with you that it is the duty of every good citizen to use all the opportunities, which occur to him, for preserving documents relating to the history of our country.” – Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States Buenos Aires – Anyone who travels extensively, especially in Europe, is probably familiar with… Read More A Taste of History