Dinner reviews from our Casa SaltShaker evenings
“Omi took the thing in her eminent cook’s hands hefted it, and began to transfigure it partially. First it is scalded and the thick skin that sheathes it is removed without difficulty, liberating the delicate tenderness of the flesh…. Whereas for me there was only one tongue, which was that of the sacrifice and the… Read More The Untamed Tongue
Another month has passed and it’s time for a look at the scattered photographs of my life that went unused. Last September it was all spicy mac ‘n cheese and Montecristo sandwiches, experiments with Peruvian dishes, graffiti covered cars, and making empanadas. So what does September 2013 have to offer? Let’s take a look: Let’s… Read More Remembering September
In a surprise, no, shocking move for Casa SaltShaker we repeated a menu. Yes, we did. It simply came down to things being somewhat slow the week before last, other than the private dinner I wrote about recently, so I decided that we’d just continue the same menu for last week. I know, it’s akin… Read More Two Weeks, One Menu?
There’s a big conference of matrimonial lawyers in town and a group of ten of them decided they’d like to come to dinner and enjoy a relaxing night out before the onslaught of formal events that they were slated to attend. As usual, picked out some recent favorites for the menu. Our whole wheat bread.… Read More Matrimony & Dinner
I mentioned awhile back that I’ve reached the point where I feel like we have enough solid recipes on file that I don’t need to be experimenting with new dishes for the majority of courses every week and that I was going to start focusing on one at a time. That sort of went by… Read More Rethinking “Spicy Red”
Wrapping up our four week look back at four weeks of vacation, inspirations from La Paz…. Given that most of what I ate tended to be casual, almost street food, I had to be, first, more selective, and second, more, let’s say, stretchy. Some of these are probably a reach from where they started, but… Read More And, the La Paz Inspirations
Wrapping up our look back at Peru with inspirations from Lima, last weekend’s dinners brought a bit of heat to the table. We started off the evening with a cocktail of pisco, szechuan pepper infused sugar syrup, and fresh orange and lime juices. From there, we began with a dish you’ve seen before here… Our… Read More Lima, Revisited
Continuing with our little vacation remix cycle, this last weekend we hit the north of Peru with Trujillo and Calamarca taking center stage. There was less new here, given that I’ve been to that part of Peru several times now, and of course, Henry grew up there, so it’s ingrained into his soul. But it… Read More Trujillo, Remastered