Dinner reviews from our Casa SaltShaker evenings
“We shall reign with righteousness, for the benefits and happiness of the Siamese people.” – Oath of Accession for the Thai king Buenos Aires – Look, he wasn’t feeling well, wasn’t even able to deliver his annual birthday address to the nation the night before his birthday festivities, so we didn’t count on him to… Read More Long Live the King!
“Porn? I’m not doing porn! What the hell are people talking about? The way we shot close-ups, I just wanted the food to look beautiful. I thought that’s what Americans loved about Italy — that it’s so sensual and romantic. [It’s not] PBS-style cooking. Lidia Bastianich, sorry, but [she’s] kind of boring. I mean, I… Read More Food Porn Friday
“French speaking countries in Africa have always enjoyed a special relationship with their former colonial master. French influence in those countries remained strong even after independence, with currencies tied by a fixed exchange rate to the French franc, military agreements allowing the stationing of French intervention forces in Africa, and a strong presence of French… Read More French Africa
“Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are.” – Oscar Wilde, author Buenos Aires – A couple of months ago I received a note from a charming young man in the San Francisco area who writes a blog called Cooking With The Single Guy. He wanted to reserve a spot at Casa SaltShaker, but in addition,… Read More Entrevista
“First things first, but not necessarily in that order.” – Doctor Who Buenos Aires – There was much speculation, much buzz, much questioning… just exactly what were we going to do at Casa SaltShaker to celebrate 45 years since the pilot of Doctor Who aired – celebrating the longest running science fiction show on television… Read More Who? What? Where? When? How…?
“Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?” – Terry Pratchett, Author Buenos Aires – Bored? Sitting at home wishing you had something to do, something to stimulate your interest, your intellect, your skills, your tastebuds? In town for just… Read More How Do I Make…?
“The history of intellectual growth and discovery clearly demonstrates the need for unfettered freedom… the right to think the unthinkable… discuss the unmentionable, and challenge the unchallengeable… To curtail free expression, strikes twice at intellectual freedom… for whoever deprives another of the right to state unpopular views… necessarily deprives others of the right to listen… Read More Take a Bite out of History
“If the human mind was simple enough to understand, we’d be too simple to understand it.” – Emerson Pugh, physicist Buenos Aires – Apparently part of what’s behind our recent popularity with the U.S. Embassy for private parties is, someone wrote about us in the embassy’s internal newsletter and suggested us as a place for… Read More Latin Simplicity