Mostly wine related, perhaps a review of one or more wines, or a wine tasting. Sometimes other beverages as well – spirits, or even non-alcohol drinks, if you can believe that!
We were off! It’s been a bit since we got away for a few days to just relax together. It was also a bit of a mistake, in that I had a senior moment, having booked a private party for tomorrow, and we planned our trip around it, but I’d somehow missed rescheduling it for… Read More The Other Side of the Mountain
This sounds like the title of a novel that might have been written by one or another fantasy writer in the realms of dragons, elves, monsters, and heroes. But, it is a reference to a very obscure pasta from Sardinia. Specifically, from the 800-person town of Morgongiori, on the slopes of Mt. Arci, in the… Read More The Twisted Rings of Morgongiori
When I first moved here in 2005, one of the things I was surprised about was the lack of wine bars. While Argentines have long been among the biggest consumers of wine in the world, the idea of a selection of wines by the glass seemed to mystify them. You had a wine list, you… Read More Day Drinking
While we gear up for a full on reopening over the next couple of weeks, we’re still offering private dinners for groups that aren’t quite ready for a communal table experience again. This time around, a local family group of seven who’ve actually been wanting to dine here for most of the last year, but… Read More A Family Affair
If you’re in the food world, particularly the Italian food world, it’s unlikely you’ve missed the much hyped new show, Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy. The actor, writer, director promises to take us on a tour, region by region, of the country, exploring the best ingredients and recipes each has to offer. Let me just… Read More Two Tuccis #1
Okay, it wasn’t really brunch, as I’d have gone with an entirely different menu, but a lovely group of six for a mid-afternoon meal in the garden was had this last weekend. So what WAS on the menu? A prawn tiradito, the prawns only briefly blanched to set them, then chilled. Dressed in a curing liquid… Read More Sunday “Brunch” at Casa S
While cases of C-19 continue to rise here, they’re rising more or less steadily at the same numbers every day. Have we plateaued? Hard to say yet, but our fingers are all crossed. The mortality rate overall is going down… slowly, but going down, and the recovery rate, obviously, is rising in tandem. They’re still… Read More More Qans of Beer!
I almost don’t even want to explore where things are at in the quarantine here in BA anymore. Suffice it to say, we’re still in it. Some loosening of restrictions, but not very much, and there’s disagreement over where the numbers are headed, so one day the talking heads are saying we’re proceeding cautiously with… Read More Some Qans of Beer