Stuff unrelated to food, wine & spirits that I just feel like posting.
Just to clarify the post from a couple of months ago, since I’ve gotten several emails wondering what happened (read the pieces, not just the headlines!), no, I haven’t stopped writing. I’ve just moved over to SubStack. It gives me a broader audience than I’d developed here over time. The content is the same stuff… Read More Clarification – The Blog Has Moved
So, this has been brewing in the background for awhile, as I’ve started duplicating, and separately writing, over on my Substack feed, Don’t Fry For Me Argentina. Over time, the number of active visitors to SaltShaker, as well as email subscribers, has steadily dropped. I get it, this is two decades long, and through much… Read More The Last Post?
Probably my favorite art museum in Buenos Aires is the private museum in the former studio of the influential, and quirky, Argentine painter and sculptor Xul Solar. The museum, at Laprida 1212, in Recoleta, is open Tuesday to Saturday from noon to 8 p.m., entrance fee is currently 4000 pesos, about $3, with, I believe,… Read More Sunlight on Xul
It’s time to play… What did you do this week?! I know… or knew… very little… well, really nothing.. about Argentine author Ernesto Sábato. For whatever reason, an invite to a tour of his house up in the northwestern suburb of Santos Lugares popped up on my Instagram feed. I was looking for something “cultural”… Read More Sennight #5
Yes, another week has passed. What did I get up to? Those of you who’ve been around since the beginning, or on and off through the years, might remember my annual attendance at Limud, a day of presentations and lectures on various topics related to Judaism. I’ve been going since 2008, and have only missed a… Read More Sennight #4
Welcome back to the end of a new week and a look back at the things that stood out. I should note, I’m not including everything – you don’t need to see every sandwich or salad I made at home, and if something will be part of another post, like this week’s entry into The… Read More Sennight Glance #2
I was all prepared for a weeklong gastronomic extravaganza as Henry and I winged our way off to Mendoza, a short 600 and change mile flight to the west. I’d worked on lining up reservations at some of the top restaurants in the city, visits to some more offbeat wineries, and just generally having a… Read More A Mendozan Short Shrift
We’re still in Africa, but have moved cross-continent to the northeast, and the country of Eritrea. There was no such country when I was growing up. Eritrea was a confederated region of Ethiopia that was undergoing a movement for independence, but that didn’t come to fruition until 1991. Located on the Red Sea, it’s a small… Read More The Bread & Soup Project #56 – Eritrea