“Life is a combination of magic and pasta.” – Federico Fellini, film director Buenos Aires – Session two of our Color Palate of Italy course went off with no major hitches yesterday – a bit of carbo-loading as we made four different kinds of fresh pasta – semolina pici, egg-based baked agnolotti, whole wheat langanelli,… Read More Magic and Pasta
“What the hell do you think Leona really puts in that pizza?” – Lili Taylor as JoJo in Mystic Pizza Buenos Aires – Those of you who’ve been reading awhile might remember the fiasco I considered the much lauded Guido’s Bar in Palermo. I know, I know, I hear regularly from people how amazing it… Read More Do You Feel Lucky?
“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
“We still think of ourselves as Basques”, says Mme Pitchoauajue. “Until I went to school at the age of seven, I couldn’t speak a word of French.” – Graham Simmons, The Basque Way Buenos Aires – Although it was suggested, I did not wear a proper French Basque Beret to celebrate “National Day” in the… Read More Straddling the Pyrenees
“We all have hometown appetites. Every other person is a bundle of longing for the simplicities of good taste once enjoyed on the farm or in the hometown [he or she] left behind.” – Clementine Paddleford, food writer, journalist Buenos Aires – One of the pluses of a private dinner at Casa SaltShaker is that… Read More Spring Simplicity
There are some oligarchs that make me want to bite them just as one crunches into a carrot or a radish.” – Eva Perón Buenos Aires – While I have been to quite a few events held in the garden or dining room of the Museo Evita, and toured the museum once a few years… Read More You Must Love Me
Sun, sea, wine and red meat every day. Scientists say a village in Sardinia holds the key to long life.” – Robert Hardman, UK Daily Mail Buenos Aires – While I’m gathering my thoughts and notes on Supreme Director Posadas, I thought I’d fill in the time with a little diversion…. A “giara” is a… Read More Welcome to The Plateau
“Sherry… a sickly compound, the use of which will transform a nation, however bold and warlike by nature, into a race of sketchers, scribblers and punsters, in fact into what Englishmen are at the present day.” – George Borrow, English Novelist Buenos Aires – I’m going to give you the one sentence basics of sherry,… Read More Hitting the Sack