“Give us this day our daily taste. Restore to us soups that spoons will not sink in and sauces which are never the same twice. Raise up among us stews with more gravy than we have bread to blot it with. Give us pasta with a hundred fillings.” – Robert Farrar Capon, Episcopal Priest and… Read More Wait… Pasta, Meatballs, and Sauce…?
“When it comes to traveling these are some wonders I’d like to see: A cabdriver who understands English, especially in America. A place in the world where you can’t get a Big Mac and a Coke. A headwaiter who hides his scorn when you order the house wine.” – George Burns, Comedian Buenos Aires –… Read More House Wine
“Once again, my life has been saved by the miracle of lasagna.” – Garfield Buenos Aires – A curious confluence of events occurred in the last week that brought a particular topic to mind. At first, I didn’t have a term to put on it, but then, my eyes lit upon a passage in the… Read More Of Lasagna, Lomo and Chiseling
“You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life?” – Rumi, 13th century Persian poet and theologian New York City – There is a reason to crawl through life… appetizers. Appetizer Crawls. Winging our way from one restaurant to the next would be kind of cool if we had literal wings, I suppose,… Read More Just Food
“I have to make dinner – I mean actually make it without magic. We are liable to die.” – Barbara Eden as Jeannie, I Dream of Jeannie Buenos Aires – ‘Twas the night before Larentalia, and all through the house… Not a creature was stirring, except the house elf. Well, not an elf exactly, but… Read More House Elves
“Observe what happens when sunbeams are admitted into a building and shed light on its shadowy places. You will see a multitude of tiny particles mingling in a multitude of ways… their dancing is an actual indication of underlying movements of matter that are hidden from our sight.” – Lucretius, On the Nature of Things,… Read More Brownian Motion
“A process which led from the amoebae to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress – though whether the amoebae would agree with this opinion is not known.” – Bertrand Russell, Logician and Philosopher Buenos Aires – I’d heard that Jangada has moved to new digs, at Bonpland 1670, around the corner… Read More The Price of Progress
“Study a lifetime and you see different colors from the same jewel. The same questions, asked again, bring you just the answers you need just the minute you need them.” – Richard Bach, Author Buenos Aires – A century ago, the largest uncut gem-quality diamond ever found… was found. Known as the Cullinan Diamond after… Read More A Gem of a Dinner