Entries from September 2007

September 29, 2007

Sticky is good

If you happen to see buns all over the place today, do not panic, you are not losing your mind, it´s just that the Daring Bakers are at it again, and with some 50 new members, this is looking like world domination at this point.

I was in charge of hosting this month, and while I [...]

September 28, 2007

Bright, oh, so bright

My ode to spring can start to make sense when you see strawberries like these:

Strawberries are definitely one of those fruits better eaten fresh and not covered with too many flavors. It´s more of a matter of enhancing the natural flavors.
And while strawberries with whipped cream are perfectly fine in my world (and someday I´m [...]

September 21, 2007

Good day sunshine

Today is the first day of Spring here in Buenos Aires… which means tons of picnics all over the city, usually involving more alcohol than food, as excited teenagers celebrate both spring and what is also officially student´s day here in Argentina. So as you can imagine, there are sandwiches, mate (a typical Argentine drink [...]

September 13, 2007

As my grandma always says…

… never throw away food.
Even though in this case it meant going against a food label that marked September 10th as the expiration date. But I mean, this was Sept. 11th, so I was just risking it for a day, and there´s no way I was going to throw away 2 plain yogurt jars just [...]

September 10, 2007

Buenos Aires in bits and bites

When you live in such a huge city, it´s hard to feel like you´ve got a good grip on it since there´s no way to know it all. And sometimes that hugeness can make you block out your surroundings and not pay attention to the little bits of beauty that can be found all around [...]

September 7, 2007

Random

No, the Daring Baker challenge didn´t kill me or induce a blissful buttery-chocolatey comma, I just haven´t been cooking that many note-worthy recipes lately.
But since I don´t like to leave you empty-handed for longer than a week or so, I´m gonna share some images of my “little” brother making sushi in an attempt to make [...]