Domesticating Katy: A fairly successful saga of a girl and her chicken

May 29, 2006 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

Grans, I asked this Sunday on the phone of a telefonica, could you tell me please how to roast a chicken? Maybe it is just that Welsh chicken is better than the stuff you get in Seattle, but yours always comes out so very nice and crispy yet tender, not the wrinkled withery chicken I have had before, what´s the secret?
I have never ever ever made roast chicken before, the only thing I roast is tomatoes, maybe an occasional eggplant, but nothing meaty. I was a vegetarian from the time I was 12 until I was 18, and even though this wasn’t very long it completely influenced how I cook and what I eat. I think I have cooked pork about 3 times, always in cubes, only ground beef or sausages, the breakfast bacon but lump-o-meat never came remotely close to my little kitchen.
But now that I am marrying an […]

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A Snapshot on fairs in Buenos Aires / Radiografía de las ferias de Buenos Aires

May 26, 2006 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

A Snapshot on fairs in Buenos Aires .
Buenos Aires currently boasts fairs that have become true emblems of the city and imbue the neighboorhoods where ther are held with deepes identity.
The fair held at Plaza Cortazar also known as Placita Serrano, stands out for its unconventional items, which are different from those offered by most fairs in other points of the city. This is a place where design, innovation, non-standard cloting and unconventional fabrics and models are dominant. In Recoleta, the never-ending Plaza Francia manages to make the already vibrant grass-carpeted scenery even more colorful with its array of arts and crafts stands.
San Telmo, boasts its antiques fair, where the most unthinkable items can be found as if they were floating amid the neighboorhood’s typical inmigrant quarter atmosphere. The area retained its colonial architecture: standing among these constructions, the fair on Plaza Dorrego is like a huge shop window […]

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The Taste of Simplicity

May 24, 2006 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

Oven Roasted Tomato Pasta

This is my very classy, very no fuss meal which has a very large chic to work factor considering the oven does all the work. To take advantage of the remaining fresh herbs and produce in the market (other than potatoes) I decided to throw together a nice little pasta dish for my honey when he got home from his latest turn at the medical center teaching over-aged doctors how to operate via the use of a small camera on little pigs.
After 5 hours in the oven, on the lowest setting on my stove, my little not-quite-cherry-tomatoes are ready. I sliced them about a thumbs thickness before putting them on a baking sheet with a little olive oil, then I (gasp) left the house with the oven left on and headed over to the local fruit and veggie stand for some basil, a bunch that set […]

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Patagonia & Other Events

May 23, 2006 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

Picture 4: Beach in San Martin at the end of Lake Lacar.
Picture 3: Chilean border at Hua Hum.
Picture 1: Map showing the three towns Picture 2: Volcan Lanin
A TRIP TO UPPER PATAGONIA & OTHER EVENTSJanuary 2006

[n.b. The pictures are numbered correctly, but I can’t seem to get them in numerical order! Perhaps next time. ]
A wonderful trip to San Martín de los Andes earlier this month, in addition to my first experience of an Argentine summer, provides new fodder.
We traveled to San Martín in the most economical and comfortable manner, on one of the long-haul Mercedes-Benz buses run by Via Bariloche, the most popular bus line serving that part of Patagonia. It’s a 1000+ mile trip and takes about 18-20 hours, depending on traffic. This sounds intimidating until you settle into one of the comfy leather seats in the all first-class bus, enjoying 160-degree reclining seat back, […]

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Patagonia & Other Events

May 23, 2006 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

Picture 4: Beach in San Martin at the end of Lake Lacar.
Picture 3: Chilean border at Hua Hum.
Picture 1: Map showing the three towns Picture 2: Volcan Lanin
A TRIP TO UPPER PATAGONIA & OTHER EVENTSJanuary 2006

[n.b. The pictures are numbered correctly, but I can’t seem to get them in numerical order! Perhaps next time. ]
A wonderful trip to San Martín de los Andes earlier this month, in addition to my first experience of an Argentine summer, provides new fodder.
We traveled to San Martín in the most economical and comfortable manner, on one of the long-haul Mercedes-Benz buses run by Via Bariloche, the most popular bus line serving that part of Patagonia. It’s a 1000+ mile trip and takes about 18-20 hours, depending on traffic. This sounds intimidating until you settle into one of the comfy leather seats in the all first-class bus, enjoying 160-degree reclining seat back, […]

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Departure Bay Ferry Terminal, Nanaimo, B.C.

May 21, 2006 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

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The Vancouver Sun Run

May 21, 2006 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

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The Mundial Is Coming and Argentina Gets Ready

May 21, 2006 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

You can feel the anticipation. Everyone’s talking about the Copa Mundial (or just “mundial), which is known to the English-speaking world as the World Cup. Mundial-fever is definitely something new for me. In the United States, I lived 25 years without noticing or caring about the World Cup. Advertisers are giving away tickets and trips as promotions — it seems like everywhere I go, I’ve been entered into a contest to win a trip just by buying a soda, making a phone call, etc.

Not only are big businesses getting ready with promotions, but so are small ones. I noticed the corner café that I usually eat my lunch in has just installed a new 42-inch plasma screen. Apparently restaurants that do not show the game will be facing a severe loss of business during June. It wasn’t just my local café, either. All over the city, new plasmas are going […]

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ARGENTINE QUIRKS - Episode II March 2006 – In my …

May 21, 2006 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

ARGENTINE QUIRKS - Episode II
March 2006 – In my ongoing identification of the little things that catch one’s attention living in this spectacular country, I’ve identified a few more for your edification – or not, as the case may be.
§ Standing/waiting on line: The cultural norm here seems to be that when it’s your turn to be waited upon by the clerk in a store, a supermarket, the post office, a ticket office, or anywhere people stand on line, it’s really Your Turn. You are free to occupy the clerk’s time as long as you wish, regardless of subject or need. I was behind a fellow on line at a kiosko that sells it wares through a window opening directly onto the sidewalk. This was a typical kiosko, selling everything from cigarettes and candy to personal hygiene items and postage stamps. The gent in front […]

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Late October 2005: Argentine Quirks, Part I As I …

May 21, 2006 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments

Late October 2005: Argentine Quirks, Part IAs I write this on a balmy Thursday evening after a day of again being confused by Spanish verbs and otherwise lamenting my lack of linguistic skills, I am imagining that at least some of you are what they call aburrido/a in my newly adopted language — bored. The fun for me of writing these notes is both to share some of my experience and observations from living here, as well as to entertain myself a bit by looking back over recent days and weeks and seeing what has stuck in my mind. Here’s my current list of items:
□ Noteworthy Behavior: I am coming to the conclusion that one of the driving factors of the way Argentines behave is the fact that they have survived so many crises and flaps and erratic governments and public-service meltdowns. The average person is […]

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