Me anda faltando plata chicha, coraje y un empujón del diablo pa’ enamorarte.” from the lyrics to Canción Zamba Del Carnaval de Duo Coplanacu Henry and I spent a lovely evening out at a small club in Palermo, El Empujón del Diablo, that features...

A question for regular, and irregular, readers of the blog. As many of you know, I’ve been hard at work on a Casa SaltShaker cookbook. Part of me wants to have it simply be a recipe book, with a touch of the background and the story behind some of the...

 The burning Macedonian forests sing new songs, new news. Macedonia is liberated. Liberty lives! - from the Macedonian National Anthem There was a time, many moons ago, when I could have told you the entire geography of Europe, hell, probably most of...

 The United Provinces had not at this time any general conspicuous for military genius. The laurels gained by Don Antonio Gonsalez Balcarce at Suipacha were blighted at the Desaguadero. His brother, Don Martin Balcarce, was in Chili in command of...

 It sweats as if masturbating” - Tom Gates, The Five Worst Pizzas In the World It began, as many things do these days, as a single tweet. Tom Gates, who writes a fun little travel blog called waywardlife’s posterous, had dared to criticize pizza in...