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© 2007 Dan Perlman
Casa SaltShaker
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Chef: Dan Perlman
Host: Henry Tapia
March 30-31, 2007
The Edict of the Expulsion of the Jews was written on March 31st, 1492, 515 years ago. It didn’t become public for another month, until after it had made the rounds of all those who needed to know beforehand, but what the proclamation did was declare that any Jew remaining in Spain after the end of July of that year would be put to death and have their possessions confiscated. In that order. This gave time for those who were there to either leave, or convert to Christianity, whether in fact or in name only (which large numbers did). Obviously having little to do with food and menus… well, enough so to inspire me to come up with a menu of traditional Spanish dishes, modified in the way that many of the conversos or marranos might have done in order to appear to have complied with the edict yet secretly continue to maintain kosher homes. .
Comment from some of our guests:
"Great meal last night. M..., my Mom and I really enjoyed ourselves. Henry did a wonderful job serving." - T.F.
"Back in rainy New York (much the same as BA, but much colder), and just wanted to drop a note to thank you, again, for dinner last weekend. We thoroughly enjoyed the unique experience, and especially the food." - M.C.
"Thanks for making our stay in Buenos Aires truly special. We all had a wonderful evening of fantastic food and great company. I will definitely return when I am next in Buenos Aries!" - P.W.
"We really enjoyed our dinner with you. it was one of the highlights of our trip and i'll pass on your name to anyone I know who goes down to BA." - M.K.
