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© 2007 Dan Perlman
Casa SaltShaker
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Chef: Dan Perlman
Host: Henry Tapia
May 30, 2007
I know, you’ve been waiting for it. It’s not like I could take a class in various techniques and not try them out here and there. No worries that I’m suddenly going to stop serving our usual fancified home cooking though - at most these things will show up as touches, garnishes, mere ephemera. I had the opportunity to play around a bit the other night when we hosted a small private dinner. The owner of Sur de Los Andes winery wanted a place to showcase some of his wines to a small group of food and wine journalists (no pressure there, right?), and having been to Casa SaltShaker a few times, thought it would make a nice, relaxed venue in which to do so. A four course meal, the first three planned around five of his wines (okay, so he came with seven wines, and they were different from the ones we discussed, but we made it work), and full license to come up with anything that would both complement his wines, but also keep the writers’ interest.
