Saltshaker.net
Monday, April 3, 2006
Putting together a solid city food blog is a delicate process, involving the jenga-like concoction of restaurant reviews, snarky cultural observations, local history, recipes, and food porn. Down in Buenos Aires, Saltshaker.net has gotten the combination just about right. Saltshaker blogger Dan Perlman veers from the meaning and use of matambre (which means ''kill hunger"), to spread-leg food writing ("the glistening slices of fresh salmon gravlax") to a review of restaurant/club Maat that tells you what you really want to know:
The basic premise at Maat, and here's where your notice comes in, is that it is open to the public for breakfasting, lunching, and dining. Until July. As of the beginning of July it will become a private, members and guests only, "gourmet club" with a limited membership drawn from those who have sampled its offerings and been inspired to join. The idea of joining the country club was never part of my upbringing, suburban midwestern Jews don't usually do such things, but it always seemed like an interesting idea in the movies.
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