The Spicy Curry News

ODE TO A SUMMER DAYDREAM

2006-08-05T14:02:00.000-03:00

I would like to start by giving a shout out to the genius creators of the government of the United States of America. Wow! You don't hear that very often. What I mean is to say is, "Thank you!" to all those historic old guys who thought that public schools, libraries, and beautifully designed public parks were worth the investment. I used to be critical of all the stuff that doesn't get done

THE FIRST TIME I HAD IT DELIVERED

2006-07-22T19:28:00.000-03:00

Being a hard-headed American, I have resisted, up until this point, most of the services offered here in Argentina. Perhaps it is a semi-puritanical, cultural upbringing that forces me to desire to lug my groceries in a backpack or drag three weighty bags of laundry to the laundrymat. They don't really even have laundrymats here. We pay about $8 pesos a load and somebody washes, dries, and

HAPPY ACCIDENTS

2006-07-15T15:19:00.000-03:00

Expatriates are legendary for, when getting together in groups, lamenting their sad international culinary options in their current country of residence. Normally people miss the types of foods that are enjoyed in their native lands but not known of in other regions. Peanut butter tends to be a nationally worshipped, fatty treat in the US, but in other countries people think it’s

A FULL LECTURE ON THE RELATIVE COST OF THINGS

2006-06-18T00:49:00.000-03:00

A lot of fellow American expats in Baires (Buenos Aires) have commented on their blogs about Allen Salkin’s story, Expatriate Games published by the Washington Post in April. More than a couple have mentioned the improbability of me living on a mere $500 US dollars a month, the equivalent of around $1500 Argentine (or Argentinean) pesos. I agree with them. It is improbable. What Allen

Relative Cost Table

2006-06-16T22:40:00.000-03:00

ITEM with detailed descriptionCOST IN AR PESOS(1 peso = 1 M.U.)RELATIVE COST AR cost of item divided by gross monthly salary for Bs.As.COST IN US DOLLARS(1 dollar = 1 M.U.)RELATIVE COST US cost of item divided by gross monthly salary for DenverTHE WIND CHILL FACTORDISH SOAPIn Argentina I buy Magistral dish soap. It’s very concentrated and lasts along time. Most of the

THE CULINARY CLINK

2006-05-29T16:06:00.000-03:00

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Two recently imprisoned breakfast desires, a Mr. Smokey Bacon and a Mr. Jimmy Dean Sausage, nearly escaped from the high-security Meal Block today in the Curry District Prison. Yesterday guards reportedly broke up a secret meeting in the Appliance Block between the infamous Hell’s Kitchen mafia leader, Larry “the Beater” Kitchenaid and from Flushing, the bathroom

BACK PAGE NEWS

2006-05-17T21:00:00.000-03:00

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Allen Salkin and his dark-eyed, curly-haired female companion walk through the park in Palermo and order a humble lunch from a copitín al paso, one of the many freestanding grills operated throughout the park. They eat their choripan with lots of spicy chimichurri sauce and look out over the slightly odorous waters. Later, after the violent boughts of vomiting finally

COULD THE MESSIAH ROCK OUT TO DEATH METAL?

2006-05-02T22:08:00.000-03:00

“Mindfreak” on A&E—Criss Angel began his program with small magic but finished with a trick that, if real, could put him up as Tiger Woods on God’s golf course. In other words, he’s young, oddly cute, and very, very different than his competitors. This magician doesn’t fit any of the social norms for his craft except that he is blaringly eccentric. He’s not eccentric in that he wears false