tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23522785.post4950411157159294982..comments2023-09-25T08:07:19.567-07:00Comments on tangocherie in Los Angeles: Truffles Take a Holidaytangocheriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012220622641996877noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23522785.post-76670285714001387072008-01-22T04:30:00.000-08:002008-01-22T04:30:00.000-08:00Dear Anon,I am very happy to be able to reply, SI!...Dear Anon,<BR/>I am very happy to be able to reply, SI! SI!<BR/><BR/>Basil (albahaca) can be found everywhere, and I even have some growing on my terrace.<BR/><BR/>That's the good news.tangocheriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10012220622641996877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23522785.post-71686160636671781352008-01-21T08:31:00.000-08:002008-01-21T08:31:00.000-08:00Oh shoot, I forgot to ask you the most important t...Oh shoot, I forgot to ask you the most important thing, Cherie! <BR/><BR/>Can I get fresh basil? Please tell me yes!!<BR/><BR/>:)<BR/><BR/>bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23522785.post-43526829233286480702008-01-19T16:15:00.000-08:002008-01-19T16:15:00.000-08:00Tina, you're killing me!If I had Tuscan food or in...Tina, you're killing me!<BR/>If I had Tuscan food or ingredients from Provence, I'd be a whole lot happier here!<BR/>Whenever I have a bad day I have to eat a steak. Don't get me started on Argentine food.<BR/><BR/>So The Lady in the Palazzo and Trail of Crumbs both have recipes. But you can't cook those recipes here because you can't find the ingredients!<BR/><BR/>What I wouldn't do for a truffle!tangocheriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10012220622641996877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23522785.post-8262870449560709472008-01-19T13:27:00.000-08:002008-01-19T13:27:00.000-08:00Oh, this was wonderful, and you've given me ideas ...Oh, this was wonderful, and you've given me ideas for some e-books I can buy for my flight to Buenos Aires! :-) "Almost French" is one I haven't heard of, it sounds like my kind of book.<BR/><BR/>I really like the expat fantasy books, because it is hard to live somewhere else, and those stories remind me of *why* I choose to do it in the first place :-) Plus if the books come with recipes (like Tuscan Sun), I'm hooked.<BR/><BR/>Though I think it really, truly does rain extra-virgin olive oil from the sky in Umbria and I rarely ate anything without truffles - but I must say that I discoved WHY it's like that - it's a government ploy to make us forget about how hard expat life can really be - especially the bureaucracy and homesickness, ay yi yi. ;-) Everytime I had a bad day, some great food would present itself to me.Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10934486166832062692noreply@blogger.com