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Apple and Quince Tatin

Walkiry | June 11, 2009

“What’s a Tatin?” You may ask. A Tarte Tatin is a kind of cake made “upside down”. Legend has it (I haven’t bothered verifying if it’s true) that two French sisters wanted to cook an apple pie, but they were a bit on the light headed side, and while they prepared the apples beautifully, they [...]

The Lords of the World

Walkiry | February 3, 2009

This is a translation of an article written by Spaniard author Arturo Pérez-Reverte in 1998, published in “El Semanal” under the title “Los Amos del Mundo”. Ten years later, it looks like he was right on the money. Full credit, of course, goes to him. The Lords of the World. You don’t know it, but [...]