Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Why do the New York Times people hate my grandchildren?: Article *encourages* readers to take fossil-fueled plane trips to eat at restaurants

10 Restaurants Worth a Plane Ride - Where to Go 2011 - NYTimes.com
GARZON, URUGUAY

If you happen to be as obsessed with grilling meat — and have as powerful a personality — as the Argentine chef Francis Mallmann, you can manage to pioneer a remote spot like the Uruguayan village of Garzon on your own. A few years ago he left the resort of José Ignacio, bought a chunk of Garzon and built a five-room hotel and restaurant that debuted in 2004 and has attracted the jet set to that dusty town ever since.
And if the rich folk can fly to Uruguay for a meal, why shouldn't I be allowed to eat my room-temperature gruel by the light of a single incandescent bulb that I've purchased myself?

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