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Members of the Central America Solidarity Association (CASA) called on the United States government yesterday to cut off aid to the government of El Salvador, which they charged with the assassination of a human rights group director earlier this week...
...CASA members said at a press conference yesterday that they support CDH members' claim that military-linked death squads killed Anaya, although government officials have said that the killing was an "irrational...
There are also some good meat dishes. Carne De Porco A Alentejana($10.75), marinated pork cubes with little necks in shells, allows you to go halfway on the fish experience. And Frango A Monte Pedral($7.95), going along with the smorgasbord stew theme which is the Casa's strength, mixes chicken, linguica (?), ham, onion, and garlic bread in a sweet and slightly spicy wine sauce. If you're a big fan of knockwurst and other beery to worry about what linguica is. and wine dish is the Portuguese answer. Large quantities of vin verde--either Tres Marias or Casal Garcia...
...enough of these ridiculous attempts to find different ways to say delicious. Gourmets irritate me anyway--this is for hungry students trying to resuscitate their cafeteria-numbed tastebuds, not for effete snobs whose palates can differentiate wine bouquets at fifty paces. The overall impression of the Casa Portugal is being set down to Thanksgiving dinner in a Portuguese household--affirmed by my Portuguese expert Ted Silva. Big helpings, a friendly husband and wife team running the show, and decidedly unpretentious decor all combine to make you feel like you're visiting an Old World friend...
...think that Portuguese food means Mexican burritos or Spanish rice, go educate yourself at the Casa Portugal. The best primers are the dinner special seafood mixes, which will give you a new way to look at fish. Even squid become attractive under the Casa's handling--I personally have finally been cured of my chronic fishfear. The trip to Inman Square is a little long, but getting to this family establishment is definitely worth the walk...