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RIO ANCHO, Uruguay — What happens when a nuclear engineer and an artist from Santiago del Estero get together with one of Argentina’s foremost chefs? A farm-to-table restaurant and three-room...
View ArticleMasticar IV survival guide
It’s 3pm on Thursday, Feria Masticar IV opened to the general public an hour ago – and it’s already heaving. A jewel of a Rimonim pomegranate And while this is the first autumnal edition of the food...
View ArticleChile’s larder: chefs share their favourite ingredients
With 3,998 miles of coastline to its name – and an equal length of the Andes mountains dominating its landscape – it’s a safe bet to assume that Chile isn’t lacking in ingredients. Carolina Bazán from...
View ArticleK-Food Fest in Buenos Aires
K-FOOD: Did you know Koreans say ‘kimchi’ when taking a photo? Belen Jung from BAB Cocina Coreana shared that little gem as she took a snapshot of our table last night. Another K-Food (hansik) factoid...
View ArticleRoca and roll — the encore
Josep Roca was in town last week, a surname that smacks of culinary legend that ought to set a peal of bells a-ringing. Josep Roca in Salta One of the sibling trio behind El Celler de Can Roca,...
View ArticleComilona hits London
LOOK OUT LONDON: #Comilona is headed your way. Swoon. Bife de chorizo. Top Argentine chefs including Gonzalo Aramburu, Sole Nardelli, Martin Baquero and Pablo Del Río head to the UK to put Argentina’s...
View ArticleThe art of butchery
Although every Argentine wolfed down 59.4 kilos of beef in 2014 according to the CICCRA meat chamber (that’s 163 grams a day), beef consumption is actually in decline in Argentina. Surprised? Me too,...
View ArticleHot dang Dabbang
In my ongoing quest to unearth spice, there was a massive oversight on my part with regard to the aromatics taste department. Hot dang. Dabbang.Hot dang Dabbang While Gran Dabbang Café has been open...
View ArticleBolivian buzz
SANTA CRUZ DE LA SIERRA — While one group of renowned Argentine chefs recently spent a week cooking in London under the Comilona moniker, a different gathering of celebrity chefs from the telly headed...
View ArticleThat Monday feeling
You don’t need to explain your need to go out on a Monday evening – not to me, at least. Ninina now opens in the evening, including Mondays. But the question is where. Usually a day of rest for most...
View ArticleLondon’s Latin Flavours
Latin America’s chefs are conquering the Old World with innovative dishes, fusing traditional ingredients with culinary know-how. Sea bream ceviche at Lima Floral. Peru: Lima Floral All good things...
View ArticleHappiness is Felicitas
When Felicitas Pizarro’s stuffed steak, green salad and chimichurri won Jamie Oliver’s Food Tube Search For A Star competition two years ago, it was more than a turning point for the young Argentine –...
View ArticleFor the sake of saké
And now for something completely different. Nana, or number seven, cocktail. A Japanese joint that eschews sushi — thank God, because me, cream cheese and avocado do not a happy threesome make — and...
View ArticleFour foods to try in South East Asia
While Fernando Rivarola regularly breaks down culinary frontiers by inviting Latin American chefs to participate in his Cocina Sin Fronteras (Cooking without borders) project, his latest trip saw him...
View Article10 dishes every visitor to Argentina needs to try
(CNN) While beef is the backbone of Argentina’s daily diet, there are plenty of other tasty treats worth sampling in the world’s eighth-largest country. Locrazo. Besides taking inspiration from Italian...
View ArticleThis Uruguayan Meat Factory Made Britain’s Most Iconic Pies
Fray Bentos. For many British people, these words bring to mind meatballs in tomato sauce, the comforting aroma of pie, maybe corned beef sandwiches. I pie with my little eye… The precursor to...
View ArticleThe Roca’s World Tour
Food is the new rock ‘n’ roll, but Joan, Josep and Jordi Roca – the Spanish siblings behind this year’s world’s best restaurant El Celler de Can Roca – are proving it’s more like Roca ‘n’ roll. It’s...
View ArticleWho’s there?
The concept of puertas cerradas, or closed-door restaurants, is a right Marmite situation. The pro camp adore these secret eateries and their fixed yet innovative menus. The cons despise their very...
View ArticleAnd the best restaurant in Latin America is …
(CNN) Latin America’s best restaurant is still in Peru, after Lima’s Central took the top spot at Wednesday night’s Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants awards for the second consecutive year. Central...
View ArticleThe Best Restaurants in Latin America Are…
From classics like ceviche to decidedly 2015 ingredients like edible clay (!), there’s never been a more exciting—and delicious—time to dine out in Latin America. Central, Lima. If ever there was a...
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