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Buenos Aires - Thankfully, I will probably never get tired of sampling empanadas. I say thankfully, because, of course, I’m surrounded by them. It’s not quite a daily battle to avoid biting into these tasty pastries left and right, but sometimes it seems pretty close. You can buy them on the street, you can buy […]

Buenos Aires - If you’ve never seen the movie The Scent of Green Papaya, it could be summed up in a nutshell as beautifully presented, and somehow engaging despite it’s lackluster acting and complete lack of plot. In many ways that parallels my thoughts about our visit last evening to Green Bamboo, Costa Rica 5802, […]

Buenos Aires - Taking a break from restaurants (though, I’m out to a new place tonight with friends - I believe we’re going to an Armenian restaurant, so hopefully I’ll have some fun things to report) gives me a chance to go back and play some more in the kitchen. For lunch today, we wanted […]

Buenos Aires - Let’s just call this Papaya Porn. A very traditional dessert from northern Argentina and into Bolivia, the papaya, which is known as mamón in those parts, is candied in cane syrup and its own juices and served lightly chilled. Yum!

Buenos Aires - Very simply, I need a break. From eating. I know, for someone in my field that seems like heresy, but truthfully, we all need one from time to time. I’ve been out with visiting friends the last couple of days and nights eating up a storm, and just reached, well, a wall. […]

Buenos Aires - Off we went yesterday to the Far East for a stroll in the sun. Calle de Canal is a long promenade along the southeastern edge of the city, just the other side of Puerto Madero Este and just this side of the Ecological Reserve. In beautiful weather, like yesterday afternoon, it is […]

Buenos Aires - My friend Max and I set off to do a little museum-going yesterday afternoon. Max is my Spanish teacher as well, and a good part of yesterday’s mission was to keep up a non-stop conversation for a couple of hours about museums, neighborhoods, art, and food - I think I managed pretty […]

Buenos Aires - I’m feeling peevish as I’ve just come up against one of those “it’s just the way it is” situations and have yet to figure out a solution. Many things in this country are easy, some far easier than they would have been back home in the U.S. Other things are just not. […]