A look at local food discoveries, whether it’s a particular dish or an ingredient, often with one or more recipes.
“What will be the death of me are bouillabaisses, food spiced with pimiento, shellfish, and a load of exquisite rubbish which I eat in disproportionate quantities.” – Emile Zola, 19th Century French Author Buenos Aires – In Spanish, colorado refers to a color that’s sort of a deep, rust red. That color soil is how… Read More A Pepper By Any Other Name…
Buenos Aires – You all remember 6LL3 don’t you? The cloned sheep that we were all up in arms about, some of us on one side of the issue, some on the other. Oh, yeah, you probably don’t know her by her “real” name, but by the name that some stockman who helped deliver her… Read More 6LL3
Lima, Peru – I know it’s going to seem to some like I’m giving Lima shortshrift by only writing one post on the city, especially after the seemingly endless droning I’ve been doing about other parts of Peru. But, this was our Lima experience… we had not planned on staying in Lima at all. If… Read More Lima Been
Trujillo, Peru – At least for now, this is my roundup post on Trujillo and its food, and meeting Henry’s family. I’m going to let the photos speak for themselves for the most part… these are some of the highlights of the visit. We spent an hour at a horse show one afternoon at a… Read More One Last Look at Comida Trujillana
Trujillo, Peru – It’s not that Trujillo doesn’t have supermarkets, though it doesn’t have many of them, it’s just that most of the populace a) wouldn’t trust a supermarket, and b) can’t afford to shop in one. And the city is blessed, if that is the right word, with various major food markets – the… Read More Food Shopping
Trujillo, Peru – I’m going to take a couple of posts and get back to the topic of food for a bit. All this traveling about makes me hungry. Besides, I think the post on spending a week meeting Henry’s family needs to wait until I can take the time to sit down and think… Read More Trujillo Eats
Trujillo, Peru – Having left behind Cuzco and the home of the Incas, we found ourselves an hour or so later in Lima with several hours to wait until the one daily flight to Trujillo, Henry’s hometown. We checked our luggage into a locker and grabbed a cab to the beach, where we sat at… Read More City of Eternal Spring
Cuzco, Peru – Our last full day in Cuzco dawned bright and early… well, I guess dawn probably came at roughly the normal time, but we were up early, and eagerly awaiting Yony’s arrival. After a little coffee and toast, the three of us trooped out to the street where she hailed the first cab… Read More Capital City Roundup