A look at local food discoveries, whether it’s a particular dish or an ingredient, often with one or more recipes.
Buenos Aires – I thought about writing an Ode to Radicchio, but my poetry talents are nearly non-existent and limited to reasonably good attempts at haiku. I searched for an ode online and didn’t find one, though I did find one to arugula that more or less dismissed radicchio in one stanza. It’s not one… Read More Radicchio Confit
Buenos Aires – The population of Argentina is just short of 40 million people, 75% of whom are over the age of 15. That means there are probably almost 30 million different recipes for the best matambre, or hunger killer. Like empanadas and chimichurri, everyone has an aunt, grandmother, mother, sister, uncle, grandfather, father, brother,… Read More Hunger Killer
Buenos Aires – Amongst the various food items that just don’t exist in Buenos Aires is buttermilk. I honestly don’t know how widespread its existence is outside of certain communities anyway, but here, it’s basically unheard of. Luckily, it’s easy to make a passable substitute for baking purposes, whether it be breads or making buttermilk… Read More Soda Bread 1.0
Buenos Aires – I love the ladies at the various little verdulerías (vegetable stands) in the neighborhood. I know they’re just out to make an extra peso here and there, but they’re constantly pushing things on me that I don’t plan on. I had a vague idea of some sort of zucchini sandwich. I had… Read More Zapallitos
Buenos Aires – This piece went up this morning over on What’s Up Buenos Aires? and is merely reproduced here with one spelling correction in the title. It's a shame that the words offal and awful are virtual homonyms in the English language. It immediately gives some leverage to the folks who fall into the… Read More Offal: Chinchulines, Mollejas, Corazon and Other Delights…
Buenos Aires – Set your “way back machine” to May 28, 1994. Way back there in the 20th Century. I had just left a job as sous chef, churning out good, but simple cajun/creole food at The Sazerac House in New York. It had been a fun gig, but not one in which there was… Read More A Little Chicken Dinner…
Buenos Aires – Salsa Llajwa is sometimes known as the Bolivian National Hot Sauce. I first encountered it at a restaurant in Palermo, and it was so delicious that I’d asked the manager of the restaurant what was in it. He described it as containing the Peruvian herb huacatay and the Bolivian herb quirquiña, blended… Read More Llajwa – Weekend Herb Blogging
Liniers – We’re still getting ready for the upcoming fiesta, Henry’s niece’s 15th birthday. It’s starting to involve lots of things with glitter and shiny blue and silver stuff, and not that I don’t like that sort of thing, occasionally I see the need to rein it in a little – Henry had covered the… Read More Zona Boliviana