A look at local food discoveries, whether it’s a particular dish or an ingredient, often with one or more recipes.
Buenos Aires – As promised yesterday, I’m playing with my second tuber today. The oca is one of the “lost crops of the Incas” as some authorities have tagged it, along with the olluco and olluquito that I talked about already. Both are important staple foods of Andean cuisines, and are grown along with a… Read More Su Tuber es Mi Tuber
Buenos Aires – As suspected, given that Henry is from Peru, he knew immediately what the two different potatoes I picked up yesterday were. One turned out to not even be a potato! The first is known throughout most of the Andean area as the olluquito (in some areas, Bolivia for example, it is known… Read More Playing with My Potatoes
Buenos Aires – A bit further south than the other two empanada regions I’ve looked at is the province of San Juan. Along the western border with Chile, just north of the midpoint, and just north of the well known wine region of Mendoza. The cuisine of San Juan is considered less rustic than that… Read More Empanadas 3 – San Juan
Buenos Aires – It seems that I’m living sort of on the line between the neighborhoods of Recoleta and Barrio Norte, and though I thought I was living in the former, more folks are telling me I’m living in the latter. I headed more towards the north this morning to explore this area. As I… Read More Empanadas Parte Dos
Buenos Aires – Finishing off the rainy day I decided to invite a couple of friends over and whip a little something up. Besides, I missed hosting my monthly Second Sunday Supper Circle last week. In fact, with everything going on, I haven’t had one since April! It’ll be a little difficult to do here,… Read More Potatoes & Twelve Grapes
Buenos Aires – Several topics to touch on today, the last 36 hours or so have been cold and rainy, so it’s been time to sit inside and think of things. I had my first Spanish class yesterday morning – I’ve been self-teaching and it’s time to get some structure to my vocabulary. It’s not… Read More Pizza & Vino
Buenos Aires – Catamarca is a province in the northwest of Argentina, along the border with Chile, essentially in the Andes mountains. None of this is particularly relevant. It comes up because I am exploring the world of the empanada. If you’re not familiar with these, they are essentially savory turnovers, either fried or baked,… Read More Comida Catamarqueña
Buenos Aires – Last night it was off to meet Heather in her neighborhood of Las Cañitas. This is the hot, new neighborhood for locals with enough income to afford it. It’s also thankfully lacking in tourists, as it’s not easy to get to via public transportation, and it’s a recent enough phenomenon that it’s… Read More Entourage