I realize that there’s more to Mar del Plata than just the coast, after all, the whole reason the South Beer Cup was held there is that it’s kind of become the center of the microbrewery movement. (Albeit that, if I followed the seminar that covered the topic correctly, microbreweries across South America more or… Read More The Food and the Coast
Roughly eight years ago we met Pete and Amy Slosberg when they came to town to learn a little Spanish and check out the local micro-brew scene. It was in its infancy, and the two of them were part of the infancy of the same movement in the U.S., back in the day (Pete’s Wicked… Read More Plate o’Beer
I don’t know why, but I had near baseline expectations for this place. There was something about the whole “Asian tapas”, the location, the ambiance, maybe even the name, that just had me avoiding setting foot in Sintesis, José León Pagano 2689, just barely inside the Recoleta line from Palermo. I was sure it was… Read More The Synthesis of Eastern & Western Thoughts
Oh, I don’t even know where to go with this one. There was so much stereotyping of cultures and foods packed into this two hour block that my head was spinning. I’m going to go mostly for pictures. We head off, once again, outside the capital, to Pilar, a not so small town of 300,000… Read More MasterChef Round 5 – Don’t Mess with Culture
Roasted Garlic Panqueque Panqueque: 170 gm semolina flour, 4 large eggs, 300 ml milk, pinch of salt, whisked together, left to hydrate for about 45 minutes, then made crepes using roughly 50ml of batter at a time. Filling: Roasted 1 head of garlic with a splash of olive oil, all wrapped in foil, until soft,… Read More Plate by Plate: Puttin’ on the Blintz
Oh my god. Soup. You’d think it was The End of Times. Argentines have a bizarre relationship with soup. For the most part, it’s a non-entity. In fact, most Argentine cookbooks don’t include soups in them, and I’ve more than once asserted that it’s the only cuisine on the planet without soup. Stews, one-pot meals,… Read More MasterChef Round 4 – The Hunt is On
Is it my imagination or is the opening montage getting longer? The show itself, diving into episode 3, begins at the 3:45 mark. That’s longer than the Game of Thrones opening sequence. And far less interesting. Apparently feeling the need to “get out in the countryside”, the show takes us to Gral. Rodriguez, a suburban… Read More MasterChef Round 3 – The Oxymoron of World Class Lasagna
We’re on to Episode 2, and thankfully, unlike the first season, we’re already full on into the competition. Twenty contestants – Diego, Patricia, Sol, Alejo, Matías, Mercedes, Jacinto, Alan, Lia, Francisco, Julia D, Martín, María, Nadia, Juan Pablo, Claudia, Simone, Mariana, Julia N, Sebastián – glare at the camera during the opening montage, each after… Read More MasterChef Round 2 – Eggs Benedict? STFU.