Monthly Archives: June 2011

And that was Argentina! Some highlights

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

So, that was Argentina. I am back, it’s only 5am BA time , and I have already been awake 3 hours. My flight back was rammed with a noisy school tour and lots of turbulence, so I am, well, very … Continue reading →

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Oooops! Accidental Week Off. And LOOK!

Posted on June 29, 2011 by

Oooops! Accidentally took a week off. Forced in part by a lack of internet in the pampas, a giant party and resulting incapacity in Buenos Aires and 27 hour door-to-door trip home, followed by – and currently in – jet … Continue reading →

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Comfort & Spice Update! New Lovely Cover

Posted on June 22, 2011 by

Comfort & Spice! Remember that? My cookbook! It seems so long ago that I handed the manuscript in and I have been travelling so much since. We are drawing closer to the publish date now though (September 5th) and it … Continue reading →

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Eating Buenos Aires! La Cabrera: Your Sweetbreads, are My Weak-Ness

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

(the title should make sense to those compos mentis in the 80s ;) In Argentina, you seek out beef. That’s a given. The Argentine and particularly gaucho diets until relatively recently consisted almost entirely of beef and all sorts of … Continue reading →

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Eating Argentina: Horseriding in the Andes and a Gaucha Lunch

Posted on June 19, 2011 by

So, if you’ve been reading for a while, and especially if you are on twitter and follow me there, you will know that this trip to Argentina has been delayed twice. I was supposed to go last November, after I … Continue reading →

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