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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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Eating Argentina: Mendoza! We’re in Empanada Country Now

Posted on June 17, 2011 by

Where are the best empanadas in Argentina? Everyone says Mendoza but where exactly in Mendoza you will only know if you are a local. Happily I was with one. I was feeling a bit peckish so asked if we could … Continue reading →

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Palate Cleanser: A Postcard from Buenos Aires

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

So, here in Buenos Aires it is definitely all about the food. From the parrillas to the Peruvian ceviche, the asados to the empanadas. There is so much more here though, it would be a crime to speak only of … Continue reading →

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HELP! We NEED YOUR votes! Send us to ARGENTINA!

Posted on March 16, 2010 by

HELP! We need your votes! Vote No. 5! There’s less than 23 hours left to vote for us to win a trip to Argentina… I am getting nervous. We’ve been shortlisted for a competition with the most amazing prize of … Continue reading →

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