by Jonathan Evans | Oct 31, 2009 | Argentina, Food, South America
This is what breakfast looks like in Argentina. Every couple of blocks or so you stumble across a panaderia, the Argentine equivalent of a bakers or boulangerie. What’s unusual about this is that bread in this country is actually pretty poor, but what they do do...
by Jonathan Evans | Oct 29, 2009 | Argentina, Food, South America
Now, I like me a bit of food, and do seem to eat rather a lot and rather well here in Buenos Aires so I’ve decided to document some of the food that is considered typical here. In order to do this I will have to go out and buy the food, remember to take a...
by Jonathan Evans | Aug 23, 2009 | Alaska, Food, Non-Travel, US Trip
If you want to be shot in Alaska, other than doing it yourself (which, given the low levels of sunlight in winter it seems a lot of people do. The state has the highest per capita suicide rate in the US), there are 2 ways. Say the wrong thing about Sarah Palin to the...
by Jonathan Evans | Aug 22, 2009 | Alaska, Food, US Trip
Let’s play a game. How about Word Association? I’ll say a word and you come up with a word or phrase it makes you think of. First thing that pops into your head. OK? Ready? Here goes… …Salmon. You probably (bear with me here) came up with...
by Jonathan Evans | Aug 1, 2009 | Bolivia, Food, Paraguay, South America
Vodka purchased in Paraguay – ingredients: Ethyl Alcohol, Water Whisky purchased in Bolivia – ingredients: Whisky (20%), water, caramel flavouring 100% Cranberry purchased in USA – ingredients: Grape, Cranberry and Apple...
by Jonathan Evans | May 8, 2009 | Brasil, Food, South America, Uruguay
As autumn was arriving in Argentina, I decided to head north and get me some sunshine, and where better to hit the beaches than Brazil? Looking at a map, I saw that the little town of Punta del Diablo in Uruguay where I’d been in December was only 60km from the...
