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Back in the Capital

by | Apr 15, 2010 | Argentina, South America

This post was originally published in March 2009. Confused? I’ve spent the last couple of weeks back in Buenos Aires, not doing very much except wandering around, catching up with friends. And very nice it’s been too. The blog will go quiet for a month or...

Milanesa

by | Nov 19, 2009 | Argentina, Food, South America

Argentina is proud of its European heritage – it wouldn’t be a stretch to say that they, on the whole, consider themselves more European than anywhere else in South America, and to be fair they probably are. Except in the North there is very little...

A year later

by | Nov 13, 2009 | Argentina, South America

Well, I’ve done a year – 364 days and 23 hours ago a big Iberia plane landed from Madrid at Ezieza Airport containing a slightly shellshocked & drunk me. I often end up drunk on long distance flights. It helps to pass the time, and its very social. On...

Facturas

by | 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...

The Humble Choripan

by | 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...