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Pick Up The Fork

A Serious Eater's Guide to Buenos Aires and Beyond

ArgenYanqui Creations: Peanut Butter Chocotorta Recipe

Posted on January 22, 2025 Leave a Comment

ArgenYanqui Creations: Peanut Butter Chocotorta Recipe

Allow me to introduce one of my greatest culinary triumphs: a decadent treat that bridges the delicacies of my birthplace and my adopted home, born from the haze and delirium of late-night munchies. Please be obliged to meet the Frozen Peanut Butter Chocotorta, also known as the Frozen Peanut Butter Chococookie, also known as the […]

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Where to Eat in Buenos Aires: The Next Generation Pastry Hit List

Posted on April 8, 2022 Leave a Comment

Where to Eat in Buenos Aires: The Next Generation Pastry Hit List

There’s a certain realm that has truly shown oven-baked excellence over the last few years. I’m referring to buttery, warm, decadent, delicious fresh baked goods at cafés and bakeries – most of which are run by a new generation of bakers and pastry chefs.  

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A Croissant Fest at La Boulangerie-Pâtisserie

Posted on July 29, 2016 3 Comments

A Croissant Fest at La Boulangerie-Pâtisserie

Co-Pain – Ambrosetti 901, CaballitoBread lovers across the city had a mini freak out when legendary Franck Dauffouis, owner and boulanger of Caballito’s best hidden bakery, packed his baguettes and went back to France. But luckily, his bakers kept his spirit alive with a totally renovated (and much more cheerful) Co-Pain Boulangerie. Pick up all sorts of reasonably priced goodies to-go, […]

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Eat the Buenos Aires Seasons: Fall / Otoño Produce

Posted on May 16, 2016 4 Comments

Eat the Buenos Aires Seasons: Fall / Otoño Produce

In Buenos Aires, it’s not hard to eat seasonally. If an ingredient isn’t in season, it’s not available. Or it’s really expensive. Or it probably tastes heinous. There’s nothing like a tomato in the summer with the flavor of an actual juicy tomato, a 10 peso creamy avocado in late spring, a deep orange roasted pumpkin in the […]

The Brunchfast Club: Where to Brunchear Your Corazón Out

Posted on December 5, 2015 12 Comments

The Brunchfast Club: Where to Brunchear Your Corazón Out

Buenos Aires has gone LOCO for brunch. In a city that traditionally never used to eat a hearty meal in the morning – unless it was leftovers from an asado the night before – it seems like every café has been popping up offering non-Argie breakfast foods that go far beyond medialunas, cortados and tostados. Brunch, brúnch, broonch, brunchear, bruncheamos, bruncheando, bruncheada, brunchmance (romantic […]

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Oui Oui, Brunch Brunch, Yes Yes

Posted on January 16, 2014 4 Comments

Oui Oui, Brunch Brunch, Yes Yes

The pioneer in the Buenos Aires brunch movement, Oui Oui has been around since the beginning of breakfast time, brunchificando the hell out of Palermo before brunchear even became a verb, and Palermo took the Hollywood suffix.  

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The BA Top 25: Best New Restaurants, Bars and Cafés in Buenos Aires 2013

Posted on December 28, 2013 27 Comments

The BA Top 25: Best New Restaurants, Bars and Cafés in Buenos Aires 2013

Slow clap it up because 2013 was a helluva year, pushing Buenos Aires closer to that culinary destination in the sky. Let’s reminisce and gush over master bartenders paying homage to their aperitivo Argentine roots, while also giving an erect salute to the eclectic mix of restaurant openings that have continued to show that Buenos […]

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Pain et Vin: All You Need is Wine. And Bread. And Cheese. And Sandwiches.

Posted on November 17, 2013 14 Comments

Pain et Vin: All You Need is Wine. And Bread. And Cheese. And Sandwiches.

If I was the type to play a pointless hypothetical stranded-on-a-desert-island game, I’d choose to be stuck with some hot bread, sensual cheese, sexy wine, and erect jolty coffee. So imagine the utter rejoice shed when Pain et Vin in Palermo Soho opened its doors for a wine-bread-cheese-coffee-Palermonites dream come true.

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Avocado Toast: Because It’s Nature’s Butter, Bitch

Posted on October 29, 2013 9 Comments

Avocado Toast: Because It’s Nature’s Butter, Bitch

  Butter me up with your healthy sultry oils because it’s time to break the fast with some avocado toasts. It’s a food fact that avocado makes anything taste better. Ready in under five minutes, nutritious, filling, flavorful, and fat in all the right curvaceous places, it’s time to make avocado toast your go-to breakfast-lunch-dinner-snack.

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The Great Strawberry Cheesecake Recipe with a Toddy Cookie Crust

Posted on December 13, 2012 20 Comments

The Great Strawberry Cheesecake Recipe with a Toddy Cookie Crust

I love cheesecake. I love Toddy cookies. So why not collide worlds for the ultimate cookie crusted cheesecake dessert? An easy cheesecake recipe, calling all mega fatties, this one’s for you! 

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