BA has gone bagel CRAZY. Everywhere you look, bread with holes are popping up all over the place. Besides the decent ones at Malvón, La Crespo and Quiero Bagel, a really good, inexpensive bagel just doesn’t exist. So to fulfill my jewy craving, I spent a whopping $10 pesos on ingredients, and whipped up a batch […]
The Multifaceted Empanada: Baked Samosas & Dal
Among my many food related hobbies, reading food blogs, looking up recipes, watching Top Chef, watching other cooking shows and memorizing menus, is finding new spins on Argentine favorites. On an empanada wrapper binge, I thought to myself – what fun goodies can I stuff inside? With a craving for some intense spices, it was […]
Focaccia with Tomatoes, Onions & Fresh Herbs
It’s Brownie Pillow Sugar Cookie Time
The Pan at Pani
A Festivus for the Rest of Us: How to Celebrate the Seinfeld Holiday
My first writing gig was in 1995 as a featured contributor to a Geocities Seinfeld fan club’s newsletter. I was 10 years old. The rest of the writing staff was well over 25. I quickly escalated to editor status, in charge of the Trivia and Contest sections, creating weekly games, quizzes, and contests for devoted […]
Happy Thanksgiving, American Style
It’s no coincidence that I chose to visit my family in the US over Thanksgiving, the only major holiday where eating takes center stage, giving thanks for being a bunch of total greedy foodface stuffing fatties. After 4 years of Argentine-styled Thanksgivings, it was time to celebrate authentic American food traditions, feasting until you can feast […]
What the FLUCK should I make for dinner?
One of the many food related recipe blogs I read, What the fuck should I make for dinner, has inspired me to follow in the good fun and include my recipes of what I’ve been fucking making for dinner. 1. Barbecue chicken fucking salad 2. Empa-fucking-nadas salteñas 3. Fucking rigatoni in a garlic white wine […]
Medialuna Fridays at Alimentari
What’s better than reaching a Friday knowing the weekend is about to start? Medialuna Fridays! While I’m not a factura kinda girl, Alimentari (locations in the microcentro) makes a damn good medialuna. Some say (and by some I mean me) it’s the best in BA. Fresh, crusty, sweet and sticky on the outside, warm soft […]
Raspberry Cheesecake Buenos Aires Style
Argies have very particular taste buds that often times defy rhyme or reason. Some of my favorite locals have strong beliefs about food… for example, (all these should use air quotes and spoken in a very sarcastic tone) egg whites are “heavy,” a tiny bit of ground pepper is “spicy,” sushi = food poisoning. Kilos […]