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Pick Up The Fork

A Serious Eater's Guide to Buenos Aires and Beyond

Salted Dulce de Leche Brownie Recipe

Posted on April 29, 2012 22 Comments

Salted Dulce de Leche Brownie Recipe

Sometimes I like to Sandra Lee my way around a recipe, semi-shamefully taking unMarthalike shortcuts when it comes to baking. While self-righteous cooks may get a major bitch face caradeculo at the blasphemous thought of using boxed brownie mix, here’s a way to pimp out pre-packaged brownies and play it off like it’s 100% homemade. The […]

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Hot Date In Buenos Aires: Perfect Date Spots For Any Occasion

Posted on April 10, 2012 16 Comments

Hot Date In Buenos Aires: Perfect Date Spots For Any Occasion

Unwrap the romance-enhanced clichés, drown yourself in a pungent nose-stinging cologne and practice your sexy O faces in the mirror because it’s DATE NIGHT! Whether it’s a first date, last date, secret date, or a date where you are looking to get-it-onnnn, here are some suggestions for that perfect date spot no matter the situation.

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The Scrambled Egg Breakfast Empanada

Posted on April 5, 2012 11 Comments

The Scrambled Egg Breakfast Empanada

They have the breakfast burrito and the breakfast sandwich, what about the breakfast empanada? Fill it with whatever tickles your breakfast fancy, here is just another way to reinvent the Argentine empanada favorite. Argie-fying my Yanqui food ways, that’s what I call a cultural exchange.

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La Barata del Central: Where Fruits and Vegetables Are Happy

Posted on April 4, 2012 14 Comments

La Barata del Central: Where Fruits and Vegetables Are Happy

Horrah! At last! A cheap way to stock up on fresh fruits and vegetables without romper-ing my orto.  With soaring food costs in Buenos Aires, it’s extremely rare to find a verdulería that uses high quality ingredients while charging affordable prices. La Barata del Central is my new obsession, delivering a massive box filled with happy (and […]

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Best Palermo Cafés: Porota Cocina de Herencia

Posted on March 8, 2012 16 Comments

Best Palermo Cafés: Porota Cocina de Herencia

POROTA IS NOW CLOSED – 2015. This tiny kiosco-sized café may be small, but you’d be surprised to see the wide selection of deliciousness that comes out of Porota’s cozy kitchen.  Sandwiches, tartas, awesome lunch specials, creamy soups, salads, muffins, cupcakes, breads, scones, cakes, fresh *real* fruit juices – there’s very little that Porota doesn’t offer. […]

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Pop Up Like It’s Hot: Pop Ups Popping Up in Buenos Aires

Posted on January 17, 2012 2 Comments

Pop Up Like It’s Hot: Pop Ups Popping Up in Buenos Aires

POP UP RESTAURANTS ARE STILL THE RAGE, BUT MANY OF THESE PARTICULAR TRANSIENT DINNERS HAVE NOT FIZZLED AND MOVED AWAY Watch out puertas cerradas, a hot younger gastronomical sister has hit the Río de la Plata. All the rage in the United States and Europe about five years ago, pop-up restaurants have finally managed to travel […]

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The Argentine Food Diaries: A Porteño Eating Challenge

Posted on January 11, 2012 42 Comments

The Argentine Food Diaries: A Porteño Eating Challenge

THE CHALLENGE:  TO EAT LIKE AN ARGENTINE, one day of consuming the most typical fare. A rundown of the most popular Argentine foods including breakfast, lunch, merienda, dinner and dessert. I asked some die-hard Argie culinary traditionalists what they ate on a daily basis, and these were the results… Disclaimer: It’s important to clarify that this is a massive generalization […]

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The Summer Guide to Eating and Drinking In The Wild Palermo Outdoors

Posted on January 2, 2012 30 Comments

The Summer Guide to Eating and Drinking In The Wild Palermo Outdoors

Eating outdoors is one of those strange pleasantries in life, whether it’s an outdoor patio, rooftop terrace, quiet backyard garden or even colectivo polluted sidewalk, food somehow tastes better while sitting outside basking in the aire libre. The Buenos Aires dining and café scene is all about outdoor spaces, where restaurants immediately increase in stock […]

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The Great: MARFA Delivery

Posted on December 3, 2011 13 Comments

The Great: MARFA Delivery

The day I discovered Marfa marked a great day in my Buenos Aires history.  June 2010: The Rio de la Plata parted and Moses appeared holding a broccoli and red pepper veggie burger.  This delivery food service, open for lunch and dinner, makes a killing offering a healthy-ish menu of bomb salads, sandwiches, veggie burgers, wraps, […]

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Villa Crespo Is The Hotness: Best Restaurants in Villa Crespo

Posted on November 26, 2011 45 Comments

Villa Crespo Is The Hotness: Best Restaurants in Villa Crespo

Villa Crespo is the new Palermo, except much cooler, and has been for some time.  Venture off to the VC for some restaurants that are two thumbs up fine holiday fun. Here is my rundown of the best that Palermo Queens (what a ridiculously invented name) has to offer.  Take a culinary food tour through […]

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