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 […]
Another one bites the dust
I’m sure other expats can sympathize, when living in a foreign country, making friends can be a touchy subject. Some transit Buenos Aires dwellers may not understand the reluctance of the long-termer to befriend any other foreigner that comes their way. There must be some selectivity involved. Friends come, friends go. What kind of tortured […]
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 […]
Argentina’s Top Ham-Flavored Snacks
Product of the Day: Oreo Alfajor
When I was little, I was never allowed to eat crap. While my friends had pantries and freezers full of fruit by the foot, gushers and bagel bites, I only had matzah, health cereal and a bottle of diluted Mott’s apple juice, because apparently the regular kind has “too much sugar.” Since all food containing […]
Protected: Test: A Love Letter to a Lamb Empanada
‘Tis the Season… for produce
For some, the beginning of spring means lush green leaves, buds sprouting, flowers in bloom, sunny blue skies, warm weather, yadda yadda yadda. For me, like any fat kid at heart, it has something related to food – fruit and vegetable season! Even though there is technically one more month of winter left, good quality, […]
Prediction 2011: Frozen Yogurt Mania to hit Buenos Aires
El Galpón Market Orgánico
Snack of the Day – Sesame Wheat Crackers
Sesame Wheat Crackers are da bomb. Cheap, delicious, “healthy,” and crazily addictive. If you have absolutely zero self control like me, you will easily eat your way through the whole package in one sitting. Made by the Granix company, that has a line of several types of crackers and cookies (even a vegetarian tenedor libre […]