The Mixed Grill
What’s Up Buenos Aires NEWS May 12, 2011 The Mixed Grill Noel Coward famously said, “Sunburn is very becoming, but only when it is even – one must be careful not to look like a…
Street Food Buenos Aires
What’s Up Buenos Aires NEWS May 8, 2008 Street Food Buenos Aires One of the first things that gastro-tourists notice about Buenos Aires, after they’re done rushing in for their requisite platters of massive steaks,…
Mercado del Progreso
What’s Up Buenos Aires NEWS October 9, 2007 Mercado del Progreso A lot can change in two hundred years. The Plaza de Mayo, then the Plaza Mayor, was a different place – the central gathering…
Porteño Food Heritage: Fact or Fiction? An Investigation…
What’s Up Buenos Aires NEWS December 19, 2006 Porteño Food Heritage: Fact or Fiction? An Investigation… I’m coming late to the party by posting on this topic, but it’s been simmering in the back of…
To Mate or Not to Mate: Is That Even a Question?
What’s Up Buenos Aires NEWS August 24, 2006 To Mate or Not to Mate: Is That Even a Question? I avoided mate for my first couple of months in Argentina. Not because there was anything…
Pizza in BA: An absolute must, have to, don’t miss, to die for
What’s Up Buenos Aires NEWS June 18, 2006 Pizza in BA: An absolute must, have to, don’t miss, to die for Pizza is one of those things that is easy to carry on about. We…
Offal: Chinchulines, Mollejas, Corazon and Other Delights…
What’s Up Buenos Aires NEWS March 10, 2006 Offal: Chinchulines, Mollejas, Corazon and Other Delights… It’s a shame that the words offal and awful are virtual homonyms in the English language. It immediately gives some…
On Empanadas
What’s Up Buenos Aires NEWS January 19, 2006 On Empanadas While not impossible to visit Buenos Aires and avoid sampling empanadas, it would be foolish. Argentina is known far and wide for its beef, and…