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Cook gently and carry a pink stick

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Buenos Aires Herald On Sunday supplement Food and Wine A couple of weeks ago I promised you a gatuzo a la vasca recipe. I try not to make idle promises, so somewhere down below we’re… 

Red, White and delicious all over

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Buenos Aires Herald On Sunday supplement Food and Wine I’ve mentioned before that I often hear people asking about not just what one unusual vegetable or fruit is, but what to do with it. At… 

Go fish

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Buenos Aires Herald On Sunday supplement Food and Wine It’s a common refrain to hear that porteños don’t eat or like fish. And there are certainly fewer in the way of seafood restaurants in this… 

Pasted

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Buenos Aires Herald On Sunday supplement Food and Wine I’m not going to enter the fray and dispute over pasta here in Buenos Aires. For many of us from overseas, pasta here tends to be… 

The luck of the gnocchi

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Buenos Aires Herald On Sunday supplement Food and Wine Just in time for Gnocchi Day. You do know about El Día de los Ñoquis, don’t you? Surely if you’ve spent time here someone has mentioned… 

Spag bol, no spag

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Buenos Aires Herald On Sunday supplement Food and WineLet’s start with the simple part. Spaghetti alla bolognese isn’t an Italian dish. It’s a British dish that’s been imitated in various other parts of the world,… 

Wheat, not pink, berry

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Buenos Aires Herald On Sunday supplement Food and Wine The Turkish have their Bugday Çorbasi, the Saudis their Shorobat Il-Jereesh and the Jordanians their Shourbat Freekeh, and the Yemenis, Shorba Burr. From Cyprus, Tarhana; Algeria,… 

A bowl of chic

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Buenos Aires Herald On Sunday supplement Food and Wine For years I’ve maintained that Argentine cooking is the only cuisine on the planet to eschew soups. Oh, there are stews, big heaping one pot meals…