Francis Mallmann, Argentina's top chef. Photo: Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way The mild-mannered man, wearing knee-high brown leather boots and a soft brown jacket, his thinning gray hair covered by a brown wool cap, lifts gargantuan hunks of...
Posted by SpiceLines on July 19, 2011 7:11 PM
A butcher in the Mendoza market displays a hefty side of pork. He also sells smaller cuts of meat such as sausages and costillas, or ribs, as well as chivito, or baby goat. I’m a market junkie. Here are...
Posted by SpiceLines on July 14, 2011 10:30 AM
Zucchini blossoms are delicate and taste ever so slightly of baby squash. A simple batter of flour and club soda maintains their "lightness of being" when fried. Argentina was full of surprises. One of them was how much Francis...
Posted by SpiceLines on June 8, 2011 3:29 PM
In San Martin, Juan Carlos de la Torre, an oenologist who makes organic wine from his own grapes, opens a vat to check the fermentation process in his backyard. We went to San Martin to visit a maker of...
Posted by SpiceLines on June 4, 2011 11:35 AM
At La Salamandra's cafe in Palermo Soho, even a dulce de leche "frappuccino" comes with an extra spoonful of the irresistible caramelized milk and sugar sauce. One quick taste and there you go, sliding down the slippery slope of...
Posted by SpiceLines on May 7, 2011 12:56 PM
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