El Viejo Oso Chocolatería

I have discovered a new Argentine chocolate that is pretty sublime. I had walked past El Viejo Oso Chocolatería just a couple of days before I stumbled across my first bar, but was… Continue reading →

Curanto

¡Epa! I’ve managed to skip the whole of June. Since we’ve been back in the Big Smoke, I’ve been embroiled in getting my permanent residency and getting a full-time, in-house job here in… Continue reading →

Semolina monkey puzzle nut cookies

Yes, I sound like I float around in potato sacking, chewing flowers and weaving watercress through my hair. I did not intend to make these earth-mother cookies, they crept up on me. I… Continue reading →

Argentine-American brownies

A very American recipe – from glamorous Katherine Hepburn, no less, and tweaked by David Lebovitz – using artisan Argentine chocolate. Rapa Nui is my favourite chocolate shop here in Bariloche, with its… Continue reading →

Welsh tea in Patagonia

Yes, more Welsh tea in Patagonia, but this time here in Bariloche. We get it where we can, oink oink. The smiley, ruddy-cheeked, white-haired and moustachioed owner of Equs was jubilant to discover JP… Continue reading →

Rough-edged strawberry tart

Thanks Hugh, for this exquisitely delicious tart recipe. I made it in record time one evening last month before the strawbs ran out here in Bariloche, and scoffed my half (my half) in… Continue reading →

El Calafate

Just a few short days after my mum arrived in Bariloche from England, after three flights and countless hours of milling around in airports, we braced ourselves for a …. wait for it… Continue reading →

Un asado

The all-important asado is the backbone of Argentine culture. Sudden unadulterated access to a parrilla/barbecue – the one in the garden here in Bariloche – has gone down a storm with JP. He’s shot out of bed… Continue reading →

La Virgen de las Nieves

Or Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, Our Lady of the Snow. She is the patron saint of mountaineers in Argentina, possibly elsewhere too. We stumbled across this shrine in a grotto on the… Continue reading →

Risotto con funghi secchi & Torta di mele

It is the umpteenth time I’ve made this risotto with dried mushrooms and the first time for the apple tart. Both are from The Fratelli Camisa Cookery Book and both hold flavours of… Continue reading →