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 →

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 →