Posted in Meat, Mexican, Recipe, Uruguay, avocado, cilantro, delicacy, grilled, lime, offal, sweetbreads, tacos, tortilla, tripe on Jun 16th, 2009
There are few things that, when slapped between tortillas and christened with spicy condiments, fail to get me excited. Making it a shame that the vast majority of Mexican restaurants near us have such a limited spectrum of taco fillings. Not that I don’t enjoy carnitas, carne asada, fish or chicken tacos, I very definitely [...]
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Posted in Buenos Aires, Montevideo, South America, Uruguay, beef, crispy, culture, grilled, grilling, guts, indulgent meal, lemon, morcilla, offal, pork, sausage, sweetbreads, tourism, travel, veal on Jun 2nd, 2009
As Odysseus was nearly drawn to his destruction on the rocks by the enchanting song of the sirens, so your hardy WANF voyagers were almost powerless to resist breaking themselves on the plentiful tables of Uruguay. However, unlike Homer’s hero, for whom women were the main weakness throughout his epic peregrinations, during our recent travels [...]
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Posted in America, Bourdain, England, Fergus Henderson, Food Commentary, Gabrielle Hamilton, London, Mark Bittman, Prune, Restaurant Review, alcohol, batter, bone-marrow, butter, celebrity, chefs, cornichons, delicacy, dining, diversity, eating, game, gherkins, indulgent meal, offal, philosophy, podcast, quail, rabbit, restaurant, squab, sweetbreads on Apr 24th, 2008
Normally, when I think of prunes my first thought is the familiar TV commercial showing the side-by-side comparison of someone experiencing “bloating and discomfort” and someone enjoying the verve and gaiety brought on by just one bowlful of California prunes. However, since last Thursday, my first thought is now “when can I have some more?”. [...]
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