Posted in Argentina, Meat, Potato, Recipe, Steak, Uruguay, bacon, beef, cheese, goat, ham, jamon, olives, pepper, tomato, tourism, travel, unhealthy on Jan 7th, 2010
Made during the horrid, self-reflective, and, frequently, gassy hours aboard a trans-Atlantic flight this past weekend, our New Year’s resolutions swore us to no less than three weeks of Spartan, monkish grazing on whole grains, green vegetables and lean protein in order to trim ourselves of burgeoning, lumpy mid-sections brought on by the combined Holiday [...]
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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 Argentina, Buenos Aires, Recipe, Recipes, South America, Uruguay, bread, crab, sandwiches, seafood, soft-shell, tourism, travel on Apr 20th, 2009
We’re baaaack. We had an excellent trip to South America and fell in love with Buenos Aires and the Porteños, as well Uruguay and its people. In the coming months, we will feature many posts about our trip including restaurant reviews, special meals we had, Argentinian and Uruguyan culture (including food culture), street food and, of [...]
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