Given that Latin America recently hosted its own regional version of 50 Best restaurants, the spotlight has fallen on the continent’s finest restaurants and the culinary whizzes behind them. While Peru, land of ceviche, Nikkei fusion and Pisco took several top spots including the coveted number-one ranking with Astrid & Gastón, Argentina also fared well […]
Births and birthdays
It’s time to wet some heads. Welcome additions to the bar scene in Hollywood, a gourmet ghetto night of gastro fun, and birthdays celebrating a closed-door restaurant and pioneer drinking powerhouse Gran Bar Danzón.
The Expat: José Atala
Diplomat José Atala came to Argentina on holiday in 2006 and by 2011 he was working for his country’s foreign ministry as a second secretary in charge of political, cultural and tourism affairs.
The Expat: Labid Al Ameri
Iraqi sales trader turned winemaker Labid Al Ameri decided to move from Belgium with his family to start a whole new life on the other side of the world. After his father-in-law decided to retire, Labid and his French wife Anne took over the helm of Domaine Bousquet. They have lived in Tupungato, Mendoza, since 2009.
69, the magic number
Where to find straight (single) men, and great, bargain wines (not Malbec) for under 69 pesos? Read on…
The Expat: Christophe Krywonis
After working in Las Leñas in 1989, French cook Christophe Krywonis made a permanent move a year on. The father of two has appeared on El Gourmet and Utilísima TV, currently works on a pop-up capacity and has had three days off since August.
Roots, awards
The ex-expat: Dustin Luke
This is not the usual tale of a foreigner uprooting to Argentina. This is the tale of an ex-expat, who became an overnight celebrity sensation in Argentina after moving back to the US, thanks to his YouTube persona Dustin Luke.
The tooth fairy
All children lose their milk teeth and grow adult ones, don’t they? Not in the slums of San Martín, the northern suburbs of Buenos Aires, they don’t.
Cocina Sin Fronteras with Virgilio Martinez at El Baqueano
The latest chef to pop up as part of the Cocina sin Fronteras sequence had naturally packed some ingredients typical of his native Peru with him. Tumbo fruit and chonta palm shoots as well as some silvery arcilla chaco clay made the cut, before he flew to Buenos Aires to cook a one-off dinner. In […]