(Fine Dining Lovers) Born to potato farmers in Peru’s Cusco region, Manuel Choqque Bravo’s playground was the fertile Andean land where his family cultivated tubers at 3,740 metres above sea level. He’d while away days in the field, terrorising his younger siblings with strange-looking potatoes such as pumaqmaquin (Quechua for puma’s paw) or snacking on potato leaves and […]
Mauro Colagreco: reabrió Mirazur y tiene el restaurante lleno hasta noviembre
(La Nación/Lugares) Aunque pasaron tres meses cerrados por el aislamiento social, el 12 de junio el chef propriétaire argentino Mauro Colagreco levantó nuevamente las persianas de Mirazur con un concepto gastronómico ultra vanguardista que está basado en el ciclo lunar – y ya tiene el salón completo hasta fin de año. El apetito de los […]
Coronavirus. Cómo lo enfrentan los chefs argentinos en el mundo
(La Nación/Lugares) Postergaciones, reconversiones y delivery son las recetas aplicadas por los cocineros argentinos en el exterior. El caso de Sunae Asian Cantina en Filipinas, La Cabrera, Fayer en Madrid y Zoilo en Londres. Como chef ejecutiva de Canta Lola, un restaurante de fusión peruana y nórdica en Estocolmo, a punto de abrir en julio, Manuela Carbone está a […]
How lockdown didn’t stop Argentina’s wine harvest
(Imbibe) Health and safety measures, picker location tracing, and on-site living quarters: Argentina’s bodegas have worked hard to protect their 2020 harvests during Covid-19. Sorrel Moseley-Williams reports. When Argentina’s government implemented national lockdown from 20 March – with just three hours’ notice – many wineries in Mendoza had already reached the final stages of picking, […]
Así nos ven: la mirada de cinco extranjeros (que viven en el país) sobre el comportamiento de los argentinos durante la pandemia de Coronavirus
(Maleva) ¿Cómo sociedad, cómo nos estamos comportando los argentinos frente al Coronavirus? ¿Las medidas – de los distintos gobiernos – son apropiadas? ¿Qué características tenemos estos «bichos sociables» que somos en cuarentena? Nada más revelador (y por qué no, objetivo) que la mirada de afuera. Por eso en MALEVA consultamos a cinco extranjeros – todos destacados en lo suyo – […]
This is what lockdown looks like for our contributors across the world
(Condé Nast Traveller) ‘The best time to visit Buenos Aires? Spring, which begins in September, when parks and wide avenues explode with jacarandas’ violet blossoms. Yet I’ve discovered a new-found affection for the Argentine capital’s striking autumnal hues. This year, the second season in the southern hemisphere has slunk in like a tardy teenager but, given […]
Eat The Streets: Chacarita, Buenos Aires
We Asked for Fascinating Stories of Lockdown Abroad. And Wow, Did We Get Them
(Fodor’s) I’m at my apartment in Buenos Aires, and just finished working on a book I’m co-writing. And while I’m used to working from home, I’m not used to being at home for such a prolonged period. Argentina has been officially on lockdown since March 20, though I’ve been practicing social distancing since March 14. […]
Diego Vásquez Luque: ”The Peruvian wine movement is gaining a lot of ground right now”
(Star Wine List) Peru’s capital city is a recent buzzword on the global dining scene but let it be known Lima has been leading South America’s gastronomic pack for quite some time. And, the past few years have also seen substantial growth in terms of wine consumption in Lima. “Five years ago, limeños would likely […]
High Fidelity: jazz-kissa Black Forest in Buenos Aires
(Monocle’s The Forecast 2020) As venues for audiophiles take off in global cities, with a heavy nod to the jazz-kissa of Tokyo, we explore three places where vinyl collections are played on some of the world’s best analogue equipment – with strong spirits and wine lists to match. If you’ve ever been to a jazz-kissa in […]