Recipes

Weekend lunching in trendy Palermo can be exhausting.  The couple cafes that are worthy of your time and appetite are overflowing with diners and service is generally dreadful. We’ve been avoiding the crowds and staying in whipping up some inexpensive & tasty dishes all in the comfort of our home....

Situated on Calle Thames in Palermo Soho lies a small coffee shop serving to-go (para llevar) style coffee. As normal as this may seem to most of you, to-go coffee isn’t really a thing here in Argentina. Why have it on the go when you can take the time to...

Sunday, you were so good to me. Sunny skies, fall clothes, Don Draper, and leftover homemade cookies were all featured. Lunch at Social Paraiso was the highlight. Lunch with girlfriends is always the best.  Especially when you’re celebrating a promotion! The long lunch went something like boy chat, Sauvignon Blanc,...

Sunday evening before service at the restaurant I decided to make a batch of cornbread with leftover corn on the cob. There are many requests at NOLA for cornbread, especially as more and more people are going gluten-free. Cornbread is fun in the kitchen because you can work with it...

Dirty rice. A staple side dish in New Orleans! Maybe you’ve heard of it, it’s one of Popeye’s best sellers. As a kid I would eat pounds of it.  Extra spicy with Frito’s corn chips and buckets of Daisy Sour Cream.  Oh the metabolism I use to have! Over the...

Tucked away in a renovated pehache near Plaza Armenia lies Coco Marie. Hidden behind a bikini shop you’ll find yourself in an open garden with cookie cutters hanging from iron beams. Like its surrounding streets the setting is charming and covered in greens. Turquoise furniture line the brick walls while colorful flowers and...