Back in 2005 I spent the summer in the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica, an experience that opened my eyes to a whole new way of life. Por suerte I have been able to return to Costa Rica on several occasions but this last trip was the first time I made it...

The streets of Buenos Aires are overflowing with panaderías, stocking their shelves with medialunas, imposter french baguettes, pepitas and much much more.  La Argentina is a family based panadería y confitería offering exceptional breads along with a variety of tasty sandwiches and pastries. My first experience at La Argentina was much anticipated after my bread...

Fugazzeta is an Argentine invention, a pizza exploding with onions and mozzarella on a thick crust. Originally, fugazza comes from Northern Italy but the Argentine’s decided to add massive amounts of cheese resulting in fugazza con queso o fugazzeta There is no tomato sauce or other toppings and sometimes the...

I recently received a big bag of Hongos de Pino from the snowy Barilouche, a ski town close to Chili known for their chocolates and mushrooms. Hongos de pino aka pine mushrooms or matsutake grow in the Alto Valley of Rio Negro here in Argentina and are considered quite the...

I was super stoked when I first heard that catfish was available here in Buenos Aires. I saw the whiskered fellas in barrio chino back in March but hadn’t seem them since. Por suerte while waiting at the Saturday Bolivian verduleria in Plaza Armenia I stumbled upon the fish guy...