Agua Fresca 11: Horchata de Chufa

Well, the afternoon of the 4th July seems like a good time to post about horchata de chufa. It would make a perfect drink to go along with a picnic…

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Italian-Argentine Cuisine: Pasta and Pizza

My instinctive reaction to pasta dishes in Buenos Aires is that the pasta is more varied, chubbier, more likely to be filled, less shiny, and softer than the pasta you…

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Tummy Bugs

1. Rota virus. Nothing is more boring than other people’s illnesses. I mention this virus that I’ve been suffering for the past couple of weeks because it’s not clear that…

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