Every year on July 20th, Argentines of all ages pack a lifetime’s worth of friendships into a 24-hour period of nonstop celebrations. El Día del Amigo, though not officially a public holiday, is a cultural commandment that causes bars, restaurants, cafés and street corners to fill to the brim with groups of friends gathering to reconnect – if only for a couple of hours....
A few nights ago I found myself at a family-owned estancia (ranch) folded into the foothills of the Andes. As tiny flickers of starlight poked through the cloudy night, a man in a navy blue beret reached for his guitar. Three hours later we realized that the lone candle stick had disappeared into a puddle of wax, the wine had run out, and the...
Banana Split a La Parilla with Dulce de Leche Drizzle and Candied Walnuts In Argentina, cooking by fire is both culinary skill and social necessity, all tangled together in the wispy warm smoke of the parilla (grill). Asado, or Argentine-style BBQ is a method that requires exceptional patience and entertaining conversation. The slow burning blaze of the Asado is a far cry from the north american BBQ method,...