(Decanter) Argentinian sommelier Florencia Rey has led the beverages team at award-winning Maido restaurant in Lima, Peru, since 2014. The Nikkei cuisine by chef-owner Mitsuharu Tsumura allows her to play around with sake as well as South American and European wines; she also runs an alcohol-free program. In November 2023, Florencia was named Beronia Latin […]
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Fabio La Pietra: stirring the melting pot
(Drinks International) On a mission to share Brazil’s biodiversity, Fabio La Pietra at Sub Astor bar is concentrating on a menu that does that. Fabio La Pietra has long had a nose for adventure, first as a 19 year old fresh out of Puglia and straight into Notting Hill’s Montgomery Place, then – in the […]
Quién es el salteño que trabaja en el mejor restaurante del mundo: “Después del verano la idea era estudiar derecho”
(La Nación) Aunque su abuelo tuvo por poco tiempo un restaurante y su madre vendió tortas entre las que se destacaba su mousse de limón, esa pizca gastronómica lentamente guio a Bernabé, criado en Salta capital, hacia los hornillos. A los 18 años, las intenciones profesionales del joven le llevaron por el camino del diseño […]
Local Bites: the best places to eat and drink in Buenos Aires
(Lonely Planet) While the Argentinian capital is still revered for its impressive number of top-notch parrillas (steakhouses), the food and drink scene in Buenos Aires has boomed over the past decade. From contemporary bodegas and trendy bistros to new wine joints and award-winning cocktail bars, Buenos Aires is becoming the star of the gastronomy world. Michelin published its first […]
Garden variety
(Monocle) Elephant ear plants and towering palm trees frame this 40-seater in the Argentine capital. Opened in November 2023, it’s tucked away in the Andalusian gardens of the Museo Fernández Blanco. Most of the tables are outside with the rest in a greenhouse designed by architect Elizabeth da Coba. For the rest of this please […]
Peru’s wave runners
(Mondes) One theory behind the birth of surfing suggests that Peruvians have been hanging 10 for some three millennia, yet it’s only in recent years that success on the world stage has begun to shine a spotlight on Lima’s swells. While indigenous fishermen would surf over rollers with their day’s spoils atop their elegant caballitos de […]
La auténtica cocina de desafíos y pasión de Trescha
(Fine Dining Lovers) Su madre prepara vegetales en el microondas y su papá descongela platos precocidos para cenar. Es un verdadero milagro que Tomás Treschanski haya descubierto el camino hacia la cocina, y ni hablar de convertirse en un cocinero galardonado con una estrella Michelin a los 25 años. El bicho gastronómico al argentino le picó de […]
The Best Places to Go in Central and South America in 2024
(Condé Nast Traveler) Chacarita: Buenos Aires has long banked on grass-fed beef to propel its food scene, but that’s hardly all that’s on the menu these days – and Michelin’s first guide to Argentina, unveiled in November 2023, is proof. Porteños embrace a spontaneous approach to eating and drinking, and the Chacarita neighbourhood – right near […]
The 50 Best Restaurants in Latin America for 2023 Were Just Announced
(Condé Nast Traveler) Culinary powerhouses from throughout Latin America gathered yesterday at the Copacabana Palace, A Belmond Hotel, in Rio de Janeiro, to hear which restaurants would be honored as the very best in the region in 2023, according to World’s 50 Best. Five months after Central in Lima was ranked number one on the World’s 50 Best […]
Michelin reveals Argentina’s first guide
(Decanter) Argentina now houses a nascent constellation of Michelin-star restaurants including six one-star, seven green-star, and a unicorn two-star establishment, after the gastronomy guide released its first report on the South American country. A total of 71 establishments made the cut in the Michelin Guide Buenos Aires & Mendoza 2024, with Aramburu, located in the capital’s […]