Food, drink and travel writer + sommelier | Argentina + Latin America
(Good Beer Hunting) When a farmers’ strike in Peru’s Cusco region stops travel into the Sacred Valley, it’s suddenly impossible to reach Cervecería del Valle Sagrado, perhaps the most influential brewery and taproom in the Andes. Unwilling to be branded a scab or run into a crowd of striking farmers, I stay put in my […]
Basque Culinary World Prize winner Chef Binta lifts the lid on her heritage The award-winning chef, who celebrates her Fulani community’s rich culinary heritage at pop-up dining experiences, explains what being part of this nomadic tribe really means, and shares favourite spots and artisans – in her Good City Guide to Accra (Topia, December 2022) While […]
(Fodor’s) Creating restaurant bucket lists, locking down a reservation at the hottest restaurant in town, and ordering the most Instagrammable dish on the menu can make or break a foodie’s vacation. Yet, even if you do get to London, São Paulo, or Bangkok, your budget might not match your dream dining experience. So we’re sharing […]
(La Nación) En 2021 alcanzó el puesto 13 en el ranking de The World’s 50 Best Restaurants -los 50 mejores restaurantes del mundo- y por cuarto año consecutivo, Parrilla Don Julio mantuvo su presencia en la lista más reconocida del mundo gastronómico en el puesto 14. El anuncio se hizo en Londres, en una ceremonia presencial en […]
(Condé Nast Traveler) Food can be an important vehicle for change—an idea embodied by Accra-born, New York-raised Selassie Atadika, chef and founder, Midunu and The Midunu Institute. She started her career as a humanitarian response worker for UNICEF, and her travels across 40 African countries brought her to food. For the rest of this, please visit Condé […]
(Condé Nast Traveler) Some say that in the coming decades, zero-waste eating will be the new locavorism (the latter should simply be the norm in good restaurants). One of the movement’s leaders is the U.K.-based McMaster, who opened Silo in Brighton, England, in 2014 with plates made from recycled plastic bags and tables from industrial floor tiles, composting […]
(Condé Nast Traveler) Having grown up on a high-altitude farm in Peru’s Cusco region, Choqque has been studying the country’s 6,400 native potato varieties since his father showed him how to hand-pollinate in a bid to improve tuber genetics. “We had 380 types in our collection, entering them in competitions in hopes of winning a tractor,” he […]
(The Independent) A trailblazing Colombian who entered the world of fine dining at the considerably ripe age of 35 has been anointed the World’s Best Female Chef 2022. Using gastronomy as a tool for social and economic development, preserving her country’s food culture while empowering its indigenous communities, Leonor Espinosa of Restaurante LEO proves that everything is possible if you create […]
(Topia, April 2022) With three establishments ranked in the top 100 of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2021, Peruvian chefs Pía León and Virgilio Martínez are unquestionably the culinary world’s most talented couple; chefs with vision who relish diverse agricultural experimentation with a long-term view. While Virgilio changed Lima’s culinary game by focusing exclusively on Peruvian ingredients […]
(The Independent) “It’s a bit weird to be compared with Jamie Oliver,” says Xanty Elias, who recently received the Basque Culinary World Prize 2021 for his work addressing childhood obesity in his native Spain. “But we both want to change the mindset that isn’t just about fighting obesity but using gastronomy as a positive tool.” […]