A six-page feature in August 2018’s edition of Lugares, Argentina’s top travel magazine, where Gaggan Anand eats his way around Bangkok with me. Photos by João Wengorovius. In Spanish.
Bangkok para foodies
Tomás Kalika: “I want to put Jewish cuisine on the map”
(Fine Dining Lovers) Forced to leave Poland and start a new life on the other side of the world in Argentina, Tomás Kalika’s Jewish grandmother Olga surely never imagined her eynikl (grandson in Yiddish) would reintroduce humble Polish recipes at Mishiguene, his restaurant ranked as one of Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants in 2017. Besides family dishes originating in Russia, Germany and Poland, […]
Ana Roš proves traditional methods of sourcing and cooking go beyond trends
(The Independent) When Ana Roš is ensconced at her summer house tucked away in the Julian Alps in Slovenia, she’s usually on holiday, but this year the Slovenian chef – who appeared in season two of Netflix’s Chef’s Table – is using down time away from the burners to pen her first book. Roš whose fine-dining restaurant Hiša Franko made its debut in […]
Colombia’s coffee revolution
(Selector) As we survey María del Carmen Toro’s fertile coffee, banana and avocado farm, the sun has started to lower and mist is slowly gathering in the valley. “The conflict was intense here,” she recalls. “Bombs went off all the time and ‘they’d’ come here at 1am, demanding we prepare them food.” The ‘they’ to […]
Everything you need to know about Pía León’s new restaurant Kjolle
(The World’s 50 Best) Like the flower after which her restaurant is named, Pía León is set to bloom when she unveils Kjolle at Lima’s brand new Casa Tupac on August 10. After a decade cooking at Central, the three-time No.1 in Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants, alongside her husband Virgilio Martínez, Latin America’s top female chef reveals […]
Así se cena en un txoko, un club privado que es el mejor secreto de los vascos
En Madrid le han dado el apodo ‘ponzaning’. Pero en Bilbao, alcanza con decir que salimos a comer pintxos, disfrutar de tapas acompañadas por copas refrescantes del blanco local Txakoli. Más allá de eso, los vascos guardan un secreto gastronómico adicional: el txoko. No es un circuito, al contrario, el txoko es un club privado parecido […]
Steven Soderbergh releases Bolivian spirit in UK
(The Drinks Business) Hollywood director Steven Soderbergh has launched his Singani 63 brand – a Muscat of Alexandria-based spirit made in Bolivia – in the UK. The film director turned spirit purveyor was in London on Monday to launch his pet production – Singani 63. After falling for the Bolivian spirit 11 years ago while […]
Opinan los chefs: por qué una parrilla argentina merece un lugar en el top 100
(La Nación) ¿Es sorpresa que una parrilla porteña entre a la lista de los 100 mejores restaurantes del mundo? Con un producto cuidado, una carta de vinosexcelente, atención al detalle y un alto nivel de servicio, algunos chefs destacados de la misma lista defienden la elección de los críticos que incluyeron a Don Julio en el puesto 55 de The World’s […]
Is this the ultimate destination restaurant?
(Condé Nast Traveller) At Mil, first you touch the earth, and then you eat from it,’ says star Peruvian chef Virgilio Martínez. This ambitious project in the Sacred Valley, 3,500 metres above sea level, has to be Latin America’s most talked-about dining experience. It’s a 45-minute winding drive from Cusco, set on the edge of the […]
Mirazur the book
(Catapulta) A pleasure to translate Mauro Colagreco’s first book, Mirazur, into English. A fantastic tome whose images by Eduardo Torres also speak volumes. Available now, June 2018.