A round-up of the Raíz food fair at Tecnópolis, plus a heads up on the Argentina Wine Awards 2014.
Roots, awards
The ex-expat: Dustin Luke
This is not the usual tale of a foreigner uprooting to Argentina. This is the tale of an ex-expat, who became an overnight celebrity sensation in Argentina after moving back to the US, thanks to his YouTube persona Dustin Luke.
The tooth fairy
All children lose their milk teeth and grow adult ones, don’t they? Not in the slums of San Martín, the northern suburbs of Buenos Aires, they don’t.
Cocina Sin Fronteras with Virgilio Martinez at El Baqueano
The latest chef to pop up as part of the Cocina sin Fronteras sequence had naturally packed some ingredients typical of his native Peru with him. Tumbo fruit and chonta palm shoots as well as some silvery arcilla chaco clay made the cut, before he flew to Buenos Aires to cook a one-off dinner. In […]
Yankee noodle dandy
Steamed pork belly buns with pickles, and steaming bowls of chicken ramen. Introducing Fukuro Noodle Bar.
The Expat: Susan Rogers
After falling in love with a fellow Argentine student, psychoanalyst Susan Rogers had no qualms about moving to Buenos Aires in 1966. Married with children, she lives with her second husband in Belgrano and holds a third-degree black belt in tai chi.
Musical notes in a rocking vintage
My fellow student at sommelier school, Pedro, is inquisitive and interested in class and wine. Although he is sometimes absent from Geography II or Spirits and Aguardientes, he makes up for it with plenty of searching questions. The Pedro I’m talking about is none other than rock star Pedro Aznar.
The Expat: Santiago Macías Acuña
Chef Santiago Macías Acuña came to study in Buenos Aires at a youthful 18 and, a decade on, he works at and owns a Colombian restaurant with his brother. He lives in Barrio Norte with his girlfriend, a pastry chef, and enjoys cycling everywhere.
Lima – Latin America’s New Foodie Mecca
There is more to Peru than ceviche, the tangy raw seafood dish for which the country is famous.
The Expat: Daniele Pinna
Although he is going through the legal motions of divorcing his Argentine wife, Sardinian-born cook Daniele Pinna plans to keep running La Locanda in Recoleta. He enjoys spending time with his young daughter and saving up to buy fine wine.