Buttery layers and sinful milk caramel create a dynamic duo in the Southern Cone’s favorite sweet treat A traditional confection found primarily in the Southern Cone (Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile) and Peru, the alfajor arrived in South America by way of the Spanish. Though hailing from the Iberian peninsula, its roots reach back to the [...]
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Knack South American Cooking: Chicken with Sweet Peas (Chile)
Posted in Books & Gadgets, Foods, Liz's Picks, Recipes, tagged chicken, chicken with sweet peas, Chile, globe pequot press, knack south american cooking, Liz Caskey, peas, pollo con arvejas, tomatoes on August 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Sweet peas are a garden-fresh addition to juicy free-range chicken Sweet peas in the springtime are a delectable treat. Shucked fresh, they bring vibrancy to a dish. Chilean cooks inherited this traditional recipe from Galicia in the north of Spain, marrying a tender young chicken with white wine, tomatoes, and peas. For best results, buy [...]
Knack South American Cooking: Peruvian Shrimp Chowder
Posted in Books & Gadgets, Foods, Liz's Picks, Recipes, tagged chupe de camarones, knack south american cooking, peru, shrimp chowder, yellow chili paste on July 26, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Make this delicious ancestral soup part of your healthy recipe repertoire One of Peru’s most emblematic dishes, this homey chowder is a flavorful main course in any season. Its roots are steeped in the southern city of Arequipa, where fresh shrimp are gathered from the Majes and Ocoña Rivers and crustaceans feed on algae. The [...]
The Grand Debut: Knack South American Cooking
Posted in Books & Gadgets, Foods, Liz's Picks, Recipes, Wines, tagged and uruguay, Argentina, brazil, cuisines of chile, francisco ramirez, globe pequot press, knack south american cooking, Liz Caskey, peru, south american cuisine, South American wines on July 8, 2010 | 7 Comments »
I am super excited to announce to you all that our first print cookbook is officially out in the US market. On South American cooking, of course! This project humbly came, unexpectedly, to me and my husband Francisco (the photographer) a little over a year ago. To be honest, it is a total thrill to [...]
Help Chile Rebuild After the Earthquake
Posted in Books & Gadgets, Liz's Picks, tagged Chile, chile earthquake, e-guides, earthquake, eat wine santiago, help, non-profit foundation, reconstruction, relief, Santiago on March 2, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Yesterday afternoon I went for a walk. As I walked quietly, I observed the pristine yards in our neighborhood. The mountains turned pink at dusk. On my way home, I saw the first pile of rubble in our area. Images from the south flashed through my mind. Ironically, it wasn’t destruction from the earthquake. It [...]
Posted in Books & Gadgets, Liz's Picks, Places, Wines, food, restaurants, tagged Chile, culinary tours, Eat Wine, eat wine guides, Santiago, south america, Wines on February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ditch that Guidebook…Foodie Travel E-guides are Hot
Posted in Books & Gadgets, Liz's Picks, tagged Chile, e-books, e-guides, Eat Wine, eat wine guides, food, foodie, guidebooks, Santiago, south america, travel, wine on September 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
You know the sensation. You are packed out, weighed within the luggage allowance, and are ready to roll. Then you look at the bed and spot that 2-inch thick, 4-pound monster of a guidebook that you have to schlep with you everywhere on vacation. If you don’t though, uh oh, you may not be in the [...]
Mixer Melodrama
Posted in Books & Gadgets, tagged dark chocolate, kitchen aid, mixer on September 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
For years, I dreamed about owning a Kitchen Aid Mixer. A bright cherry red one. It was my ultimate baking toy. I thought of all the amazing Christmas cookies I would whip up, the creamiest mashed potatoes I would make. Then I realized that my love for the mixer (and brand association) had been engrained [...]
Me & My Microplane
Posted in Books & Gadgets, tagged Microplane on March 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Living down here in South America, at times I feel a little out of the gourmet loop in terms of kitchen gadgets. While we have the basics, there is no Williams-Sonoma, Sur Le Table, and imagine, Food Network. Back in October, a couple food-and-wine minded clients were raving about this special grater called the Microplane [...]





