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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 »
Conger Eel with Warm Fava Bean-Spicy Sausage Salad
Posted in Foods, Recipes, food, tagged chorizo, Congrio, Culinary Tour, favas, Longaniza on August 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Congrio con Ensalada Tibia de Habas-Longaniza To be honest, I didn’t really like favas at all when I first tasted them as a college student in Chile. My host family boiled the hell of out of them to the point of a drab olive green and ate them, including the bitter outer skins, cold. Ugh. [...]
Pillowy Pumpkin Bread: Sopaipillas
Posted in Recipes, food, tagged chancaca, pumpkin bread, sopaipillas on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This morning I awoke to cold, gray skies that seem to thicken by the minute with moisture. The weekend forecast? Rain. Brrr. In these chilly days of winter, my former American self would normally pine for matzah ball soup, chicken pot pie, and hot chocolate to take the edge off the cold (and lack of [...]
A Slice of the South in Santiago
Posted in Foods, Liz's Picks, Personalities, Places, food, tagged German, Lecker, murta, puerto varas, South of Chile, Sur on June 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Chile, like a long string bean, extends over 2,600 miles from north to south, or 17º S- 56º S at Cape Horn. The regionality of the country’s ingredients is staggering. In the north, Andean and Peruvian staples like quinoa and chuño, freeze-dried potatoes; olives from Azapa; papayas from La Serena; and rich shellfish like [...]
Post Modern in Puerto Varas: Donde el Gordito
Posted in Liz's Picks, Personalities, Places, food, tagged bistec a lo pobre, Corvina, osorno, Patagonia, puerto varas on June 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Puerto Varas may very well be the “Portland” of Chile. It’s lush. It rains a lot. The town is steeped in Chile’s Germanic history yet laid back and modern. It has a stunning natural setting on the shores of the azure Llanquihue Lake with vistas of the conical Osorno Volcano. It’s a hip town [...]





