The Locals Guide To Argentina

If we were to apply this formula, we would be lost, dozens of hands would be raised to claim the Milanese's paternity. Spaniards, Italians, Austrians, Hungarians and French consider their parental rights as their own. Although it is true that the name adopted ...

Unlike the rest of Latin American cuisine, Argentinean cuisine is the least influenced by the pre-Hispanic cultures that dominated America before the arrival of the conquistadors. Of course there are some exceptions, in the north of Argentina there is still a ...

What makes the Argentinean roast so famous? To answer this question, we have to do a bit of history and go back 300 years in time. The first people to give an account of the existence of the asado were the Jesuit priests, back in the early 18th century....

Many have tried to dispel the myth that dulce de leche is an Argentinean invention. Some scholars in the field, argue that already in the colony was known a product of similar characteristics that came to the area of which - next to the Andes - from Chile.&nbs...

The Argentine mate is an infusion based on a plant called ilex paraguaiensis. This plant was used by the Guarani people before the arrival of the Spanish in our territory. These tribes used to drink the infusion in a very particular way.  ...

How was the original pioneer born? It was in Spain where the history of this pastry dish began. It was conceived back in 1897 and its original version consists of a sponge cake well moistened in some sweet syrup, then rolled up and then its crown toasted....

Argentina is one of the largest countries in South America, after Brazil. It is made up of different provinces with their own identity and which, according to their geographical location, make up different regions with their respective traditional recipes....

Since the arrival of the conquistadors in America, the production of cows in Argentina did not stop growing, it seemed that the cows flourished as fast as the grass. However, this limited the diet of the inhabitants of these lands to a disproportionate consump...

When the conquerors arrived in America, one of the expeditions left from Peru and descended along what today is the Republic of Chile, crossed the Andes towards the east and reached the lands that today make up the Province of Mendoza....