Just after leaving El Alto International Airport in La Paz, Bolivia enroute into the center of the city below, there’s a roundabout where, in the center, is a giant monument to Che Guevara made out of recycled auto parts that is stepping on an American Bald Eagle (also made out… Read More →
LAN Airline’s inflight Magazine IN, has a great article about a village in Southern Chile founded by Italian immigrants one hundred years ago that has kept its heritage alive. I’ve never heard about this town, so I was instantly fascinated by it and thinking about when I can work in… Read More →
El Comercio, the largest newspaper in Peru, interviewed me on the presence of Peruvian food in the United States, recently in advance of their soon to launch Food blog: Periodista de EE.UU. tiene en la gastronomía peruana a la razón de su vida | El Comercio Perú.
With Europe being still so unaffordable for American travelers, Buenos Aires, a city many consider to be more European than anywhere in Europe, is a steal. True the Peso has gone up from where it was a few years ago, but when the price of a steak and a bottle of Malbec is the same price as a burger at TGI Friday’s at home you can’t complain. Here are three places options for resting your head:
Writer Huw Hennessy, who I recently met in the Galapagos, has written an account on the Ecuadorian rainforest that I think all should read. In the Independent (What lies beneath the rainforest – Nature, Environment – The Independent) he discusses the Chevron disaster – and the ensuing $27 billion lawsuit… Read More →
Ecuador’s Arriba and Cacao Nacional cacao beans are considered some of the finest in the world and international chocolatier’s have long recognized their superiority. Only recently however, have artisanal labels sprung up from within the South American nation, much of it organic, fair trade, and of superior quality than has ever been produced before.
In a dispatch from his tour for the book Momofuku, Momofuku restaurant empire executive chef David Chang recounts eating cuy, or Guinea Pig, at Gaston Acurio’s La Mar in San Francisco. He’s still not a fan. Read here: Pork Rinds, Guinea Pigs, Etc.: The Q: GQ.
The NYTimes explores the newly evolving dining scene in Valaparaiso, Chile. Writer Vanessa Gregory hits up Poblenou, Pasta e Vino,La Concepción, and a few others:
My 1st edition Frommer’s Honduras has been released, conveniently about the same time as the former tourism minister of the country says not to travel there. FYI: Most of Honduras is still relatively safe to travel in, particularly the Bay Islands. Great deals are being had for divers now if you… Read More →
There are two real restaurant hotspots for cebiche (or ceviche) in Lima: in the coastal suburb of Chorrillos south of Barranco and along Avenida La Mar in Miraflores. Avenida La Mar is the more upscale of the two and the only one where big name chefs operate restaurants.