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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Empanadas may have originated in Spain (the Spanish verb "empanar" means to wrap or coat in bread) but it was in South America that their popularity grew, particularly in Argentina. Essentially a small, semi-circular pastry stuffed with various fillings, empanadas are deceptively easy to make.
Fillings vary from province to province ...
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Friday, December 9th, 2011
Steak's days as the favourite dish for Argentines when they eat out could be numbered.
Its main rival, the pizza, is mounting a strong challenge to be the most popular gastronomic option in the capital, Buenos Aires.
According to a recent study done by the Buenos Aires city government, the number of ...
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Thursday, December 1st, 2011
BoBo Hotel & Restaurant in Buenos Aires, Argentina recently came under new management and is now operated by Houston-based Prohotel International Inc. Since Prohotel took over operations in September, BoBo Hotel has also been welcomed as a new member of the prestigious Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) portfolio.
The ...
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Friday, November 11th, 2011
As CNNGo TV takes to the Argentine capital, we show where you can fill your mouth with cheese and yell at the football coach
It's laid-back and lively. It's brash and it's sophisticated. Buenos Aires covers the spectrum of all things great about city life, and is one of the most ...
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Friday, November 4th, 2011
Buenos Aires has always had an air of the mythical about it. The city's favorite son (not counting football star Diego Maradona), writer Jorge Luis Borges once penned, "To me, it seems a mere tale that Buenos Aires had a beginning: I judge her to be as eternal as water ...
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Thursday, October 27th, 2011
Yesterday I gave you the scoop on Palermo Soho's NY-inspired shopping scene. While this popular Buenos Aires neighborhood is bursting with delectable retail, it's their gifted gastronomy that reels in scores of visitors from around the world. One eatery partly responsible for this attention is Mott – the city's extraordinary ...
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Friday, June 24th, 2011
Where would you take a loved one for an anniversary or other special occasion?
Tomo 1, a Buenos Aires classic, where food is the main focus -- far from the artifice of fashion and modernity. A comfortable environment, it's serious and without fanfare and it has become a special place for ...
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Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
In this month's issue of Today's Chicago Woman, I invited readers to meet me in Argentina, where I not only sipped wine and slept at bodegas, or wineries, in the renowned province of Mendoza, but also dined fabulously at restaurants housed in Buenos Aires hotels.
Just as you'll find in many ...
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Monday, February 21st, 2011
Buenos Aires is one of South America’s - nay - the world’s most appealing cities, offering visitors to its (sometimes very wide) avenues a blend of the old, the new and the in-between. On BA’s bustling streets, you’ll see stylish residents strutting their stuff alongside street artists, football fans making ...
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Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
Expect the menu to be on the red-blooded side, writes Ute Junker.
Favourite flavours
This is cattle country and you'll find "bife" on every menu: from asado (barbecue) to bife de chorizo (sirloin steak) or even stuffed in an empanada - which is what locals call a meat pie.
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