I Live to Eat and Eat to Live

Number two in this trilogy of small dining restaurants like the original is a big success. I’ve deliberately made myself wait to eat at ...

La Candela in Cordoba sells some pretty damn good empanandas, but the star if the show here is the locro. Magnificent. 

We are are finally moving. Phew. So no internet for an age until BT get their sorry butts round to connect us. So in the mean time have a b...

I brought this book many years ago in a small bookstore somewhere in Singapore. I know I don’t cook out of it as much as I should, but...

Three classic bottles of Quilmes. Argentina's most iconic beer.

Many years ago when we discovered the quaint villagey area of Marylebone and the fantastic La Fromagerie. At the time we were living in foo...

These had to be some of the best empanadas we have ever had in Argentina. The restaurant attached looked pretty naff, but they produced Salt...

When is a sardine not a sardine? When it is a pilchard. A sardine is a young pilchard. Apparently once a sardine reaches one year it bec...

A great winery outside Mendoza in Argentina. Not only do they make great wine, they also serve excellent food in the restaurant as well. 

I hate shopping. I really do, especially when it involves shopping for clothes. I hate having to buy new clothes, especially when the clothe...