Yesterday I turned 35. For many years, I always felt I had to do something to celebrate my birthday. Trips to Buenos Aires, the beaches of Uruguay, parties on terraces, etc. etc. Perhaps it was because for most of my life before I moved to South America, my...
Last night I made my first batch of Cola de Mono, a traditional Chilean Christmas cocktail. After nearly 12 years, I decided it was time to give it another go. Back as a student here in 1997, I imbibed a little too much of this potent drink, and let me tell you, the...
Yesterday, I finally broke down and bought a fake, plastic (pine) Christmas tree. Four days before Christmas and fittingly on our summer equinox in the Southern hemisphere. Many of you wrote me that Christmas is not Christmas without a tree. I agree....
Editor's Note: I am so honored to have my colleague, Robin Asbell, based in Minneapolis, joining us to share a delectable vegan recipe with y'all "Eat Winers" this week. Robin is a chef, cookbook writer and master of natural foods: grains, vegetarian meals, and...
One of the things I love about Peruvian cuisine is the abundance of sauces for everything. Piquant chili sauces to accompany their aromatic roasted chicken, creamy sauces to pair with boiled potatoes, and even fiery sauces to give anything a serious kick. In Santiago,...
As Thanksgiving descends upon the masses up north, I want to share a short cooking and wine pairing video to give you some ideas that could easily become the first course spread. Yes, it is 90% do ahead. Important when you're hosting a house full of...
Tomorrow kicks off one of my "beef binges". Yep, I will be heading to Argentina for the next 10 days for business. While I mostly love to eat fish and vegetables as my main diet, all bets are off in the land of grass fed carne where steaks are as common...
Hi all-hope you’re enjoying Labor Day weekend. We (as in all of Chile) had a weird, sad weekend. Friday night a military plane with a TV crew from TVN, Consejo de la Cultura, and team from Desafío Levantemos Chile (earthquake reconstruction effort to rebuild schools...
Artichokes were not something I grew up eating. Occasionally, they showed up in a hot dip on the holidays, but fresh? Negative. I clearly remember the first time I was served a whole (cooked) artichoke. I was an exchange student in Santiago in 1997. My host mother,...
Every Chilean home has its own rendition of stuffed zucchini called zapallito italiano relleno in local speak. I always equate this homey dish to America’s beloved old-school macaroni-and-cheese. Every cook has their own special ingredients and usually, if you...
Corn Pie from Eatwine TV on Vimeo. Oh sigh. Summer nostalgia has officially hit. I know many of you are indulging in the sweet tastes of summer. Nothing says summer for me like sweet corn. Growing up in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, I remember pulling off the road...
Rice, beans, and chili come together to form a one-dish comfort meal Tacu Tacu is my current food obsession. It drives me crazy as it combines my two favorite carbs (beans and rice) into one chili-laden savory "tamale". I used to only order it when we went out for...
These gluten-free cheese bread puffs are delicious and fast to make! Hailing from the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, these cheese breads, known as pão de queijo, are extremely popular throughout Brazil and are gaining popularity abroad. Brazilians use polvilho, a...
Today’s video uses indigenous Chilean ingredients now being exported to the US. Chilean papayas are known as “carica candamarcensis,” or Mountain papayas, and have no resemblance to their tropical cousins. Similar in shape to a starfruit with a thin,...
Leche asada, meaning “roasted milk” in Spanish, is a rustic form of flan popular all over the region due to its simplicity (milk, eggs, and sugar) and ease of preparation. Cooks aromatize the milk and infuse different flavors, ranging from vanilla in Peru to cinnamon...
Summer is just around the corner in much of the US (cold, rainy weather just a detail) and grilling seems to be synonymous with warm weather. This coming weekend, Memorial Day, officially inaugurates the picnic and barbeque season. Ahh, the smells of...
Spring time has officially arrived in the US. My goodness, here on my tour stateside, the strawberries are coming into season and flooding supermarkets, roadside stands and farmers markets. While the natural inclination in these latitudes is to make up a...
Let´s start this week with a savory, creamy, Chilean-style crab pie baked to perfection. Blue crabs are abundant year-round on the rocky shores of Chile’s rugged Pacific coast, fed by the chilly Humboldt Current. Purplish blue and about 4 to 6 inches long, their white...
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