Jessica Cabrera is one of the many Chilean women who make their way through life by being incredibly resourceful with the natural bounty of Chile’s coastline. Jessica is the marine diver and…
Category: Food and Drink
Pisco Sour Blues
It was no surprise to me to learn that one of President Boric’s senior homeland security officials, the Undersecretary of the Interior, has found himself in deep trouble after a secretive tryst…
Dia de la Comida Chilena*
(* Traducción del original en Ingles, hecha por el autor) El sitio de noticias online mas importante de Chile, EMOL, anunció en la edición del lunes que era el “Día Nacional de…
Chile Food Day
Chile’s leading online news site, EMOL, announced in Monday’s edition that it was “National Day of Chilean Cuisine”, an opportunity to celebrate traditional foods. Readers were asked to choose their favorites between…
El Choropán: Bravo!
CHOROPÁN, the menu said. Well, I thought, these guys are not off to a very good start. A big mistake on the menu; it surely should have said CHORIPÁN, that well known…
Land of Empanadas and Vino Tinto
Salvador Allende, up to the day he lost his country and his life, extoled his socialist revolution in Chile as having “sabor de empanadas y vino tinto”, a home made form of socialism flavored…
Sideways 3; Chile
Sideways 3; Chile! The advertisement caught my eye and immediately piqued my interest. Was this for real? The idea of Miles and Jack in Chile really excited me. How had I missed…
Chile’s Barros Luco
Today is National Barros Luco day in Chile. This Chilean version of a steak and cheese sandwich dates from the early 1900s, when President Ramon Barros Luco lunched regularly at the Confiteria…
Dichato and Jessica’s Mussels
About a year ago Pilar, the psychologist I met in Dichato where she is involved in community recovery programs with the most affected of the 2010 tsunami victims, told me “In ten…
Surf and Turf in Chanco and Loanco
Beach between Loanco and Faro Carranza January is a most colorful and productive time in the coastal area of central Chile where the two poor but proud villages of Chanco and Loanco…