by Eileen | May 18, 2012 | chile, food, shopping, supermarket
Been a while since I took you to the feria with me, and I know you’re thinking over there in the northern hemisphere, mwahahaha, now who’s got the cherries and berries and stuff? And true enough, I am jealous, and definitely switch it up from more fruit to...
by Eileen | May 14, 2012 | food, language, shopping
Avellanas. Avellanas are hazelnuts. And you know hazelnuts (or filberts as I used to call them). Tasty and creamy, nutty and a good addition to chocolate to make the delicious and transfat-rich Nutella. And they look like this: (and by the way, I got them from one of...
by Eileen | May 7, 2012 | chile, food
This is a membrillo. Or a quince, if you prefer. Judging by the trees it grows on, it must be related to apples and pears. It’s delicious cooked into a paste with a bunch of sugar and spread on bread. It’s also good baked. What is not great is membrillo...
by Eileen | Apr 11, 2012 | travel, Uncategorized
I am often asked if I “know all of Chile” or have traveled most of it. Sort of yes and no. I mean, I’ve come in through the tippy top from Peru and been to Arica, which is far, far from home, and yet I’d never been up into the Aconcagua valley,...
by Eileen | Apr 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
You would not believe how many times I got slapped to see these birds. These birds, by the way, are the scarlet ibis, visible in Trinidad and Suriname. These particular birds I saw in Bigi Pan, an Everglades-like (so they say, I’ve never been to the Everglades,...
