by Eileen | Apr 13, 2015 | feria, food, food and drink, Uncategorized
Some dear friends of mine moved to Montreal last year. It was a big loss for me, they were some of my closest neighbors, and good friends, one of them someone who I often refer to as my cousin. We’ve lived in a bunch of the same places, had many same...
by Eileen | Mar 5, 2015 | feria, food, food and drink, shopping, travel
On a recent trip I took to research two different stories, one short and one long, I knew that one of my hotspots would be the diminutive feria fluvial or riverside market in Valdivia. Valdivia is lucky enough, or smart enough or pretty enough (not sure which) to be...
by Eileen | Jul 8, 2014 | chile, feria, food, food and drink, santiago, shopping, supermarket
At the risk of pulling rank, I will not entertain you with tales of times of yore, or as we like to call them antaño, from when you couldn’t get cheddar cheese in Chile to save your life, tortilla chips were something special, and you had to eat local junk food...
by Eileen | Jun 16, 2014 | food, food and drink, supermarket, Uncategorized
So I came back from some time away, and saw that the flavor of Chile had been settled upon, at least until the end of the World Cup. Chile tastes like onions and tomatoes. Specifically, those two items as they are combined into “ensalada chilena” which...
by Eileen | Dec 14, 2013 | chile, feria, food and drink
On a recent trip down to Temuco, where I finally met someone I’ve known online for years, over a lunch that was too big for anyone to eat, we got to talking about my feria reports. Prices are much higher in Santiago, my friend-in-the-computer said. I have heard...
by Eileen | Jun 26, 2013 | chile, food, food and drink, memoir, santiago
If you spend any time at all in Santiago, chances are that you will spend some time downtown. I think of this as the more “traditional” part of Santiago, where traces of the past are more than that. Many of them have not yet been erased or paved over,...