by Eileen | Jan 12, 2013 | bicycle, food and drink, haha, travel
There’s a funny story about a day and all of the various ways it did not go right. Worry not, this post ends well. A few days ago, I had to schlep bags hither and yon from the satellite hostel house I was staying at in Managua. I had a cold, but despite...
by Eileen | Jun 21, 2012 | art, chile, food, haha
Illustration: Manuela Montero, used with permission. It is impossible not to notice many differences between there and here. In my case, there is the United States, and here is Chile. More specifically, I’m going to compare San Francisco and Santiago, and our...
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 | Jun 1, 2008 | Uncategorized
a man and his zapallo Cargado originalmente por bearshapedsphereWhen you go to buy squash in Chile, most of the time you will buy squash. Not a squash, mind you, just some. A chunk, or corte, if you will. People eat quite a bit of it, usually in cazuela, Chile’s...
