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 | Mar 1, 2012 | feria, food and drink, santiago, shopping
I know, bla bla, we have awesome produce in Chile bla. But a recent possible facebook throwdown from some friends means I have to keep my game on. Though since there are two of them, and only one of me, their haul and story has to be twice as good as mine. And I...
by Eileen | Feb 14, 2012 | chile, food, santiago, shopping
I have begun to think that perhaps fruitflies have the most sensitive sense of smell (or whatever it is they have) of the whole animal kingdom. They come in droves the second you get fruit into the house, which means you have to put said fruit in fridge, which makes a...