Ultimos Posts 1. 21/11/2009 20:53 - Argentinean doctor on brink of death after eating pickled vizcacha Frank Zappa once warned: Don’t eat the yellow snow . Vizcacha en escabeche (pickled vizcacha), a traditional dish of the Argentinean countryside where cute vizcachas run wild and free, as they should; photo courtesy La Cocina de Ile.com The same might be said about the vizcacha, a reclusive member of the South American bunny family that some food experts have recommended as a... 2. 17/11/2009 10:47 - Pizza at el italiano: two thumbs up It’s been more than a year since I had pizza at El Italiano , a classic pizzeria/trattoria in Lima’s rough-and-tumble La Victoria neighborhood. In that time I had forgotten that El Italiano makes better pizza than almost any other place in Lima, a city that should have lots of excellent pizza joints but for some reason doesn’t. What might have induced my temporary... 3. 30/10/2009 16:43 - Thank you, lord of the miraculous chocolates I was raving the other day about the chocolates and other treats made by nuns and sold at the church of the Nazarenes, in downtown Lima, where El Señor de los Milagros lives . I made myself so hungry writing that post, I had to go to the Nazarenes the next day and buy a stash from a nun in a brown Carmelitas habit. I’m not Catholic but I felt guilty going to church just to bu... 4. 24/10/2009 13:37 - Scenes from noche de arte 2009, opening night El Híjo and I accompanied El Fotógrafo to last night’s opening of Noche de Arte , in San Isidro. Main hall at Noche de Arte, 2009, Friday, Oct. 23 The art show was held in an enormous gallery owned by a Peruvian bank, and one of the amusing things about it was how the bank stayed open to accept deposits from art buyers. Oh, and did I mention that more than 400 works were for ... 5. 23/10/2009 16:01 - El fotografo?s works in noche de arte benefit sale Atlantic City, by Jorge Vera El Fotografo’s photographs will be among the artworks for sale at Noche de Arte 2009 , which opens tonight in San Isidro (BBVA – Banco Continental, Ave. Republica de Panama 3055), from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Proceeds from the three-day event benefit the Anne Sullivan Center, the Carrion Hospital Burn Unit and other institutions and charities. Wor... | Estadisticas Posicion del Blog en Nuestro Ranking Hits Semanales Hits Mensuales Ultimas Visitas al Blog
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