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    Hello From A Wannabe Expat

    OK Rodolfo, you are right ... this sunday I'll be at your house, so you can teach us all, how to cook a "bife de chorizo" properly. In return of your wisdom, I'll bring the ice-cream, and some red wine :-) PS: 1) Taxi drivers are always bitching. No matter the country, no matter what. 2) My...
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    Malbec

    Another option (but I don't know for sure if you can get it at USA or not): Famiglia Bianchi Reserva 2012 This particular bottle, won an international award as best dry red wine of the world in france. spanish...
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    Ars Required For Family Of Four

    Old post, but I guess you have plenty of time ahead. I know this is controversial, but if you don't need to travel downtown everyday, please consider the idea of living in a gated community (a country). Pilar, Tigre, Canning have lots of choices. You we'll have no security issues in there, and...
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    Argentine Sweets

    Now we're talking .. but I have to say I can't really stand Morcilla, not even take a look at it. 1) If I forced to grill it -at gunpoint- I'll use a different fork, and different dishes, just to avoid the contamination with the other meat. (My wife, instead of using a gun, will use another...
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    Argentine Sweets

    Ja, ja. Nice try Ed. But how can you expect to have an Asado in my house, bringing in exactly the two items I dislike most :-) Say you'll bring ingredients for "a picada", a bottle of good malbec, some icecream and then we can talk the details :-)
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    Hello From A Wannabe Expat

    Serafina, RedBeanz. Thank very much for your kind and wise words. I always thought that there is more to learn from the people that thinks differently than me, than the other way around. In this case I'd would add, that there is much more to learn from people from other cultures, other...
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    Argentine Sweets

    The original topic was Argentine Sweets and then became a little of everything you can drink or eat, so here my contribution as a native: Fernet: I don't like it very much. It seems to me just a cheap way to get drunk, and I guess that's why it became popular. I can drink a bottle of beer (5%...
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    Hello From A Wannabe Expat

    Hi, I'm Diego, and although I'm born and raised here in Argentina, I would like to be part of this Forum. I'm 45 years old, married, father of 2 kids. First of all, I apologize for my english, and then I'd like to thank you all in advance to allow me to read and write in here, not being an expat...
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