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As an ex professional fisherman and amateur cook I have used and abused many a knife, and I actually prefer regular steel to stainless for the following reasons: 1) Carbon steel is MUCH easier to sharpen. A stainless knife with a good edge can be honed with a steel or ceramic rod, but if it...

One of my favorite restaurants in BsAs is Thymus, Lerma 525 on the corner of Malavia. They make their own bread, white and brown, and I find the white bread to be world class - crusty, fresh and very tasty. They serve it with a small (ask for seconds) plate of butter with fresh ground black...

This practice is not uncommon (Aerolineas Argentinas has lower pricing for domestic flights for Argentinos) and I have mixed feelings about the practice. The town I lived in in Florida (St. Augustine) offers substancial discounts to locals (with ID) and even Disneyworld offers serious...

Their is at least one Chinese market on Arebenos (the street in Belgrano right by the train station with all the Chinese restaurants) that sells several different brands of peanut butter, including several non-US brands. They also have fresh shitake mushrooms (VERY different then dried ones), a...

I don't pretend to be either an expert or an authority on this type of thing (as I stated right off inmy previous post), and my opinion is absolutely based on observation. I know many things are changing (or trying to be changed), and for that reason appreciate your corrections if you feel I...

I do NOT pretend to be a financial adviser of any sort but I have lived here for about 7 years and I think for most folks buying property here just doesn't make sense! Some things to consider: 1) There are essentially no mortgages here, and all deals would be done in cash. This presents several...

I have both, as I installed Arnet DSL several months ago when the cable went out and after several days of unsuccessful attempts to connect to Fibertels customer service I succumbed to an offerta from Arnet for 6 months of cheap service. Fibertel eventually fixed the problem, and I have...

An Argentine friend who is usually somewhat reliable told me that the government requires sugar to be added to ground coffee as a way to subsidize the Argentine sugar industry. It sounded strange, except essentially every bag of ground coffee (Industria Argentina, anyway) I see contains 10%...

Bianca I am looking forward to being there, having a fine meal, and meeting whoever else shows up! David

Thanks EG! I wouldn't have thought to try Havana, as I am somewhat underwhelmed by their other offerings (e.g. alfajores good but not great) However, as a northwesterner, your advice cannot be ignored, and I will grab a bag next chance I get. BTW - where "north of Seattle?" I went to WWSC in...

Thanks youse guys! I have found whole bean coffee in a few places, including Carrefour, it just wasn't very good! I live in Vicente Lopez and am not close to a Jumbo, but I have browsed the one in Palermo and not seen maple syrup - I'll look again! The coffee roaster on Puerydon looks VERY...

Hello everyone! Although I have lived in Buenos for about 7 years, I have yet to find a source for good whole bean coffee that isn't either stale, flavorless or over-roasted. I am shameless about asking friends coming to visit to bring maple syrup and coffee, and although I have no hope for...

Avoid TelMex! I got talked into switching to their LD service a few years ago, but never used it ( I may have made one or two short calls, but no more) After a few months I got a bill for almost 200 pesos, addressed to a local car dealership (at my address), which I ignored. A while later they...

balle I found that a pass through the fair in Recoleta on weekends is a great place to find inexpensive but very Argentine gifts. Leather purses, some nice silver jewery (among a plethora of junk), the ubiquitous Rodocrosita (rose quartz-the national stone of Argentina), mates, and lots of...