Katie Metz de Martínez's Posts Tagged 'dulce de membrillo' (4)

Pasta Frola: The Pasta That Isn’t

Although the name “pasta frola” no doubt conjures up images of fine strands of spaghetti or one of its fancifully-shaped relatives such as bow ties, pasta frola, in fact, has absolutely…

Spanish and criollo (those of Spanish ancestry born in the New World) leaders had been hotly debating the fate of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata for a week, ever since receiving word of the instability and…

As an American expat living abroad, I think it’s only natural to draw comparisons between the food I grew up with in the U.S. and the cuisine that I encounter in my adopted country, Argentina. The first time I saw pepitas at a bakery here, I felt…

Inside the cramped little bakery, glass display cases overflowed with coconut-rimmed tarts filled with glistening, red jam, small cookies with deep ruby centers, and an assortment of danishes decorated with the same eye-catching yet unfamiliar topping.…