Buenos Aires: Faded Elegance, High Design

Buenos Aires’s up-and-coming San Telmo neighborhood.

, Bio in Palermo, Casa Felix in Colegiales, Verdellama in Villa Crespo, Artemesia in Belgrano are all great, creative choices. There are also more casual places like Granix along Florida Street, Abuela Pan in San Telmo. For fish...

to abuelas, nietos, hijos, tios, primos, vecinos, comadres, companeros etc, etc, etc. How many people do you share your pan dulce with?

granite bldg just off the main drag. Look for the sign outside thats says something like “Productos a Campo” or products from the countryside. This is an alley that runs alongside the market. This is where...

I have had some success, when making flour tortillas, with adding a small amount of baking powder and dropping them into a pan with about 3/4 inch to 1 inch of oil. They puff up nicely and if I fold/roll cheese and peppers into...

I have to give full credit to HLing for dragging me into Abuela's Cocina (1758 First Ave, near E91st St—917-492-1790) even though we were both late for work. Puerto Rican home cooking. It’s mainly a take-out sort of...

We stopped by the truck on Friday and were quite pleased with the food. SO got a cubano (great except the sandwich wasn’t heated enough so the cheese wasn’t melted), and I got a pan con lechon (roast pork and onions...

What’s the matter, Mijo? Don’t you have an abuela? This sounds like a typical backyard party at half my neighbors' houses in Lemon Grove, Chula, or South San Diego. I don’t mean to be flip, but this is very basic...

vanilla (2 tsp of instant coffee – dissolved in the milk) for coffee flavored flan Larger baking pan for the Ban Marie Tea kettle with boiling water preheat oven to 350 degrees and use the baking rack in the center of the oven...

) to everyone else’s approximation of country goodness. 4) Houston’s Taqueria del Sol—seriously authentic Tex-Mex, particularly the gorditas and tacos, in a rollicking, casual atmosphere; plus, you can grab some...

I made was chicken & cheese and bean & cheese. Mi abuela was a big fan of wrapping them in foil and cooking them separate but I prefer a casserole pan (unless you’re making dozens and want to freeze some – they freeze...

cheese and ortega green chiles. Roll up tortilla and secure with toothpick and deep fry in pan of oil that covers 1/2 of the rolled tortilla. Fry to golden brown and turn over to fry the other side. Fantastic!! but probably not...

Philadelphia cheesecake filling in the tub. The raw flour tortillas you can cook on the griddle or pan at home. Sargento grated cheeses in the bag. Prego tradional sauce. Rhodes frozen roll dough. Bird’s Eye stir fry...

I like the pan con lechon and the tostones at Sergio’s – I’ve only been to the Coral Way location. Garcia’s has the best fish sandwich in town. I’ve heard great things about El Rey de las Fritas but...

places in town are Casa Adela (66 Avenue C near 4th, 212–473-1882) and Abuela (1758 First Ave, near E91st St—917-492-1790). If they don’t make it (and I don’t think they do) they might make it for you as a...