Nobody Expects Spanish Brandy

All that glitters is not Cognac or Armagnac.

Good Label, Bad Wine

CHOW tastes wines with great labels and discovers the duds.

Isn’t cajeta carmelized goat milk? I need to make some dulce de leche and I have forgotten the directions, I’ll go google it.

, Las Condes, Santiago, fono: 206-6317. We had dim sum on a Saturday for lunch. The dim sum was good enough. CLP$6.200/US$12.06. Ratings: 5/10 Violeta de Persia, Vitacura 8657, Vitacura. It was recommended and we went but didn’t...

. - botecos: you have to go for chopps at the traditional botecos. jobi, bracarense, belmonte are famous. - rua conde de bernadotte: this is a mall by day and a bar scene by night. there are 5 bar/restaurants right next to each...

.br We had one executive lunch of a muquequinha and black beans, with one beer. It was good. We spent R$28. Rating: 6/10. 3.4 Vegetarian Social Club, Rua Conde de Bernadotte 26L, Leblon, tel 2540-6499. The food was not good at...

top acts such as:Vicente Fernandez, Jenni Rivera, Alejandra Guzman,Joan Sebastian,Pepe Aguilar,Ninel Conde(why not!),Marc Antonio Solis, and Los Horoscopos de Durango.Of the many concert venues, the palenque is the one I’m...

Chowing around Santa Ana, kare_raisu found plenty that’s Chowhound-worthy.

Village @ 303-99 Osborne for very interesting menu, everything prepared fresh and nice folks; Mirlycourtois recently moved to Old Market Square, I think, for genuine French chef who runs his own place; and the piece de resistance...

The latest issue of guia del ocio includes in a report on soon to open new restaurants a note on Berasategui.It says that the Michelin-starred cook will be responsible for the kitchen in a new restaurant Lasarte in Hotel Condes...

I am spending a few nights in Guanajuato on my vacation. Here is what I have seen so far for dining. ***El Abue **Restaurant Casa de Conde Truco 7 – lower key Katrina – a candy store Also something in my notes collected...

Sweet lemon juice sounds like lemonade. Spanish brandies: Carlos I, Cardenal Mendoza, Gran Duque de Alba and Osborne. Try this: “Sevillana Sangria” makes 1 pitcher 1 bottle of Montecilla (Spanish wine) 1 small can of...

Albero Andaluz Tapas Bar – on Calle Ciscar, 12 and corner of Conde Altea – this is another tapas bar that’s always packed to the rafters – and is located in the upmarket area of Valencia. They serve really...

on PBS, my palate was sufficiently whetted for some masa-based Yucatec snacks. (not to mention the Chichen Itza coverage). So Conde’s Cakes – presumably OC’s only Yucatec ‘restaurant’ (its really more of a panaderia) - was...

I’ve heard about a very good Dominican rest. across the street from the Theatre called El Conde. Any chance you have an xtra ticket for the show, I’ll be heading up there in hopes of finding one.