Luca and Beef Stew

If you’ve ever been to Argentina, you’re probably still telling stories about the food there. An abundance of savory dishes, from empanadas and asado to the sweet, coconut-infused cookies called alfajores, keep us in our seats for hours, as we linger over the fine cuisine that is Argentina’s. The wines from this country have made [...]

Chadwick’s Black Bean Chili and Malbec

Deep winter, cold winds, only a powdery snow but the kind that whips up in the air and swirls around your feet, just enough to remind you it’s cold outside. Love it or hate it, winter is the season when big bowls of spicy chili are the perfect meal. It’s one of those recipes that [...]

Bangin’ Malbecs in Mass.

This past summer I visited family in Plymouth, Massachusetts. “Visiting family” actually means dropping my son of at his grandmother’s house while my wife and I go out to eat. Despite being the birthplace of this country’s most celebrated meal, Plymouth is still far from being a food mecca worth making a pilgrimage to.  However, [...]

Gascón Malbec and Asado

Asado is a style of cooking that is essential to the cuisine of Argentina, involving grilling different cuts of meat or roasting them over an open fire. Called churrasco in Brazil, asado emphasizes the pure flavors of the pork or beef, and yields some of the most succulent cuts of meat that any carnivore can [...]

Luigi Bosca at Bourbon Steak

Earlier this week co-editor Angela and I had the pleasure of sampling the line of wines from Argentina’s Luigi Bosca with lunch at Michael Mina’s Bourbon Steak in the Four Seasons in Georgetown.  Our host was Hugo Stabio, who had flown in from the winery in Argentina.  We were also joined by well-known wine writer, [...]

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