Food and Things

Hold the steak and bring on the dulce de leche, the south-of-the-border confection that is a cousin of caramel but oh so much better! At our hotel in Buenos Aires, the wonderful Sofitel with exquisite service and comfortable rooms, they served three kinds with breakfast — light (who wants that??), regular, and pastry. The pastry [...]

Let’s face it, BA is a nice town, but if you take away the avenues as wide as a football field, it would look like Rouen without the cathedral. The architecture is a mix of subpar Deco, Italianate and Peronist monumental. The shopping is the reason to come.

If you’re a shoe whore like me, book [...]

If you spend any time in Argentina, it’s hard to escape the Perons. Evita, naturally, gets a whole museum to herself, a spooky place housing her dresses, shoes and other personal items. There are films of her on a grand tour of Europe and meeting with the Pope. Then, there’s the bizarre European round trip [...]

If you’re a meat eater, BA is heaven. We landed here on Sunday and have been eating beef ever since. That would be fine if I liked steak, but one steak every 5 years is more than enough for me. Last night we ate at Cabana des Lillas, a renowned steak house, beloved by the [...]