German Holiday Stollen

Christmas and the holidays for me now are nearly entirely about the food, and a fine German stollen is something I look forward to. Buttery, jammed with fruit and marzipan, and with a whiff of spirits, to me it puts what other people make and call fruitcake to shame (except my mom’s, of course :-)). For the last 15 years or so I looked forward to buying fresh stollen from a fine German bakery near me, but alas, they closed in mid-2017, and it was time to start making my own.

Eating Across Argentina (and Uruguay)

In November we returned to Argentina, to the northwestern provinces of Jujuy and Salta. Primarily a birding trip, it also gave us the opportunity to enjoy Argentine food outside of the big cities, and especially to sample more Argentine wine, including the fine white Torrontés.