Monday, July 2, 2012

4th of July Recipes for the Expat in Chile

For the U.S. expat now living in Chile, here are some food ideas to consider. In fact, no matter where you're living, here are some recipes to consider, to sample some different culinary regions of United States on July 4th.

It's also worth noting that this is my first contribution to ILoveChile.cl. So have a look and check back in the future for new articles.

Celebrating July 4th in Chile:


If you’re an expat from the United States now living in Chile, there’s no reason you can’t celebrate the 4th of July with all the same culinary comforts from your memories of living in the US.  You can even find many of the products you’re accustomed to having at your holiday celebration at local stores such as Lider and Jumbo. So, if you’re living in Chile and looking for some ideas of what to cook, allow us to provide you with some recipes from around the United States.  Whether you’re willing to brave the colder weather with outdoor grilling or choose to do your cooking indoors, we have some options for you!


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Friday, June 1, 2012

International Cuisine: Try a Country's Food on their National Holiday

I've found myself recently trying to find ways to incorporate more international flavors into my dining routine. And that's when I thought of trying to mix some good food with a little cultural learning. So it seemed so simple: put together a list of countries from around the world and include a national holiday they celebrate. I'd then try to sample some cuisine from some of these countries by keeping together a list by date. At that point, it seemed to make even more sense to just build out an entire calender on Google to share.

So here it is...

Here's a way to schedule some international food experiences. On a given countries national holiday, use it as an excuse to try a native recipe or head out to a restaurant featuring food from that nation. Below you will find a calender of different nations and their holidays.

To add this calender to your own calender, just follow the instructions from the Google icon at the bottom right corner of the calendar.




If anyone notices any holiday mistakes, please comment here.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

FoodSherpas Food Photos (February - April)


It's been a busy past few months so I haven't had much time to write any dedicated articles, instead updating on the fly to the FoodSherpas Photo Album and FoodSpotting. But I have a ton of new photos you can view already!

Many are from right here in Santiago, Chile. But also included are plenty from my February trip to the United States.


Photos included come from:
* New York
* New Jersey
* Washington D.C.
* San Francisco
* Santa Barbara
* Los Angeles.

Take a look!...and expect a full recap article of the USA trip this weekend!
FoodSherpas.com Photos

Friday, February 3, 2012

The Hass Avocado: From LA to Chile

After numerous visits and 2 months of living in Chile, it's safe to say that Chileans love avocado. You find it included in many dishes, salads, and even some things you wouldn't necessarily expect is you were an outsider...like the lomito, the Chilean national sandwich comprised of mounds of pork, avocado, an mayo.

I've often compared much of the Chilean style of cuisine to that in California, especially when looking at the seafood similarities. But you'll often find many of the same ingredients in Chilean find cooking that you will in California such as tomato, mango, parsley/cilantro, and avocado.

With these similarities, it got me wondering about the avocado here in Chile, so I studied it's roots.

I had noticed something on my last trip to a local veduraria: with all the types of avocados out there, the ones I see all over Santiago seem to look and taste almost exactly like the ones that grew outside my apartment in Santa Monica, CA.

Seemed pretty odd.

With all the fruit exports from Chile to the United States, I would understand if the avocados at the supermarkets that I went to in the US had the same type of avocado that was grown in Chile, imported from the South American country.

But I'm not talking about the ones in US stores...I'm talking about the tree outside my window that I would pick avocados from.

So I dug into this mystery.

Turns out the avocado tree growing at my Santa Monica, CA apartment is the same exact type you find here in Chile. But the history of it was surprising.

The Hass avocado has it's roots in good-ole' Southern California, first grown by a amateur horticulturist named Rudolph Hass in 1926 in La Habra Heights, CA in Los Angeles county. Hass then patented his avocado and began selling clipping of the plant throughout the area. The year-round bounty of the fruit compared to other types of avocados and it's ability to grow in multiple climates made it so popular with other growers.

In 1949, the Hass avocado was introduced to Chile, and started to be grown there. It didn't take off very quickly as consumers preferred the green skinned "Fuerte" avocado, mistakenly calling it a "California" avocado, despite it actually being from Mexico (while the Hass that they disliked actually was from California).

Fast forward to 2011 and the Hass avocado is the largest cultivar in Chile, now comprising almost 70% of the total avocados grown in Chile.

So when you are in Chile, enjoying a tasty lomito or some other dish with avocado, be sure thank California for creating this dandy type of avocado.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Home Cookin': New Years in Santiago, Chile

When deciding on what to do for New Years, this year the plan was to cook at home and go out after dinner. And it proved to be the best decision.

To celebrate the holiday in my new home of Chile, we opted for some dishes with some Chilean flavor combined with some of my California and American styles.

Dinner consisted of a number of different items. And at midnight, I got to engage in the Chilean custom of drinking a Ponche a la Romana, a mixture of pineapple sorbet and champagne (see below)





Home Cookin': New Years 2012 - grilled vegetable skewers of zucchini, onion, yellow pepper and zappallo.


Home Cookin': New Years Dinner 2012: grilled chicken breasts in a mango and pisco marinade, served with a mango, green onion and lime chutney

Home Cookin': New Years Dinner 2012: sweet and spicy shrimp skewers. Grilled shrimp in a Merken and sweet BBQ sauce marinade and sauce

Home Cookin': New Years Dinner 2012: pan seared coconut scallops in a pineapple buerre blanc sauce

Home Cookin': New Years Dinner 2012: shrimp in a coconut and butter sauce

Home Cookin': New Years Dinner 2012: arroz navidad (rice with green onion, roasted pork, toasted almonds, dried apricot)

Home Cookin': New Years Dinner 2012:  Plated meal of coconut scallops in pineapple buerre blanc sauce, pico mango chicken (with mango, green onion, lime chutney), coconut butter shrimp, arroz navidad, grilled zappallo (with cinamon, butter and sugar), grilled vegetable skewers, shrimp skewers (in Merken and sweet BBQ sauce)

Home Cookin' New Years 2012 - raspberry cheesecake

Home Cookin': New Years Dinner 2012:
1: grilled prawns in a sweet and spicy BBQ Merken sauce 

2: pan seared coconut scallops in a pineapple buerre blanc sauce 
3: arroz de navidad ( rice with green onion, almonds, apricots, roasted pork) 
4: grilled chicken breast in a mango, green onion, lime juice chutney 
5: shrimp in a coconut butter sauce 
6: grilled vegetable skewers of zucchini, onion, yellow pepper with zapallo

Home Cookin' New Years 2012 - PONCHE A LA ROMANA (champagne with pineapple sorbet)

Home Cookin' New Years 2012 - PONCHE A LA ROMANA (champagne with pineapple sorbet)

Home Cookin' New Years 2012 - comfort breakfast food for New Years Day, french toast with smoked sausages and good ole. organic candian maple syrup

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