Government Bans Beef Exports
In an attempt to curb the rising price of beef in Argentina, the government has introduced a ban on exports. The agriculture industry was quick to respond and has warned that there will be a hard...
View ArticleWhat’s the Beef?
Ask any Argentine on the street if they've noticed the drastic leap in the price of beef since the beginning of the year and you're assured to receive an emphatic yes, likely followed by a well...
View ArticleEl Baqueano: Bored of Beef?
It may be hard to imagine that you might one day get to the stage where you’re bored of bife. Should that day arrive, El Baqueano ‘Carnes Autóctonas’ in San Telmo will satisfy any carnivore.
View ArticleThe Hidden Costs of Feedlots
The quintessential image of the gaucho and his herd grazing in the pampas may soon be a thing of the past. Patricia Di Filippo asks why farmers are turning to feedlots, and the consequences of this...
View ArticleArgentine Beef, by Inés Fernández Moreno
To Rolando Daniel Epstein and Alberto Teskiewicz Sirloin, rib eyes, T-bones – around one hundred pounds of prime meat distributed in Coral Gables. Cuts selected to be eaten practically raw and...
View ArticleAuthor Spotlight: Inés Fernández Moreno
Our literary series focussing on Argentine authors continues. Joey Rubin talks with Inés Fernández Moreno, and we publish an exclusive of her short story 'Argentine Beef', translated by Andrea Labinger.
View ArticleThe Indy Eye: Carneada
Kristie Robinson participated in a traditional 'carneada' in Argentina, a weekend-long activity where an animal is slaughtered and the cuts separated for some to be cured and others to be made into...
View ArticleArgentines Are Eating Less Beef
Beef consumption is down in Argentina while chicken and pork consumption has risen according to a report by the Argentine Chamber of Meat Industry. In October, it was estimated that per person,...
View ArticleArgentina Files Complaint Against US and Japan
Argentina has submitted a formal complaint to the World Trade Organization (WTO) against both the United States and Japan claiming their restrictions on Argentine exports are “unjustifiable.” The...
View ArticleArgentines Ruffled over Pigeon Meat
An Argentine official has been suspended after he suggested early this week that the Córdoba provincial government was looking into feeding poor children with pigeon meat. Oscar de Allende, the...
View ArticleLa Cabrera
Photo by Kate Stanworth La Cabrera is not traditional and it is overloaded with tourists – from the bus tour sort to the Mansion Four Seasons sort. The food is very good and perhaps I could not fully...
View ArticleEl Baqueano
El Baqueano Menu (Photo: Sanra Ritten) Textures and tastes are emphasised, and this is shown in the complimentary taster given to each diner at the start of their meal. We try ‘textures of pumpkin’ – a...
View ArticlePresident Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: “Pork better than Viagra? Give it a...
President Cristina Kirchner met with leaders of the Argentine pork industry, where she offered a glimpse into the intimate life of the country’s most powerful couple, admitting that eating the meat...
View ArticleWhat do you think of the rise in the price of meat?
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner recently declared that the rise in the price of meat was due to the fact that farmers have kept their cattle in the fields longer to feed them more so that they...
View ArticleBuenos Aires Hosts First National Asado Competition
Representatives from Argentina's 24 provinces gathered under the shadow of the obelisk in Buenos Aires on Sunday to compete in the country's first ever national asado competition.
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