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Photo of the Day: Pastel de Choclo, Chilean Corn and Meat Pie

From April 13 to 19, I traveled around Chile with two other American food journalists on a culinary media trip. Here's another snapshot from that week. —Robyn Lee I ate pastel de choclo (corn and meat pie) just twice during my week in Chile, but saw it many more times than that. Break through the crust of this baked dish and dip into a hearty, sweet and savory corn pudding flavored with garlic and onion (and other possible spices including paprika, cumin, and oregano), and laden with meat bits at the bottom. Beef and chicken seem to be most common meats, but seafood may also be mixed in. Hell, you can probably put in whatever you want as long as...

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12 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, April 22, 2008 at 6:30 PM
Tagged: Chile, Photo of the Day, Snapshots From Chile

Photo of the Day: Clay Bowls in Pomaire, Chile

From April 13 to 19, I traveled around Chile with two other American food journalists on a culinary media trip. Here's another snapshot from that week. —Robyn Lee On our drive from Santiago to the winery-laden Cachapoal Valley, we stopped in Pomaire, a small village famous for its clay pottery, including bowls, baking ware, and vases in all different sizes, along with cute piggy banks. If you eat at any restaurant serving traditional food in Chile, you'll probably find that they use pottery from Pomaire. Although the village's dusty streets were mostly semi-deserted on a Tuesday morning, we were able to browse a few shops selling their super-low priced wares. I bought four medium-sized bowls pictured above from a shop...

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6 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, April 21, 2008 at 5:30 PM
Tagged: Chile, Photo of the Day, Snapshots From Chile

Photo of the Day: Empanadas in Chile

From April 13 to 19, I traveled around Chile with two other American food journalists on a culinary media trip. Here's another snapshot from that week. —Robyn Lee Photograph by roboppy In case you didn't know, Serious Eats' editorial assistant Robyn Lee is currently on assignment in Chile. She'll have more to report next week when she gets back, but for now, here's an example of some of the awesome food she's been eating down in South America....

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2 Comments | Posted by Raphael, April 17, 2008 at 6:30 PM
Tagged: Chile, empanadas, Photo of the Day, Roboppy, Robyn

Serious Sandwiches: Churrasco Completo

While traveling through Chile last week, I discovered that my new favorite Spanish word is completo. A word with a few different meanings when it comes to food, completo is best translated as "the works." Use it alone as a noun, as in "Yo quiero un completo," and you'll get a hot dog topped with everything but the kitchen sink (usually salsa, tomatoes, guacamole, sometimes sauerkraut, ketchup, mustard, and the requisite mayonnaise). Use it as an adjective, following the word churrasco and what you'll get is a very serious sandwich....

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16 Comments | Posted by Zach Brooks, January 9, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Tagged: Chile, sandwiches