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 After wine, seafood is perhaps Chile’s most famous export. In the U.S., you can go into a restaurant and order “Chilean Sea Bass,” but when you get to Chile and you want the same thing, what should you ask for? And what are all of those other kinds of fish on the menu? Here’s a [...]  Celery figure with mayonnaise hair In Chile, mayonnaise is not just a condiment, it is an integral part of the local diet. Expect to see the better part of an aisle dedicated to it at the supermarket. Don’t be surprised if it matches or even exceeds the volume of avocado and sauerkraut on your [...] No Reservations, our favorite travel show, finally did a Chile episode. Here it is, courtesy of someone on YouTube. A must-see for visitors and Chile Expats alike!  This heavenly stuff gets translated into English in Isabel Allende novels as “blancmange” and into American ice cream flavors as “dulce de leche” (read with hard d and gutteral l), which is its name in most of the rest of the Spanish-speaking world. Manjar literally means “delicacy” and is what you get when you [...]  Tofu isn’t a popular protein in Chile. Nevertheless, it’s not hard to find. The Asian markets in Recoleta offer the best prices and variety. Spotted here: Jumbo sometimes carries tofu, which you can also buy in largish quantities from the producer, Alimentos Shen Advertised [...]  This one’s so easy, I’m only posting about it because it might not occur to everyone. Afe brand red apple juice is all-natural and unfiltered. It looks like apple cider. And by gosh, if you heat it up a bit, it tastes like apple cider. Maybe I’ve been away from the New England winter for [...] |  
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