Marcos Waller
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Cooking at Home After Being Out of Town Being out of town for a couple of weeks can rust your gears regarding cooking and routine. The science of cooking mostly resides in the constant knowledge of what there is and isn’t in and about the fridge. Mastering the art of home cooking is not about…
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Why Is Béchamel Essential? In our last recipe, I encountered a problem mid-writing. I realized that the original and best way to prepare it would need the blessing of one of the culinary world’s most incredible inventions: a béchamel sauce. The béchamel sauce is one of the four mother sauces of French gastronomy and maybe…
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Argentine Tradition and the 29th of the Month Argentina has a tradition of eating gnocchi or ñoquis every 29th of the month. You prepare some ñoquis or buy it from a fresh pasta shop—and prepare them with pomodoro or four cheese cream. But always put a folded bill under the plate. That will ensure prosperous…
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Why White Fish Can Be Tricky We are going to cut straight to the chase with this one. White fish is not the easiest thing to try to put into a picky eater’s mouth. Even some of the most omnivorous people on this planet freeze when thinking about what fish they will be cooking to…
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Prep Time: 20 minCook Time: 35 minMakes: 16–20, depending on your level of honesty Why Meatballs Never Really Landed in Buenos Aires I constantly think to myself what is the difference between a NJ Italian-American family like the ones in the movies and the Buenos Aires culture, with more than 80 percent of Sicilian and…
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A Memory That Still Haunts Me I have a vivid memory that lives in my mind rent-free and still haunts me to this day. It was my first trip with the school. Might’ve been 4th grade. We went for 2 nights to Rosario to play rugby against another school. It is common in rugby to…