In one way of looking at it, a cuisine’s simplest dish sometimes is its most difficult to cook. When I was a restaurant critic, for example, and if the place that I was reviewing prepared it, I always ...

As with many recipes handed down through the generations, measurements are almost non-existent, and amounts of ingredients are discerned by the cook by an internal scale. Furthermore, when it is made ...

The Browning-Blas family lived in Chile for six years, and this traditional dish was a favorite. It incorporates sweet and savory, with the smokiness of cumin. The chicken is usually left on the bone, ...

It's hard to get a better food to feed a crowd than Pastel de Choclo. Think of it as a Chilean version of a Shepherd's Pie, but with many more layers of flavor, and it's perfect with wine, too. “This ...

Switch up your traditional holiday party fare with a traditional Chilean dish by Anderra. Pastel de Choclo is a layered casserole, similar to shepherd’s pie, topped with choclo corn and served in a ...

This Argentinian-style shepherd’s pie contains a corn filling, a beef filling, and a slightly sweet pastry spiked with currants, pine nuts and cinnamon. serves To make the pastry, combine the flour, ...