Argentinean restaurant Casa Malevo in London’s Connaught Village since 22nd October 2010

New London restaurant Casa Malevo opening later this month

by Newsdesk – Monday October 11, 2010 11:59 am

The restaurant is a joint venture between renowned chef Diego Jacquet and restauranteur Alberto Abbate which aims to showcase Argentina’s food and culture.

Apparently the aim of new London restaurant Casa Malevo is to “offer honest and truthful cocina Argentina (Argentinean cuisine) while exploring the different regions of the country, from Patagonia to Salta, the Pampas to Mendoza.”

The menu is set to include empanadas, mollejas al verdeo (grilled sweetbreads with spring onions, bacon and lemon), fabulous Argentine beef and for dessert, dulce de leche crème brulée with “banana Split” ice cream.

Between them Alberto Abbate and chef Diego Jacquet have plenty of experience under their belts; Jacquet has worked at Ferran Adria’s El Bulli, Aquavit in New York and most recently, The Trafalgar and Zetter hotels in London, whilst Abbate has almost 30 years experience in the hospitality industry and is also the man behind Santa Maria del Sur, runner up for best local restaurant in Gordon Ramsay’s The F word.

Jacquet appears to be beside himself with excitement over Casa Malevo, saying “I have spent the past 15 years cooking at some of the most exciting restaurants in the world with some fantastic chefs – but I do miss the food of my homeland. It has always been my dream to open an authentic Argentine restaurant and when this opportunity arose I had to jump at it.”

Expect to get an authentic taste of Argentinean food, wine and culture when this new london restaurant opens in 2010!

www.casamalevo.com

Hoy, museos hasta la madrugada. Buenos Aires!

 

Sábado 12 de noviembre de 2011 | Publicado en edición impresa LA NACION

Gran fiesta cultural / Actividades en 27 barrios porteños

Hoy, museos hasta la madrugada

Entre las 20 y las 3, habrá 174 instituciones abiertas al público en forma gratuita; se trata de una cifra récord

La cultura será hoy la gran protagonista, con la ya tradicional Noche de los Museos, que en esta oportunidad tendrá una cifra récord: participarán 174 instituciones y espacios culturales, que estarán abiertos al público en forma gratuita entre las 20 y las 3.

La 8a. edición incorporará a varias instituciones, como el Colegio Nacional Buenos Aires, el Teatro Colón, la Catedral de Buenos Aires, el Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires y el Zoo de Buenos Aires.

Organizada por el Ministerio de Cultura de la ciudad, serán 27 los barrios porteños que realizarán cientos de actividades. Además, 85 líneas de colectivos se sumarán a la fiesta y trasladarán en forma gratuita a los pasajeros que presenten el comprobante de Pase Libre, que puede imprimirse en www.lanochedelosmuseos.gob.ar , página oficial del evento, donde figura también el cronograma completo de actividades.

En el año en que Buenos Aires es la Capital Mundial de Libro (elegida por la Unesco), se realizarán numerosos homenajes a los escritores argentinos. En el acto de inauguración oficial el destinatario será Jorge Luis Borges. A las 20, frente a la Casa de la Cultura (Avenida de Mayo 575) se realizará el concierto Borges y Piazzolla-El tango, interpretado por Julia Zenko. La artista recreará el repertorio del disco que Borges y Piazzolla grabaron juntos, del que se hallaron las partituras originales.

Los museos de la ciudad serán el escenario para que poetas y músicos desplieguen su arte. Además, una espectacular “Lluvia de luces y música sobre el Riachuelo” podrá verse desde las 20 en el puente Nicolás Avellaneda, que será intervenido por varios artistas y que promete ser una “experiencia sensorial única”. Allí se colgarán lámparas del puente y se iluminará el Riachuelo con decenas de botes que desplegarán velas sobre el agua.

A partir de las 21, en la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (Av. Figueroa Alcorta 2263), se proyectará un mapping sobre el edificio y participarán del evento La Bomba del Tiempo y la compañía de danza de Brenda Angiel. En la Plaza de Mayo, la propuesta será recrear parte de la historia porteña con la celebración popular, al estilo de 1810, de la fiesta del patrono de Buenos Aires, San Martín de Tours.

El emblema del barrio de Mataderos, el cine La Plata, será protagonista esta noche y se realizarán ante sus puertas actividades al aire libre y la proyección de películas. A las 23, Gabo Ferro y Pablo Ramos realizarán un concierto en la sede de la Dirección de Museos (en Avenida de los Italianos 851). Al finalizar el show, se llevará a cabo un encuentro musical con el periodista Bobby Flores, que oficiará de DJ hasta el cierre de esta 8a. edición.

Para los más pequeños, La Noche de los Museos será una excusa para posponer la hora de irse a la cama. Se realizarán para ellos talleres, espectáculos de títeres, música, danza y sombras, relatos de cuentos y visitas guiadas a los distintos museos.

Como si fuera poco, el municipio de Vicente de Vicente López ha creado Las Noches Hermanas y ofrecerá también numerosas propuestas culturales.

Los organizadores de la fiesta que busca homenajear a las personalidades de la cultura y a los ciudadanos porteños consideran que este año se superarán los 600.000 visitantes recibidos en la última edición. Con una nutrida agenda de actividades y propuestas para todas las edades en numerosos barrios, la cita de esta noche promete ser imperdible.

174
Museos y espacios culturales

Ofrecerán espectáculos y actividades en forma gratuita.

27
Barrios porteños

Serán el escenario de una noche dedicada a la cultura.

20 a 3
El horario

Se realizarán cientos de actividades durante ocho horas.

85
Líneas de colectivos

Presentando el Pase Libre, se podrá viajar por la ciudad gratis.

Agencia Reuters y diario El País .

 

How to travel with friends (and not want to kill them)

Jun 22, 2011 10:45:36 AM

How to travel with friends (and not want to kill them)

  • Leif Pettersen
  • Lonely Planet Author
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I have two permanent, oddly positioned bald spots on my head. Though my mother claims they’re from a scalp thing I had as a kid, I have it on good authority from my oracle that they’re probably where the Martians attached the electrodes.

However, spontaneous balding frequently has nothing to do with alien abduction. I’ve encountered many wretched travelers with unexplained bald spots formed during particularly challenging trips with incompatible friends. Whether they yanked that hair out during angry sleep or they were shaved by their vindictive companions is extraneous. What’s important is this hair-loss could have been easily avoided if these people had honestly communicated their travel styles and priorities during the trip planning stages.

Even your closest friend of 20 years, who saved your dog with mouth-to-mouth and donated a kidney to your sister (or vice-versa), can sometimes drive you to a stuttering rage while on the road. The divergent day-to-day circumstances of travel can expose and magnify irritations and disparities you never knew existed. And that’s if you’re compatible. If you’re not compatible, sooner or later that corkscrew you packed may be used for removing things its designers never intended.

Countless tent-pole duels to the death might have been prevented with pre-trip contemplation and dialogues. Some of the more pertinent criteria to consider in advance include:

1. Natural selection

Spontaneity during travel is great, but not so much when selecting a travel companion. Pick a friend whose company you consistently enjoy in a variety of situations. More often than not, blasting off with someone you don’t already know well is going result in trip-curdling disharmony. That includes your drinking buddy, that smokin’ hot babe you’ve dated for two weeks, and even the achingly attractive, witty, travel writer you met in the hostel’s breakfast room.

2. Setting expectations

Discuss your general vision of the trip. Vacation? Work trip? Urban exploration? Beaches? If one person is a go-go-go, see-see-see type and the other is a chill-at-sidewalk-cafes type, friction will quickly arise. And have you ever seen control freaks travel together? Messy. Carefully consider what you’d like to accomplish on your trip and communicate this with your prospective co-pilot.

3. Budgets

The last straw for many strong relationships has occurred while standing on a busy street in pouring rain, two miles from the hostel, when one person would rather walk, saving the €1.50 bus fare, and the other just wants to be dry. Ditto for the salivating foodie whose friend can only afford self-catered bread and jam dinners. Before you start planning, establish each other’s comfort preferences and available funds for things like accommodation, food and transport.

4. Divide and conquer

It’s perfectly fine to split up when you’d each prefer to do other things. Resentment grows quickly when one person is made to feel like they are catering to the other person’s itinerary too frequently. Equally, splitting up, whether it’s for three hours or three days, will soothe mounting frustrations. It’s not a sign of trouble or failure, it’s just good policy. Additionally, you’ll have copious stories to share when you reunite.

5. Night and day

A discussion about daily routines is a good idea. An incurable night owl is going to wear down a morning person in a hurry.

6. Be considerate

After you’ve found the right companion, a little on-the-road finesse is essential. Be conscience of your companion’s mood and fatigue. Balance each other’s needs. Be neat. Don’t hog the bathroom. And for the love of Buddha, don’t bogart the wine.

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10 ways not to be a travel writer by Lonely Planet

Straight from the keyboards of the Lonely Planet team


10 ways not to be a travel writer

Vivek WagleLonely Planet author

It’s the dream: travelling around the world and getting paid for it. Every day, thousands of aspiring travel journalists start up blogs, pitch pieces to editors and put pen to paper (at least metaphorically) in the hopes of making travel a full-time job.

Image by swimparallel, Flickr

 

The good news is that it’s achievable. While only a select few attain the high life of sipping margaritas by the pool while churning out leisurely prose on their Macbooks, travel writing for a living is a real possibility for those who have the talent and are willing to put in some really, really hard work.

However, we’ve noticed that there is a subclass of potential travel writers, photographers and video journalists who don’t really seem to have their heart in it. For some reason, they do their best to sabotage any chance of success. We believe you can learn a lot from them, so we’ve put together a list of their most common traits. Engage in these behaviours and you’re pretty much guaranteed to lock yourself out of a career in travel journalism.

10. Be sloppy

Whether you’re pitching a 500-word essay to the New Yorker or dashing off a quick blog entry, you’re presenting your professional face to the world. Is it the best face possible?

No one is perfect, and everyone except the stodgiest subeditor will forgive the occasional typo. But when you’re an aspiring content creator, any form of communication you produce becomes part of your portfolio. If your work is amateurish in quality, don’t expect to be paid for it.

9. Treat your pieces as personal journals

If you’ve started up a blog to keep your friends and family informed about your travels, go crazy! But all too often, we see works that are all about the creator and not at all about providing real value to the audience. They have the stink of those WhatWeDidOnOurFamilyVacation slideshows that everyone used to dread.

Use Facebook or personal blogs to reassure your mother and make your friends jealous. Use the avenue from which you hope to derive income to inform, educate, entertain or otherwise improve the lives of your audience.

8. Be flaky

Have you promised an editor that you’ll have that sample in for next week? Have you told your blogging audience, ‘Stay tuned for a big post tomorrow?’ Then please deliver. Nothing alienates people more than broken promises. Editors have tight, busy schedules and they are primarily concerned with getting great content out on time. Your audience has a ton of options vying for their attention, and if you fail to earn their trust they will go elsewhere.

7. Act like a jerk

You’d think this one would be obvious. But we’re constantly surprised by content creators who appear to lack any respect for those who are there to help them.

Here are a few simple tips:

  • Don’t call your editors names or make bombastic demands from them. (Any reasonable editor will listen to calm, professionally delivered opinion, but no one wants to be yelled at.)
  • Don’t belittle the people who comment on your website.
  • Don’t be rude in any form of communication with anyone who might have anything to do with your getting your work published. These people are here to help you live your dream. Don’t ruin it for yourself.

6. Stay shallow and general rather than building expertise

Bill Bryson may be able to say anything he likes about whatever he likes (no matter how general), but you can’t just go out and make observations about ‘stuff’. Build your niche and establish your credibility in it – this is crucial to earning trust. Are you THE authority on hiking in northern Spain? Are you an incredible wildlife photographer? Are your videos mordantly funny? Figure out what it is you’re amazing at, and go after that. Once you’ve established your area of expertise, you can begin branching out. But start focused.

5. Demand respect without earning it

Not too long ago, having your words on a printed page provided an instant credibility boost. But nowadays, anyone can self-publish – to the web, to ebook readers and even to print-on-demand machines. What this means is that you need to provide better evidence for your claims to expertise than being a published writer. Have you won any credible awards? Can you demonstrate having a large following? Have you produced something truly meaningful? If you can answer ‘yes’ to these questions, then let people know! And if you can’t, get to work on it. We’d all love to be paid $5 per word, but before you get there you need to demonstrate your value for more realistic returns.

4. Lack voice and personality

Most travel writing is insanely boring. If you can make someone smile, cry or act, you’re well ahead of the game. Gimmicks and tricks can help, but it will come down to how authentic you are. If you don’t put enough of yourself in your work, your travel content will be as woeful as the rest of the dross that pollutes the travel-blogging universe, and even the Travel Literature section of your local bookstore. Please be interesting.

3. Act without integrity

Trading unverified links with others to bolster your search-engine juice? Made deals with the devil (eg sketchy ‘advertisers’ who put malware on people’s machines)? Lied about your accomplishments – such as where you’ve been? Making promises you can’t keep to your editors and audience?

Sorry – there’s just no room in the travel-content community for you. Get out.

2. Ignore or disrespect your audience

Your audience is by far the most important factor in your success as a travel journalist. And yet we so often come across people who have no idea whom they’re writing, photographing or making videos for. If you don’t know who is going to consume your content, you haven’t targeted it appropriately. And you’ve demonstrated that your priorities are all wrong.

If you’re pitching or creating a piece, make sure you know exactly whom it’s intended for. (Case in point: if you’ve read this far down this list, then this list is DEFINITELY intended for you.)

1. Never try

Of all the mistakes aspiring travel writers make, none is more catastrophic than failing to enter the game.

It’s not an easy life. It requires a lot of talent, determination, perseverance and resilience. But the world is full of people who turn their travels into a living – through blogging, professional writing, video journalism and beyond. There are more resources than ever available to those who wish to travel for a living. If it’s what you want to do, then go for it.

What do you think?

Naples Tango News of the Week By Helaine !

Friday, May 13, 2011


Three days ago my brother left Naples to go abroad for an undetermined amount of time for his work and to reconnect with friends and colleagues.  He’s gone to an environment very different from that of SW Florida.  I miss him already, but I feel excited for him, and I can already imagine the “vibrational effervescence” (I made that up) that can fill one’s life when traveling and when living in another country.

A new vibrational effervescence can occur when one goes away on vacation or on a business trip, which is why traveling can be so exciting and stimulating. But what I’m calling “vibrational effervescence” (what would YOU call it?) can take on even greater meaning when we are not a tourist, a short-term house guest, or a hotel guest on business, but when we  become a temporary or occasional resident who seeks to integrate into the everyday life of the place.  When we take an apartment in another country with its different language, customs, and products, where the air in the street smells different, where the people have a different way of composing their facial muscles when at rest or when they talk, where they keep a different degree of closeness or distance when they speak with each other, where idioms in their everyday talk reveal the deep values of a people  . . . in our experience changing location for an extended period of time, for us, whether we’re a newcomer to the place or one who returns, the new quotidian can either be exotic or a familiar recollection brought back to life.

I wanted to share with you my excitement for the creative opportunities opening up to my brother now just because he got up and moved to another part of the world for a while.

It dawned on me as I was writing this message that I am particularly excited about my brother’s decision to relocate and integrate into a different culture for a chunk of time because it foreshadows my own establishing a seasonal residence in Buenos Aires at the end of the year!  And it reminds me of the creative life that this will make possible for me, and for some of my now and future North American students.  I chose to work with Nancy Landi, a porteña – a Buenos Aires native, to help me and later my students with the logistics of living in Buenos Aires, and thereby minimize the touristic aspect of the experience and maximize the vibrational effervescence that will come from our authentically participating in another culture, specifically the culture that over 100 years ago gave birth to Tango.

Nancy wrote me in an email this week:
“. . .  you must know and live the road and the motor of Buenos Aires if you are dancing tango. Same for your pupils. To be in contact with the real culture (kind of glasses, plates, services at the apartments, maid service, neighbors, door man: all of them from BA) is not to be in an American hotel where everything (employees too) are Americans.  So, for sure I recomend an apartment to drink the culture and show it in your dance because the culture is in your skin . . . ”

Nancy, for starters I’d like a sunny kitchen and a balcony with a view, please, close to a great produce market. :)

I just found this delightful blog by a young Asian, relocated to Buenos Aires, who calls herself “Buenos Aires Foodie”, and shares her discoveries of the culinary world of this city.  If you’re wondering about life in BsAs and want to see gorgeous photos of mouth-watering foods, accompanied by witty comments, please go here:  http://aayudame.wordpress.com/category/the-piglet-oinking/eating-out/.  I suggest you visit all the sections of her blog.

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To go directly to today’s feature article,  “The Second Tango Sin . . . and its antidote”, please scroll down toward the bottom of this page!

For my readers who are fascinated by tango but don’t have patience to scroll down to read the “Second Sin” article, here’s the video I chose as today’s example:

Have fun, but to find out who they are, you’ll have to scroll down to the article.
I also give our men a fun assignment.

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Naples Tango News of the Week

New elite study programs with Helaine in Naples/Buenos Aires
Starting June 2011

As you surely know by now, in my new Naples/Buenos Aires VIP program, I will teach  my entire 9-module “Permission Seduction™ Tango Learning System”, normally a 2- or 3-year course of study, in just 6-8 months, with the final month in Buenos Aires!  You can read more about it at http://naplesbavipprogram.blogspot.com/

This program is for people who would like to visit Buenos Aires and participate in its authentic tango world, not as a tourist or a shy beginner, but as a competent dancer of social tango who will feel comfortable on the dance floor in the midst of the locals.  I’m sure you’ve had some experiences of visiting a city as a tourist, and other experiences of visiting a place as guests of a local person or family who led you to experience the best of their town as only an “insider” can do.  I’m offering the latter kind of experience, including some intimate dinners and other private time with my own friends and teachers who are world class tango artists.

Nancy Landi, http://www.nancylandi.com/, a native of Buenos Aires who lives in Naples and specializes in Buenos Aires apartments, is helping me put together a special infrastructure in Buenos Aires to support every aspect of the local travel and daily living needs of my VIP students.

To learn even more about what this unique program can do for you, please go to http://naplestango.genbook.com,  or click on the “Book now” button anywhere on my website, to set up a free, 15-20 minute telephone or in-person session with me, to discuss your needs and desires, and get answers to all your questions about how my program can help you fulfill them!  I can only accept up to three individuals or couples this year for my intensive VIP Program, but I have decided to also offer the month in Buenos Aires to 3 more from my Diamond Accelerated Program, which is somewhat less intensive than the VIP program.

If this program is not for you, but you know someone who may be interested, you may enjoy a generous Referral Reward as my thanks for your helping me find one of the right people or couples for this very special program!  To make a referral or to find out more about how the Referral Rewards program works, please go to  contact me at 239-776-6535 or at helaine@naplestango.com.

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PLEASE VOTE FOR THE NAPLES TANGO CLUB

as your favorite dance studio!

Southwest Florida’s Choice Awards 2011:

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You can only vote once on that page.  Please spread the word.  Wouldn’t it be cool if we won?  Thank you!!

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                                                                   Buenos Aires – Palermo – Dancing in the night!

ARTE BA 2011 . EDICION 20 19 AL 23 DE MAYO . LA RURAL

Novedades
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VIP Program – Naples Tango VIP Program in Buenos Aires with Helaine

April 30, 2011

Helaine Treitman talks about her new Naples/Buenos Aires VIP program

The new Naples Tango VIP Program (for individuals or couples) is
comprised of 150 hours of private tango study with me, roughly six
months in Naples, followed by one month with me in Buenos Aires, with
the option of extending your stay or further traveling in Argentina.
This is surely the most exciting and enriching program I’ve ever
offered in more than 10 years of teaching tango!   I will only accept
3 individuals or couples to this “VIP” program, which should ideally
begin for each one by the first week of June.

This is truly an accelerated program, for those who choose to waste no
time in fulfilling their dream of going to Buenos Aires and dancing
with and among the locals!  I first fulfilled that dream in 1998 after
3 years of study and practice, and I did so without the benefit of the
meticulous training that I am offering you today.

I will commit to thoroughly preparing you for this exhilarating dance
experience, regardless of your current level of dance skills, even if
you have never danced at all.  After your program, you will have the
skills to enjoy tango for the rest of your life!

Since I will only accept 3 individuals or couples to this intensive,
accelerated program, I have the luxury of customizing the program to
each VIP students’ needs and preferences.

Nancy Landi, of Nancy Landi International Properties
http://www.nancylandi.com/, a native of Buenos Aires who lives in
Naples and specializes in Buenos Aires apartments, is helping me put
together a special infrastructure in Buenos Aires to support every
aspect of the local travel and daily living needs of my VIP students.

The Buenos Aires part of my VIP program will include completing your
program lessons with me over several weeks, during which I will also
introduce you to various Argentine maestros that I recommend, so you
have the option of taking additional private or group lessons with
them.  I will customize this part of the program to support your needs
and preferences.  Together we will enjoy occasional intimate, private
dinners or other social encounters with renowned Argentine tango
professionals – my own friends and teachers!

I will also accompany you to milongas (tango dance venues) for your
first week, after which you may very well choose to be autonomous in
attending milongas and visiting the city. However, should you continue
to prefer to have a tango guide, I will arrange for another expert to
be your milonga host. In module 9 of my “Permission Seduction™ Tango
Learning System” you will learn how to thrive in any milonga,
including mastering Buenos Aires milonga etiquette!

Additional options in the Naples phase of the VIP program include
Spanish language lessons at your home in or near Naples by my own
Argentine teacher, another native of Buenos Aries.

If you would like to learn more about the program, please schedule a
phone conversation with me, or a meeting at my studio on Yahl Street.
You can phone me for an appointment at 239-776-6535, or click the
“book now” button at http://naplestango.com, to schedule your
appointment on-line.

If this program is not for you, but you know someone who may be
interested, you may enjoy a generous Referral Reward (to you or to
your favorite charity) as my thanks for your helping me find one of
the 3 right people or couples for this very special program!

I am very excited about this new life-enhancing experience we can do
together, and I hope you are too!

Helaine

Master the art of “Permission Seduction™”!

http://NaplesTango.com

The Naples Tango Club, 5650 Yahl St. #2, Naples, FL 34109
239-776-6535  239-236-0984 (fax)

Download Helaine’s FREE Report: “Permission Seduction™ Secret #1″ at:

http://www.NaplesTango.com

The best countries for food by Lonely Planet

Tips & articles

The best countries for food

Steaming street food. 

Food and travel go together like planes and airports. No matter where you go you’ll have little trouble finding at least one culinary experience that will help you understand the local culture. In some countries the food is the highlight, drawing many a foodie to its borders, like a moth to a flame. Here are 11 countries (in no particular order) that your taste buds will thank you for visiting.

1. Thailand


Image by jaaron

Standing at the crossroads of India, China and Oceania, Thai cuisine is like a best-of of all three’s techniques and ingredients. Dishes generally go in hard with garlic and chillies (especially the phrik khii nuu variety, which literally translates as ‘mouseshit peppers’). Other signature ingredients include lime juice, coriander and lemon grass, which give the cuisine its characteristic tang. Legendary fish sauce or shrimp paste looks after the salt.

2. Greece


Image by Klearchos Kapoutsis

From olives to octopus, the true taste of Greece depends on fresh, unadulterated staples. Masking or complicating original flavours is not the done thing, especially when you’re dealing with oven-fresh bread, rosy tomatoes and fish fresh from the Mediterranean. The midday meal is the main event with a procession of goodies brought to the table as they’re ready. With Wednesday and Friday traditionally reserved as fast days (ie no-meat days), vegetarians are also looked after.

3. China


From back-alley dumpling shops to four-star banquet halls, China has one of the world’s finest palates. Cultural precepts of Yin and Yang (balance and harmony) are evident in the bowl: with food for the day including cooling foods such as vegetables and fruit to counter warming spices and meat. The Chinese revere rice but also choose noodles, with either almost always accompanying a meal. A range of regional specialities exist, variously influenced by geography and history.

4. France


Image by Sunfox

From cheese and champagne to snails and baguettes, the French are famous for their foodstuffs. French cuisine has long distinguished itself for dallying with a great variety of foods. Each region’s distinct climate and geography have influenced the array of regional specialities. Many in France consider lunch as the day’s main meal, though the two hour marathon meal is increasingly rare. The crowning meal is a fully fledged home-cooked dinner comprising six distinct plats (courses).

5. Spain


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Best in Barcelona, Catalan cooking is racking up the accolades from gourmands around the globe. Like other regional Spanish cuisines, Catalan cooking favours spices such as saffron and cumin, as well as honeyed sweets. A mixture of ingredients and traditions adds flair to Barcelona’s fare: using seafood and meats in a rich array of sauces. Dinner is the main event, but never before 9pm.

6. Mexico


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Would you like some magic-realism with that enchilada? The Mexican sensibility for enchanting influences is also brought to the table in its food, particularly during celebrations. Mexican cuisine has an overriding Spanish influence, with a twist of French and African thanks to its history. Corn and bean-based dishes are prominent – prepared in a multitude of world renowned ways including tacos, enchiladas and quesadillas. And who could forget the worm that waits at the bottom of a bottle of Mezcal?

7. Italy


Image by Allerina and Glen MacLarty

Its food is arguably Italy‘s most famous export, and it’s with good reason that the world wants it. Despite all the variations that exist between regions, some common staples bind the country’s culinary creations. Think thin-crust pizza and al dente pastas and risottos. And to drink? One word: coffee. The Italians do it best – from perfecting a distinguished roast to the gentle extraction of its essence into the cup. Perfecto!

8. India


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India’s protean gastronomy changes shape as you move between neighbourhoods, towns and states. The basis of all meals is rice in the south, and roti in the north. These are generally partnered with dhal, vegetables and chutney. Fish or meat may also be added. Whatever the ingredients: the dish usually contains a heady cast of exotic spices that make the taste buds stand up and take notice.

9. Japan


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If you can wrap your tongue around pronouncing the menu, Japan’s cuisine is a most rewarding mouthful. Most Japanese restaurants concentrate on a specialty cuisine, such as yakitori (skewers of grilled chicken or veg), sushi and sashimi (raw fish), tempura (lightly battered and fried ingredients) and ramen noodle bars. The pinnacle of Japanese cooking, kaiseki (derived as an adjunct to the tea ceremony), combines ingredients, preparation, setting and ceremony over several small courses to distinguish the gentle art of eating.

10. Indonesia & Malaysia


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Indonesian and Malaysian cuisines are one big food swap: Chinese, Portuguese, Indian, colonists and traders have all influenced their ingredients and culinary concepts. They are nations well represented by their food. The abundance of rice is characteristic of the region’s fertile terraced landscape, the spices are reminiscent of a time of trade and invasion (the Spice Islands), and fiery chilli echoes the people’s passion. Indonesian and Malaysian cooking is not complex, and tastes here stay separate, simple and substantial.


Buenos Aires de fiesta! De Toulouse-Lautrec a Picasso: el Malba festeja sus 10 años de vida

Obras de los siglos XVIII y XIX / No se exponían desde hace tres décadas 

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Se inauguró ayer una exhibición de 85 trabajos realizados en papel por grandes artistas
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De Toulouse-Lautrec a Picasso: el Malba festeja sus 10 años de vida 

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Para una institución privada dedicada al arte, cumplir diez años de vida no sólo es motivo de alegría y orgullo. También es la confirmación de que sus propuestas culturales han encontrado como respuesta un público tan ávido como exigente.

El Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (Malba) cumple este año una década de vida, y para celebrarlo realizará cuatro grandes exposiciones. Hoy, a las 19, se inaugura la primera de ellas: Papeles modernos, de Toulouse-Lautrec a Picasso .

Con la curación de Angel Navarro, la muestra con la cual la Fundación Constantini comienza sus festejos es una selección de ochenta y cinco trabajos en papel, realizados por artistas europeos de fines del siglo XVIII y la primera mitad del XIX.

Las obras pertenecen al Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes y muchas de ellas no eran exhibidas desde hacía tres décadas. Todas pertenecen al gabinete de dibujos y estampas, creado en 1896, pero actualmente cerrado.

La exposición marca además el puntapié inicial de una alianza entre el Malba, LA NACION y Telefé. Como parte de esa iniciativa, por la cual LA NACION se desempeñará como media partner del Malba, se realizará durante el año y en el auditorio del museo el “Ciclo de adn .cultura”, que cubrirá un amplio espectro de manifestaciones culturales.

La muestra artística inaugurada ayer, que cuenta con el apoyo de Citi, incluye, además de obras de Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec y Pablo Picasso, trabajos de Auguste Rodin, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, James Ensor, Georges Rouault, Honoré Daumier, Amedeo Modigliani, Georges Braque, Käthe Kollwitz y Paul Klee, entre otros.

“Elegimos estos siglos porque los trabajos en papel de esa época, en general, están poco estudiados y, fundamentalmente, porque estos artistas son el umbral de los contemporáneos, que los miran a ellos”, detalló a LA NACION Angel Navarro.

“Desde tiempos lejanos, el papel ha sido el gran compañero de los artistas; para esbozar la primera idea de una gran obra o como elemento fundamental de una pieza definitiva”, afirmó el curador.

“La muestra está organizada por el rol del papel. Primero, por el uso que los artistas le dan -todos en algún momento lo utilizan- y después como medio de difusión, cuando a partir del siglo XIX su fabricación fue más sencilla, más económica y se agrandó el tamaño de las hojas, antes tan pequeñas y caras que los artistas utilizaban el derecho y el revés de la hoja”, añadió.

Con siete ejes temáticos, la muestra incluye estudios, desnudos, la figura individual y en grupos, retratos, la elocuencia de la imagen, los paisajes urbanos y el papel como medio de difusión.

Joyas

Integran esta exposición joyas del patrimonio histórico mundial, como dibujos de 1900 realizados por Picasso para ilustrar un libro de Honoré Balzac; un estudio de Giorgio De Chirico que incluye un figurín de un centímetro de altura; tres estudios de desnudos de Rodin de 1900; un Picasso abstracto que lleva a la mínima expresión los rasgos de su mujer; un paisaje urbano del escritor Federico García Lorca y muchas otras obras.

Pueden verse bocetos con un nivel de detalle impactante, como uno de Mario Sironi. Según explicó el curador: “Frente al avance del coleccionismo, los dibujos/bocetos pasaron a ser obras de arte en sí mismas”. La selección de trabajos permite también observar en las figuras la búsqueda de los artistas por crear un clima, transmitir una sensación o la psicología de su personaje, detalló Navarro. Un ejemplo claro de este ejercicio es la obra de Au mont de Pietat, de 1850, que muestra el profundo abatimiento de una mujer que empeña sus objetos personales en el Monte Piedad, en un dibujo que carece de contexto casi por completo.

Se destacan obras como Bañista , de José Antonio Ramón Parra Menchón, realizada en tinta y témpera en 1960; Maternidad, de Käthe Schmidt Kollwitz, y un autorretrato de la misma artista de perfil, donde se observa un gesto triste de una mujer que ha perdido a un hijo y un nieto en la Primera y Segunda Guerra Mundial; un dibujo de Chagall de 1925, Mujer en el campo , donde puede verse a su mujer en gran tamaño y, casi imperceptibles, él y su hija en la parte inferior del papel.

La muestra contiene dibujos y grabados de gran calidad y poco exhibidos en la región: “En América latina, las generaciones anteriores no tenían interés en las obras de arte realizadas en papel, pero últimamente esta industria se ha revitalizado mucho”, afirmó Navarro.

MUESTRA EN EL GRAND PALAISPARIS (EFE).- Del encuentro fortuito a la amistad y el flechazo, la exposición Aimé Césaire, Lam, Picasso abrió ayer al público en el Grand Palais de la capital francesa. La muestra revela la fructífera relación mantenida por el poeta martiniqués, el gran pintor cubano y el maestro español. La serie de obras presentadas es el resultado de esos encuentros clave.

PARA AGENDAR85
Dibujos y grabados
Son obras en papel de artistas europeos del siglo XVIII y la primera mitad del siglo XIX

Inauguración . Hoy a las 19 en la sala 5 del Malba, en Figueroa Alcorta 3415, con entrada libre y gratuita.

Entradas . La muestra podrá visitarse hasta el 23 de mayo, de jueves a lunes y feriados, de 12 a 20 y los miércoles hasta las 21. La entrada tiene un valor de $ 22; para docentes, estudiantes y jubilados, $ 11.

Socios . Los 450.000 socios del Club LA NACION podrán acceder al beneficio del 2×1 en las entradas y descuentos en el Gift Shop. También habrá material editorial en el restaurante del museo.

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