My memory of Chile, Pataska

Posted on Apr 10, 2014 in Hiroko's Blog

Sun is getting stronger, but yet the cold air still makes me feel like I am in winter time zone here in New York  City. Here is the already posted blog, Pataska, from our delightful trip to Atacama, Chile, the highest dry dessert in the world in January, 2014. Tierra hotels, where we stayed both in their Atacama and Patagonia location, has just published on their website a small article of our visits. Please click to see the article:...

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Pataska, Local Flavor in Atacama

Posted on Jan 31, 2014 in Hiroko's Blog

I have to taste local flavors wherever I travel. So, I always ask the same question to the locals and guides whom I meet. “Give me the name of local dishes which I should try”. When I was in Atacama ‘Patasca’ was the only, must try dish, and everyone was recommending the restaurant called Las Delicias de Carmen. Pataska is a stewed dish, in which chewy large corn (known as Hominy corn in America), potato, pork and red pepper are cooked together....

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