Sorrel Moseley-Williams
How Buenos Aires Grew a Chinatown from a Shed
Migration from China and Taiwan to the Argentine capital began in the 1980s. Since then, the city’s barrio chino has evolved from a tiny indoor market to a bustling neighbourhood of Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese, and Korean restaurants and shops.
A Bolivian Grape Harvest with Steven Soderbergh
Singani is made from Muscat of Alexandria grapes, cultivated in Bolivia's mountainous vineyards. The Ocean’s Trilogy director has been hooked on the spirit since his first taste ten years ago, and took me along to see how the grapes are harvested.
The Last Bite: A 106-Year-Old Hippopotamus in Buenos Aires
“If someone came into El Hipopótamo and asked me for a Frappuccino, I’d tell them to go to the Starbucks down the road—or more likely tell them to fuck off.”
What It’s Like to Run an Illegal Bar in Buenos Aires
Julián Díaz opened a speakeasy on a $7,000 budget in 2004. “It was also my home,” he remembers. “The bar’s bathroom was also my bathroom so most mornings I’d find vomit everywhere.”
How a Cleaning Lady Became One of Argentina’s Only Female Grill Chefs
In Argentina, cooking asado barbecue is a guy job—women get to dally about with lettuce and wash up. But at a restaurant in Mendoza, lady griller Virginia Lázaro is changing all that.
How a Guy from Arizona Ended Up Running a One-Man Winery in Argentina
Brennan Firth moved to Mendoza from the US nine years ago to work the grape harvest and never went back. He now works nonstop in the Maipú region as a small-lot wine producer.
Argentina's Largest Live Cattle Auction Is Like a Religious Experience with Beef
The day starts well before the crack of dawn when dozens of lorries drop off cattle at the village-sized market in Buenos Aires' “abattoir” neighbourhood.
Argentina’s Best Sea Salt Comes from a Village with Two Inhabitants
The isolated coastal village of Cabo Raso is home to Sal de Aquí, Argentina’s only salt production business. “I’d go surfing here as there are good waves and because it's so remote, we used to stay a few nights. That’s how we found salt,” explains co...
English Sparkling Wine Is the New Champagne
As the south of England’s climate begins replicate that of Champagne (cheers, global warming), English vineyards are producing internationally acclaimed sparkling wines.
This Surfer-Winemaker Harvests Grapes and Hangs Ten
“Both surfing and winemaking connect your senses a lot so there are certain similarities,” says Jean-Charles Villard, a winemaker and surfer whose 40-hectare Chilean winery produces acclaimed Pinot Noir and Syrah.
This Japanese Fisherman Discovered Bolivia’s Only Giant Freshwater Clams
Twenty years ago, Gustavo Mizushima, whose family moved from Japan to Bolivia in the aftermath of World War II, discovered giant clams on his fish farm. No one knows how they got there, but the mollusks are now in demand from specialist Santa Cruz...
This Uruguayan Meat Factory Made Britain’s Most Iconic Pies
Produced at the Frigorífico Anglo Del factory on the banks of the River Uruguay, Fray Bentos steak and kidney pies were the tinned precursor to microwave dinners in 1960s Britain.