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EATING ARGENTINA

Traveling from the top to the bottom of Argentina, Irish, German and Japanese settlers brought many
we discovered that meat, especially meat cooked over of their favorite recipes now found in one form or
a wood fire on iron grates called parrillas (roll the ‘r’s another on Argentine dinner tables. Even the indig-
when you say it) indeed is king. If you are a meat lover, enous peoples significantly impacted daily eating and
this country is your nirvana. drinking rituals.
But, it’s not the only culinary option thanks to the Parrilla is a simple iron grill barbecue and the name
broad cultural mix of immigrants at home in his of the zillion eateries that feature meat grilled on one.
sprawling South American nation. Italians, French, There are hole-in-the-wall parrillas in every neighbor-

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