Discover Chilean Flavors

A Chilean once on a wooden table: a basket of warm hallullas with one split open, mashed palta, bowls of manjar and jam, ham and cheese, and two mugs of tea.

What is onces? Chile's afternoon tea, explained

The once is the meal Chileans sit down to in the early evening: tea, warm bread and everything that goes on it. What it is, why it is named after...

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What is onces? Chile's afternoon tea, explained

The once is the meal Chileans sit down to in the early evening: tea, warm bread and everything that goes on it. What it is, why it is named after...

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A dark Chilean pan de pascua cut open on a wooden board beside a sliced piece, an open chocolate bar and a pitcher of cola de mono, on a table set for Christmas.

A Chilean Christmas in the USA: pan de pascua, ...

What Chileans eat at Christmas, why it all happens at midnight in the middle of summer, and when to order pan de pascua so it arrives in time.

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A Chilean Christmas in the USA: pan de pascua, ...

What Chileans eat at Christmas, why it all happens at midnight in the middle of summer, and when to order pan de pascua so it arrives in time.

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A hand holding four Chilean chocolate bars fanned out in a warehouse, with a Chilean flag and stocked shelves behind them.

Chilean chocolate, bar by bar

Sahne-Nuss, Super 8, Trencito and Chokita explained: what each Chilean chocolate is, which one to buy first, and how to get chocolate through an American summer.

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Chilean chocolate, bar by bar

Sahne-Nuss, Super 8, Trencito and Chokita explained: what each Chilean chocolate is, which one to buy first, and how to get chocolate through an American summer.

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An open blue bag of Chilean Ramitas Evercrisp snack sticks tipped on its side on a rustic wooden table, with a pile of slim pale-gold sticks spilling out of it.

Ramitas and the Chilean salty snack aisle, expl...

What ramitas actually are, which flavor to buy, and why Chile's salty shelf is built on crackers rather than chips.

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Ramitas and the Chilean salty snack aisle, expl...

What ramitas actually are, which flavor to buy, and why Chile's salty shelf is built on crackers rather than chips.

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Bags of Colun and Nestle manjar beside a Colun sugar-free manjar tub on a wooden board, with manjar spread on bread and two Chilean alfajores

What is manjar? Chile's milk caramel, explained

Manjar is Chile's slow-cooked milk caramel. What it actually is, how it really differs from dulce de leche, which jar to buy, and how to bake with it in an...

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What is manjar? Chile's milk caramel, explained

Manjar is Chile's slow-cooked milk caramel. What it actually is, how it really differs from dulce de leche, which jar to buy, and how to bake with it in an...

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A Chilean Fiestas Patrias table: empanadas de pino, anticuchos, pebre and sopaipillas set out for a Dieciocho celebration

Fiestas Patrias in the USA: how to throw a real...

Empanadas, anticuchos, sopaipillas, terremotos and Chilean flags: a practical guide to hosting a real Dieciocho in the United States, with a four-week countdown and a menu for twelve.

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Fiestas Patrias in the USA: how to throw a real...

Empanadas, anticuchos, sopaipillas, terremotos and Chilean flags: a practical guide to hosting a real Dieciocho in the United States, with a four-week countdown and a menu for twelve.

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