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Ode to the Completo: A (non) Love Letter to Chile's Food

February 15th 2010
Looking at my plate, I knew that this was the beginning of the end for Chile. The outline of each piece of half moon-shaped pasta was rendered a distorted lumpy mound below a cloak of rapidly-congealing cream sauce, a few withered green pieces of oregano draped the side of the plate, and a stack of plain toast rested unappetizingly on an oily paper napkin just beyond the mountain of so-called past ... read more
South America » Chile

Chilean Flag Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more
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