HortNews - Chilean Guava Rehabilitated As NZ Berry Bush
The chilean guava - a fruit once favoured by Queen Victoria - is being rehabilitated as a crop in New Zealand, where it has been grown for more than a century as an ornamental plant. DUNEDIN 27/8/2001 - The chilean guava - a fruit once favoured ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Chilean needle grass (Nassella neesiana)
Listed as a Weed of National Significance (one of Australia's top 20 weeds). A tall grass about 1m high, with mid to dark green leaves up to 5mm wide, held either erect or spreading. Leaves usually flat, or partly in-rolled, and are slightly ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Vegetarian Recipes Around the World - Empanadas
Empanadas are a traditional food in many countries of Latin America. I have seen them in Peru and others, but our empanadas, the chilean empanadas are so special. Obviously most of people eat empanadas with meat, or shellfish, but we do them with ... [... more]
International Vegetarian Union |
Pastel de Papas (Potato pie)
After a while, the top of the pie changes colour (because of cooking it) and it taste really good. Here you are the recipe of a typical Chilean food. 1 pice of red pepper cut in little pieces (don't use hot pepper) 1.- The "pino" (we call " [... more]
International Vegetarian Union |
Margaret Sayers Peden
Josefa Ferrer, a famous Chilean singer and star, awakens one morning to read in the Santiago newspaper that her best friend, Violeta, has been involved in a brutal act of violence. Overwhelmed with regret and plagued with guilt for not having ... [... more]
Random House |
Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende is Chilean and worked for many years as a journalist. She now lives in the San Francisco Bay area and has recently published her fourth novel. An exotic dance that beguiles and entices... The enchanted and enchanting account of a ... [... more]
Random House |
