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What is Argentine cuisine?
Argentine cuisine (Cocina argentina) grew from wine / chimichurri / cheese and bread / pasta / potato. Asado is the postcard, not the whole map.
Is it always spicy?
Argentine cuisine sits at spice 30 in this atlas. Asado and Empanada show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Asado plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
What is Asado?
The grill event and the meat.
How do people eat at home?
Buenos Aires, Mendoza and Córdoba do not cook the same dinner. Regional stubbornness is the cuisine, not a footnote.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Asado and the labour behind Empanada rarely fit a takeaway box.
Argentine cuisine changes by valley, coast and capital. Buenos Aires is one node, not the whole map.
The meters treat heat, ferment, street density and sharing as the axes that actually organise meals.
Systems
Buenos Aires metro
A regional kitchen of Argentine cuisine centred on Buenos Aires and Asado.
Mendoza table
A regional kitchen of Argentine cuisine centred on Mendoza and Empanada.
Córdoba table
A regional kitchen of Argentine cuisine centred on Córdoba and Milanesa.
Rosario table
A regional kitchen of Argentine cuisine centred on Rosario and Provoleta.
Salta table
A regional kitchen of Argentine cuisine centred on Salta and Locro.
Region 5
Another regional kitchen of Argentine cuisine.
Flavour meters
Cities & regions
Buenos Aires
A hotspot for Asado and the local pantry of Argentine cuisine.
Mendoza
A hotspot for Asado and the local pantry of Argentine cuisine.
Córdoba
A hotspot for Asado and the local pantry of Argentine cuisine.
Rosario
A hotspot for Asado and the local pantry of Argentine cuisine.
Salta
A hotspot for Asado and the local pantry of Argentine cuisine.
Materials
wine / chimichurri / cheese
The savoury bass.
bread / pasta / potato
The meal starch.
Asado staples
The icon pantry.
Market produce
The daily vegetable and protein.
Regional pride in this cuisine is argued through Asado and Empanada more than through a single official recipe.
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