Food has always been a huge part of my life, and when I decided to come to Argentina, just one word came to mind: empanadas. No stranger to the kitchen but a novice in Argentine fare, I decided it was time to strap on an apron and finally learn just how they make those little pockets of heaven.

Mort’ – it means ‘death’ in most Latin-based languages. Coincidentally, if you take out the ‘i’ and the ‘z’ in ‘Moritz’, you get ‘Mort’. And Bar Saint Moritz, one of Buenos Aires’ 54 Notable Bars, feels like it could be a café in death’s waiting room.

Inspired by the darker side of the life of Marilyn Monroe, a play currently showing at Teatro Gargantua attempts to capture the hidden torment of the icon’s life.

“Museums in Europe are beautiful, but they’re very closed off. They’re like cemeteries. (The Hudson Nature Reserve) shouldn’t be a dead museum.” These are the words of Ruben Ravera, curator of the William Henry Hudson museum and nature reserve are located to the south of Buenos Aires, just outside Quilmes.