Arguably the empanada is as much a part of Argentine culture as the asado or dulce de leche. There is a flavour for every occasion, it tastes delicious at any hour of the day, fills you up and fits snugly into the average hand.

For those living abroad, homesickness can sometimes be a problem: perhaps you miss your parents, or your pet fish, or grandma’s home cooking. Whatever you miss, a solution has arrived in SendLove BA, a company that specialises in delivering home-style care packages right to your door.

Vegan cooking’ and ‘Buenos Aires’ are not words that you often hear in the same sentence. Persuading yourself to give up all the joy of a juicy asado in favour of vegetables might sound difficult, but if there ever comes a point when you have eaten yourself sick of steak and dulce de leche and want to try something completely different, then Cocina Verde, a vegan home delivery service based in San Telmo, is one option.

When I first heard about ‘Ladies Brunch’, I was reminded of a saying by the writer Henry Boye: “The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway”, that I had been told a couple of weeks before arriving in Argentina. And Ladies Brunch seems to be one of the easiest way to ease yourself into Buenos Aies life, meeting both Argentines and foreigners.