My Journey to El Impenetrable of Gran Chaco

My Journey to El Impenetrable of Gran Chaco

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In the Argentine forest lives an isolated community whose cuisine is closely linked to the abundance and scarcity of the land.

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“Your journey doesn’t really begin until we get to El Impenetrable” Alina Ruiz said with a giggle as we walked around her farm on the outskirts of Juan José Castelli a small town in Argentina’s northeastern Chaco province. I looked at her bewildered: I’d already taken a two-hour flight a five-hour bus ride and a private car with an overnight layover to get to her farm and restaurant. And I was still a hundred kilometers from Paraje La Armonía a village surrounded by dense dry forest where Ruíz teaches cooking classes on food and hospitality.

“How impenetrable can this place be?” I asked.