South American Foods: Southern (Argentina, Uruguay)

There are numerous expatriate communities in the United States from Argentina and Uruguay, with significant enough numbers to require representation by diplomatic offices spread from California to Texas, Miami to Washington, D.C., and New York City. Each community holds onto their national cuisine as a powerful identity marker, and each supports restaurants and specialty food shops to serve these groups and introduce their foods to the broader population. Menus are similar, and they typically have strong Spanish, Italian, German, French, Arab, and Jewish influences as well as gastronomy derived from indigenous South American groups such as the Quechua, Mapuche, and Guarani originating in different regions of Argentina and Uruguay.