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The LA Times writes and article and asks “Can the traditional Basque family-style dining survive COVID-19?”

06/02/2020

The question, and title of the article is “Chino’s Centro Basco was built on family-style dining. Can those traditions survive COVID-19?” The Centro Basco is an iconic restaurant and meeting place for Basques in Chino, in greater Los Angeles, characterized since its foundation in 1940 by its “Basque family-style,” dining, a classic at Basque restaurants in the American West where closeness between diners, often at tables and benches, is part of their DNA. The text is signed by restaurant critic Patricia Escárcega.

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EuskarAbentura 2020 will not take place: the third edition of the youth expedition is now postponed until summer 2021

06/02/2020

EuskarAbentura provides the opportunity to 120 Basque youth, some from the Diaspora, to get to know Euskal Herria on foot After considering several solutions and alternatives to carry out the expedition, the organizers have expressed that “placing health care at the center,” the present situation does not allow for the activity to be carried out and so this expedition for youth that covers all of Euskal Herria on foot, will postpone its 3rd edition until summer 2021.  “The biggest force of the expedition is the ...

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Bahia Blanca: The Union Vasca Basque Club will organize its first “virtual txoko” this Friday, “an online meeting place”

06/01/2020

Gathering at the txoko at the Euskal Etxea in Bahia Blanca prior to the pandemic In every Basque club there is a “txoko,” or a place for all to meet, where there is always Mus, maybe a pintxo or a glass of wine.  Dantzaris, pelotaris, txikis, Muslaris, share this space at one time or another during the week, with the Basque club community. During this time of quarantine in Argentina, people are missing these moments.  That is why the board of directors of the Union Vasca in ...

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For those who are interested, the June 2020 issue, #10, of Eguzkia by the Euzko Etxea in La Plata is now available online

06/01/2020

Number 10 corresponding with June 2020 of the Eguzkia Magazine by the Euzko Etxea in La Plata, Argentina The latest issue, #10, of the quarterly magazine “Eguzkia,” by the Euzko Etxea in La Plata, is now available online corresponding to June 2020. It can be read online, and if desired, can be printed to be read.  Due to the situation caused by the pandemic, it has come out earlier than ever, and today, June 1st it is already available online.

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Edu Vergel, Comodoro Rivadavia: “Basque cooking is marvelous; the mix of products provokes a flavor explosion in your mouth”

05/29/2020

Edu Vergel, Basque sukaldari (cook) and dantzari (dancer) in Comodoro Rivadavia Without any Basque ancestors, Edu Vergel came to the Euskal Echea Association in Comodoro Rivadavia in the Patagonian province of Chubut, attracted by the dancing.  But his interest in the Basque Country and its culture and people didn’t stop there, and he connected in such a way with the institution that in time he became one of its board of directors and standard-bearer at official ...

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Txapela, natural Basque-Argentine cider, celebrates its 1st birthday: beginning on Monday all June long on social media

05/29/2020

Made by Basques in Argentina with a Basque recipe and Argentine apples. Txapela Cider’s first anniversary Even if the original festivities had to be altered because of the Coronavirus, “Txapela,” the Basque natural cider made in Argentina, will celebrate its first year of life, a year of great growth and success, and will do so with “events” during social isolation.

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Laurak Bat in Buenos Aires is renting its restaurant and invites Argentine chefs as those in the Basque Country to send proposals

05/28/2020

Laurak Bat rents its restaurant The well-known restaurant located on the first floor of Laurak Bat Basque Club is now available.  The locale, a dining room and bar including kitchen facilities and annexes is in perfect shape and ready to start working again with a new project.  This is why the board of directors did not hesitate to put it up for rent.

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The ovens of solidarity have been relit thanks to the youth at the San Nicolas Euskal Etxea: they feed school kinds in need

05/28/2020

Last Friday, youth cooking chicken paella for lunch for the San Miguel neighborhood Known for its solidarity initiatives the Basque club in San Nicolas has a large group of cooks that since 2002 have been involved in the “Etxe Nasaia,” project that feed school children at the club's facilities.  Schools are now closed due to the quarantine, but since hunger has not disappeared, volunteers at the Basque club came back to the project and begun cooking again every ...

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Sabrina Otegui talks online today about the work done by EuskalKultura.eus in relation to culture and the Basque Diaspora

05/27/2020

Sabrina Otegui, EuskalKultura.eus correspondent in Buenos Aires will talk today live on Instagram about the work done by this daily Basque Culture and Basque Diaspora bulletin, as a space for sharing news, and an informative meeting place in Basque communities around the world.  It will be a conversation with facilitator, Victoria Roldan, from the Lyric Soul Foundation

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On the 500th anniversary of the first circumnavigation of the globe, download the book about Elcano and the Basques of the time

05/27/2020

The book by Daniel Zulaika talks about Elkano the Basques and their surroundings in a country, like Euskal Herria, that is traditionally linked to the sea We are commemorating the 500th anniversary of the expedition (1519-1522) that culminated in the first ever trip around the world led by Basque sailor Juan Sebastian Elcano, from Getaria (Gipuzkoa), in a context conditioned in the last few months by the Coronavirus. We take advantage of this opportunity to learn more about that time, the people and context, precisely what this book offers the reader and so today ...

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