Chile, Land of Extremes
Unbelievably thin and stretched, Chile averages only a little more than 100 miles wide. Flanked by the Andes and the Pacific Ocean, it spreads out about 2700 miles from the halfway point of South America to its bottom, from the driest desert on earth to gigantic glacial fields. On its way, it unfolds into an astonishing scenery of rich and vivid diversity, with barren plains, bountiful valleys, vineyards, volcanoes, very old woodlands, lakes, and colossal glaciers.
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"Pastel de Choclo" is a typical Chilean summer dish: ground corn filled with meat, chopped onions small pieces of chicken, pieces of hard boiled egg, olives, and raisins, all baked in clay oven. "Humitas" are boiled corn leaf rolls filled with seasoned ground corn. This country restaurant offered both dishes "today".