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Alfajores are the cookie of choice in Argentina. (food styling/Karoline Boehm Goodnick; WENDY MAEDA/GLOBE STAFF) |
In Argentina, the alfajor is a sort of national cookie. The cookies are found piled high in the gilt cases of Buenos Aires cafés, wrapped to go in plastic at the checkout counters of diners, tucked into lunchboxes. For Argentines, the alfajor has the essential, homemade comfort that the chocolate-chip cookie does for Americans. (Full article: 311 words)
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