Denomination of Origin: Life is a Longaniza

The pigs of the area adjacent to San Carlos feed on rice, a unique case in the region of Ñuble, whose capital Chillán has the title of being the city with the best longaniza of Chile. For the Sancarlinos, however, it is a capital injustice because the crique sausage of its city is made with pig meat fed with rice, unlike that of Chillán. The reason is that more south of San Carlos it is impossible to grow cereal, transforming it into the most so…

How many times have we heard the eternal debate about whether the pisco sour is Chilean or Peruvian? Similarly, in Chillán and San Carlos the authorship of one of the most iconic products of national cuisine has been discussed for years: the longaniza. Precisely that is what Denomination of Origin is about, the new Chilean film that deals with this gastronomic confrontation with humor and identity. Directed by Tomás Alzamora, the film turns this…