Where’s the Beef?

Argentina is no longer number one in per capita consumption of beef, Uruguay is. Central to Argentina’s cuisine, culture, and history, beef eating is down from 222 pounds per person in 1956 to 129 pounds last year. Reasons vary: inflation, price controls, as well as changing diets.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/world/americas/argentina-falls-from-its-throne-as-king-of-beef.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130614