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Hello! Today I´m going to talk about Germán Valenzuela Basterrica, the first director of the dentistry school of the University of Chile. He was born on April 9, 1859, in Curico. He studied medicine at the University of Chile and graduated in 1882, working in Combarbalá (located in the Region of Coquimbo). In 1887 he moved to the south of the country, where he faced a cholera epidemy and became interested in oral pathologies, for this reason, he went to France to study dentistry at the University of Paris, graduating in 1898 as a dentist.  On the evening on February 5, 1909, the German Embassy was set on fire, and the burned body of Chancellor Guillermo Beckert was found. The Chilean Exequiel Tapia was later accused of the crime because he worked there and disappeared.  Thanks to the diligence of German Valenzuela and the study of the teeth, the crime was solved. The body was identified as Exequiel Tapia and the Chancellor was found and arrested in Lonquimay.  I like him because he was

Hello! Today I´m going to talk about corn cake or "pastel de choclo", an iconic dish of summertime and one of my favorite meals. The "pastel de choclo" is a meal typically eaten for lunch. It is made with a filling of "pino" (ground beef mixed with onions), chicken, olives and eggs, which are also added and topped with a layer of sweet corn purée. Some people like to add raisins to it, but I don´t like to. What I do like to add, however, is ensalada chilena, which is a salad made with tomatoes, onions and cilantro. I like it because its flavor is so unique, and the mixture between corn puré, meat, onion, and chicken makes a great combination. To finish, the pastel de choclo has a high amount of calories. For this reason, people that have diabetes can´t eat portions too large. On the other hand, it´s a good source of fiber, nutrients, vitamins and energy, so it’s not that bad for our health in the right quantity.