Milton Choto: Allstate Insurance

Guide to Uruguay's Punta del Este, José Ignacio, and Wine Country

"At Choto, Fabio Alberti's one-room, out-of-the-way farmhouse restaurant, I sat under a vine-covered arbor beside a baby lamb while Alberti—genial, mischievous, and self-taught from YouTube—served extraordinary bites: a spoonful of marrow (caracú) on toast with flaked sea salt, homemade headcheese with blueberries, a gooey Camembert–Muenster hybrid with garden lettuce and a poached egg, and a tender, juicy, crispy-skinned duck with triple-cooked fries; the setting and Alberti's nonchalant artistry made the whole experience feel purist and utterly appealing." - John Bowe John Bowe John Bowe has written and traveled the world since his teens. He has written for The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, GQ, The Nation, McSweeney's, and This American Life, and is the author and co-editor of several books, oral histories, and screenplays. His work has been featured and reviewed in the Harvard Business Review, and The New York Times, and he has appeared on CNN, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, the BBC, and many others. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines