Colombia
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Bandeja Paisa
Antioquia's monumental platter: beans, rice, ground beef, chicharrón, a fried egg, sweet plantain, avocado and an arepa — the paisa harvest on one tray. Ingredients: red beans, white rice, ground beef, pork belly for chi…
Ajiaco Santafereño
Bogotá's golden chicken-and-potato soup: three native potatoes, corn on the cob and capers, finished with cream and avocado — eaten with a spoon and chopstick-thin patience. Ingredients: chicken breasts, papa criolla (ye…
Arepa de Queso
Colombia's daily bread: a griddled white-corn cake, split and stuffed with melting cheese (or simply buttered and salted) — breakfast, snack and sandwich in one. Ingredients: pre-cooked white cornmeal (masarepa), water,…
Lechona
Tolima's festive whole pig: a suckling pig stuffed with rice, peas and spices, sewn shut and slow-roasted until the skin turns to amber crackling. Ingredients: whole suckling pig, rice, yellow peas, pork meat, scallions,…
World Cuisines
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