by Esnayder | Nov 22, 2017 | coffee, Colombia, Esnayder Cuartas, Lechona, Parties, Quinchia, South American Food
Lechona (Colombian Style stfuffed Pork) Lechona is a traditional dish, originally from the Tolima and Huila departments in the centre of Colombia, this recipe arrive with the Spaniards during the Spannish conquest in the XVI Century. This popular dish (not suckling...
by Esnayder | Nov 21, 2017 | coffee, Colombia, Esnayder Cuartas, Parties, Quinchia, South American Food, Uncategorized
Colombian Christmas food I get asked very often “what is Colombian food like” and what do you eat at Christmas? As in the UK, Christmas and the New Year are the time of year when families are reunited, though unlike the British we Colombians usually have...
by Esnayder | Jun 10, 2016 | Casa Sabor, Cocktails, Colombia, Drinks, Esnayder Cuartas, Exotic Fruits, Lulo, South American Food
As a person that was brought up in the Andes in Colombia, I learned to love fruits from a very early age, thanks to my father’s passion and tradition of planting fruit trees, and in some cases naming the trees after kids. For me, the most delicious of South American...
by Esnayder | May 16, 2016 | Casa Sabor, coffee, Colombia, Drinks, Esnayder Cuartas, Quinchia, Risaralda, Sabor, South American Food
Coffee, as much as any other food or drink, evokes for many Europeans images of South America. However contrary to popular belief, the coffee tree is not indigenous to the Americas. It came from Africa, via Arabia and Europe in the eighteenth century. Now Colombia,...
by Esnayder | Mar 9, 2016 | Casa Sabor, Colombia, Empanadas, Esnayder Cuartas, Food, History, Pablo Salgado, Sabor, South American Food
If there was one theme which might bring war to Latin America, maybe it would be not football, not global warming, not border disputes, nor the disagreements between Chavez, Uribe and Correa – but the humble empanada. The empanada can be (and at times has been)...
by Esnayder | Mar 12, 2015 | Colombia, Food, Reviews, Uncategorized
I am a native Colombian and fellow restaurateur, I felt flattered and apprehensive at the same time when I was asked by Latino Life to join them on the panel of Judges on the food categories for this years Latin UK Awards, but as food has been my work and passion for...
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