Chefs look for the peanut soup to be the flag dish of Bolivia

Aida Zuazo reports for El Deber: The associations and federations of chef of Bolivia presented the project of the Declaratory Law of the “Peanut Soup, Flag Plate of Bolivia” This soup is one of the traditional dishes of Bolivia With macaroni (noodle), rice or simply with french fries. Now a project of the Declaration Law…

Bolivian dessert: Rice with milk we want to eat!

Roxana Jimenez for El Dia: Exquisite Elaboration. The recipe comes from the hand of the Departmental Federation of Milk Producers (Fedeple). This dessert is also traditional in several parts of the world. And on the National Day of Milk, which will be held on Friday, October 26, it is ideal to point out how to…

These Powerful WOMEN RUN BOLIVIA’S FOOD SYSTEM

LESLIE PARISEAU reports for Saveur: Along the winding streets of La Paz,through a hidden alleyway and down a dim market corridor, a butcher wields a cleaver, bringing it swiftly down upon a glistening slab of scarlet beef. Another butcher lifts a swollen aubergine heart, nestling it carefully atop a heap of other hearts. Yet another…

Bolivian cuisine 101: The “llajwa”, an idyll with the Bolivian palate

Jessica Vargas reports for Los Tiempos, photos by Gerardo Bravo: 48 years ago, when Juana Fuentes opened her food stall in the 27 de Mayo market, the first thing she installed was her batán to make llajwa. Before preparing his menu – which includes mixed spicy, lawas, sillpancho, among others – she prepares to create…

Bolivian chefs are trading colonial cuisine for national pride

Jen Rose Smith reports for CNN: La Paz, Bolivia (CNN) — Midway through a 17-course tasting menu at Gustu, a La Paz restaurant where dinner and drinks for two could cost more than many Bolivians could afford, a plate arrived bearing three translucent cubes of ceviche. The chewy, sweet-tasting meat was lagarto, a reptile known in…

How Oropeza Brothers Brought Bolivian Cuisine to Brooklyn, Successfully!

It always brings me joy to find our people being successful overseas. The Oropeza brothers have relentlessly achieving success, kudos to them. My next stop in NY, will certainly be there, Bolivian Llama Party is waiting for all of us! The above opinion belongs to Bolivian Thoughts. Angelica Frey reports for The Bridge, Brooklyn Business…