Taste the Andes at Cumbre, One of NYC’s Only Bolivian Restaurants by Robert Sietsema, May 6, 2015, 10:08a Photos by Khushbu Shah Say you were propelling your bird-prowed totora raft in a light breeze across Lake Titicaca, ringed with mountain peaks and said to be the birthplace of the sun. Separating Bolivia from Peru at…
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Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2015: Bolivia
Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2015 The World Economic Forum has, for the past nine years, engaged key industry and thought leaders through its Aviation & Travel Industry Partnership Programme, along with its Global Agenda Council on the Future of Travel & Tourism, to carry out an in-depth analysis of the T&T competitiveness of economies…
Bolivian cuisine 101: Seven traditional dishes for Easter
This Easter, Pagina Siete had the great idea to describe Bolivian food of this important event in Catholic lives: THE CATHOLIC MENU PROHIBITS RED MEAT CONSUMPTION Seven traditional dishes for Easter The Easter menu has peculiarities in each region. Although tradition dictates that there should be 12, seven dishes are prepared on Good Friday. Although…
A Bolivian myth: Could an angry person prepare a spicier llajua?
Bolivian hot spice is known as llajwa or llajua, we used in most our foods, it is like the ketchup for some Americans, who eat it with all their food… Alejandra Pau reports for Pagina Siete: Could an angry person prepare a spicier llajua? A group of students from the Escuela Hotelera [Hotel School] in…
Bolivian cuisine 101: Majadito recipe, ideal for rainy days
Pagina Siete reports: Majadito recipe, ideal for rainy days The majadito is a dish that originates in eastern Bolivia. The name of the dish refers to the battered flesh, in Bolivia we call “majau” or “crushed”. This dish is prepared from rice with jerky (dehydrated meat, beaten into a wooden mortar: Tacú), fried eggs and…
Bolivian cuisine 101: Locro de gallina [hen soup]
This delicious and very typical Bolivian soup was provided by: Now it’s easy to cook, Contacto Boliviano helps with the menu for the day: Locro de gallina [hen soup] Ingredients 1 large chicken 1/2 cup rice 1/2 Kilo cassava 6 Eggs 4 Green plantains 1 onion, 1 tomato, 1 clove garlic, paprika. Dye (Ururú) or…
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