By Jorge Soruco, Vision 360: For less than a decade, all you need is a pot of boiling water to enjoy traditional dishes like lawas and chupes. Three national dishes produced in Bolivia. Photo: Paulo Lizárraga / visión360 Chairo is one of the most representative soups of the country. Hearty and hot, it’s ideal for…
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Food in Potosi | 1830 | Comida en Potosí
The following piece is from “Proyecto Tuja” (Facebook), the link at the end is from the orignal book by Edmond Temple: “Magnificent observer, the Englishman Edmond Temple (Knight of the Royal Order of Carlos II) left for posterity a chronicle of his passage through Potosí in 1830. We extract some fragments from the book and…
Lack of dollars harms tourism | La falta de dólares perjudica al turismo
By Omar Pereyra, Eju.tv: The shortage of dollars slows down the recovery of tourism in Bolivia The president of the Bolivian Chamber of Tourism, Luis Ampuero, considered that the effect of the lack of dollars in the country is “varied” and slows down the recovery that the sector was showing after the devastating years of…
Next dining destination | Próximo destino gastronómico
By Joe Yogerst, CNN: Why this is Latin America’s next dining destination Anticucho (beef heart brochette) with pinta boca potatoes and aji cream with peanuts at Ancestral in La Paz. Courtesy Patricio Crooker and Christian Gutierrez. CNN — Bolivia doesn’t seem like an obvious foodie destination. But the big, landlocked South American country is making waves in the culinary world via top-notch…
Christmas Eve Bolivian food! – ¡Comida boliviana de Nochebuena!
Alissya Guerrero, Brújula Digital: What do Bolivian families eat on Christmas Eve? Photo/Pexels The picana [cattle prod], the turkey or the suckling pig are some of the foods that Bolivian families usually prepare on Christmas Eve to share with the family at midnight after the arrival of the Child Jesus and also, in some cases,…
Bolivia: Among the 100 best cuisines in the world | Entre las 100 mejores cocinas del mundo
Lourdes Molina Rea, El Deber: Bolivia is among the 100 best cuisines in the world, according to Taste Atlas It is ranked 60th and has more than 50 recommended dishes According to the Taste Atlas portal (online experiential travel guide for traditional food), Bolivia has one of the 100 best cuisines in the world. In…
