Day: February 18, 2021

Corn

Arepas

Chef Grace Ramirez calls her arepas recipe, excerpted from her cookbook La Latina, “magical little pockets of deliciousness.”

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Recipes

Croquetas de Maca

These croquettes, from Martin Morales’s Andina cookbook, are made with maca root powder, an ingredient indigenous to the Andes Mountains.

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Breakfast/ Brunch

Migas with Cheese

From America: The Cookbook, migas is a deconstructed breakfast taco featuring cheesy scrambled eggs mixed with fried tortilla strips.

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Beef

Carne Mechada

An essential part of Venezuelan pabellón, this shredded beef dish is a Latin American staple.

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Cocktail

Mezcal Mule

Bartender Jim Meehan says this mezcal cocktail is strong, sweet, sour, smoky, vegetal, hot, and even a little floral.

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Bread

Chipas

From Grace Ramirez’s cookbook, La Latina, comes this Paraguayan bread snack made with tapioca flour and cheese.

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Chocolate

Brigadeiros

Brigadeiros are small Brazillian bonbons made with condensed milk. Author Grace Ramirez calls them ‘dangerous.’

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Cocktail

Caipirinha

Excerpted from Meehan’s Bartending Manual, this classic Brazilian cocktail made with just cachaça, lime, and sugar.

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