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This snack right here is one that I have seen a lot when eating at Puervian resturants and when my dad’s aunt stayed with my family visiting from Ecuador. It’s called cancha in Peru and in Ecuador its named Chulpi. It’s a corn nut snack that is made with toasting or frying corn kernels whichContinue reading “Cancha y Chulpi, the Peruvian and Ecuadorian Snack”

I saved this post for last because growing up I never really had a lot of Ecuadorian-styled food. Granted, a lot of the foods that can be found in Ecuadorian restaurants are very similar to Peruvian restaurants since they are neighboring nations. However, there are some Ecuadorian dishes and meals that are prepared that IContinue reading “Food Special Series: Ecuadorian Llapingachos”

During the holidays, my grandpa likes to have family over his house so he can cook for all of us. He has made arroz con grandules, chivo, y pernil as main meals that would eat together. Sometimes he makes a salad to just so we can have as much food as we can on ourContinue reading “Food Special Series: Puerto Rican Chicarron de Pollo”

Staying with my grandma over long summers has made me grow immense love for homemade Dominican cooking. I can recall whenever my brother and I would be in our grandma’s room watching television or playing with our toys that her cooking would fill up the entire apartment. “¡Anthony y Seba, ven a comer!” would alwaysContinue reading “Food Special Series: Dominican Sopa de Pollo”

For these next few posts I wanted to take some time to highlight some foods that have impacted my life to the world of food and culture. As a person who is Dominican, Puerto Rican, Ecuadorian, and Peruvian there have been many foods that I have been exposed to respective with the nations that myContinue reading “Food Special Series: Peruvian Ceviche”

Growing up, it is hard to admit how much soda has affected my life from a kid to a young adult. Soda has always been around when I was feeding for a carbonated beverage and access to it is very easy; I remember always having Cola-Cola or Sierra Mist for the times that I wasContinue reading “Inca Cola: My Favorite Soda”

If there is one thing that I always put on my food, it has to be a spicy sauce to accompany my meal. I love my spicy foods and whenever I can add some spiciness to my dish I will take that opportunity to drench everything with it! I decided to make a post thatContinue reading “Peruvian Ají Verde Sauce”

For my Taco Literacy class, the book that we have been reading lately as been Eating NAFTA by Alyshia Gálvez and the conversations that we’ve had with this book have just been amazing. Last week my class and I were able to speak to Gálvez herself and ask her questions that came to us whenContinue reading “Eating NAFTA: Great Things to Say”

In this Youtube video, this Youtuber goes around Mexico City to try what his friend Lalo to try the best tacos in Mexico City. Lately, I have been feeding for some tacos and watching this video made my stomach growl a lot! Just watching these tacos being prepared and served and the juices dropping fromContinue reading “The Tacos of Mexico City”

On my Instagram page, I made a post looking at something that I and my Mama came across when eating at an Applebee’s a couple of weeks ago. On the menu, there was a new kind of salad that Applebee’s customers would be able to eat while they dine there. They called it the BigContinue reading “Applebee’s Tex Taco Salad Impressions and Analysis”