Product Description

Secrets of Colombian Cooking provides a window into the diverse cuisine of this little-known South American nation. Author Patricia McCausland-Gallo, a native Colombian, traveled throughout the many regions of Colombia to gather the most authentic dishes. With a wide range of recipes and a glossary of typical ingredients, this book acquaints cooks with the array of foods that make up Colombian cuisine, including sweet and hot peppers, plantains, tamarind, gooseberries, papayas, guavas, and tree tomatoes.

From the coffee and cacao grown high in the Andes Mountains to the many tropical fruits of the Caribbean and Amazonian regions, the great cattle farms on the plains, and bountiful seafood from the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, Colombia is a country of vast and exotic culinary creations. Secrets of Colombian Cooking presents the wide spectrum of Colombian cuisine to home cooks in more than 175 inviting recipes from simple, hearty sancochos (soups and stews prepared differently in every region) to more exotic fare such as Langosta al Coco (Lobster in Coconut Sauce) and Ají de Uchuvas (Yellow Gooseberry Sauce). Complete with b/w photographs.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #61502 in Books
• Published on: 2004-05-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 251 pages

About the Author
Patricia McCausland-Gallo is a nutritionist, pastry chef, and teacher born in the Caribbean town of Barranquilla. She studied at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, and attended the American Institute of Baking in Kansas, as well as Ecole Lenôtre in Paris. She has been a food writer for local and national newspapers in Colombia and a manager and owner of bakeries in Barranquilla and Cali. She now resides in Panama City, Panama.

Customer Reviews

Excellent!
This is the best Colombian Cookbook I have ever had. I am going to order copies for my children and friends as Christmas gifts. It is a great way to keep the colombian cooking tradition alive! Thank you!

Excellent!
It is great to get these recipes in English, so that non-Spanish speakers can share in the greatness that is Colombian food.

Secrets of Colombian cooking
I am colombian.This is the second of the same book I bought. The first one, I gave it to my step-daughter-in-Law who is from Thailand and loves colombian food. She asks me for it every time she visits.
The second book I gave it to my step-daughter who is american, for her b-day. She wanted the book when she ate pandebonos and the empanadas I cooked for her.
We all are very pleased with the book, the recipes are very accurate and easy to understand.