Northwestern Argentine Foodways

Regional

JUJUY, SALTA, TUCUMÁN, CATAMARCA, LA RIOJA and SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO — the ANDEAN northwest, and the part of Argentina with the deepest agricultural history, continuous with Bolivia and the Inca road. Maize in many landraces, potatoes, quinoa, beans, squash, ají; llama in the puna; goat; charqui; EMPANADAS baked in a clay horno, LOCRO, HUMITA in the husk, TAMALES, picante de pollo; and the QUEBRADA DE HUMAHUACA, a UNESCO cultural landscape. ⚠ THIS FOOD IS ANDEAN AND SHARED WITH BOLIVIA, and the border is not a culinary one.

Atlas — where and when

Where in the world

Tucumán Province territory
Santiago del Estero Province territory
Salta Province territory
Jujuy Province territory

Communities and languages

Kolla community documented

Languages: Spanish

Related foodways

This foodway relates to

related to Latin American Foodways documented
The Andean northwest is continuous with Bolivian and Andean foodways and the state border is not a culinary one.