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Colombian Andean Foodways

Región Andina

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The Andes split into THREE CORDILLERAS in southern Colombia, and the valleys between them held separate societies and separate kitchens. This is where most Colombians live: Antioquia, the Eje Cafetero (Caldas, Quindío, Risaralda), Cundinamarca and Bogotá, Boyacá, Santander and Norte de Santander, Tolima, Huila, and the Andean parts of Cauca, Nariño and Valle. MAIZE and the arepa; POTATO in many native varieties; beans; PORK in every form; dairy and fresh cheese; wheat since the colony; PANELA; COFFEE; and the soup — ajiaco, sancocho, mute, caldo, changua — that opens the day. ⚠ ANTIOQUIA, BOYACÁ, SANTANDER AND NARIÑO ARE FOUR DIFFERENT KITCHENS and are recorded as such.

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Languages: Spanish

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  • related to Venezuelan Andean Foodways documented

    Táchira and Norte de Santander are one border kitchen; the wheat arepa and the pastelito cross it.

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