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A Culinary Journey into Colombia’s Regions: Misia

Post author:Karen Attman
Post published:April 11, 2016
Post category:Colombian ingredients Restaurants and cafés in Colombia

Warning: In this article about Colombian food you will find a high concentration of Colombian words that have no translation.

Update: While this restaurant is no longer open, the article does discuss typical Colombian food that you can try while visiting Colombia.

When one of your favorite chefs invites you over for a meal, you don’t say no. At least, I don’t. So when Leonor Espinosa invited me to try out Misia, her new restaurant in Zona G (the National Museum spot has been open for a year), I was quick to say Sí.

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Colombian Fruit: Lulo

Post author:Karen Attman
Post published:March 22, 2016
Post category:Colombian ingredients

Like many people’s egos, this fruit is easily damaged, which makes it hard to ship far. It’s part of that lure of Colombia, those fruits that you might not be able to try elsewhere.

Fruits in Colombia: Pitaya

Post author:Karen Attman
Post published:January 6, 2016
Post category:Colombian ingredients

A major reason to live in Colombia, in my opinion, are the fruits, and pitaya is at the top of my list. Called dragon fruit in some parts of the world, the Colombian variety is different, and just has to be tasted here in the country.

My Colombian Kitchen: Granadilla

Post author:Karen Attman
Post published:November 16, 2015
Post category:Colombian ingredients

This is one of my favorite Colombian fruits, although you wouldn’t guess it by the description I’m about to give you.

Business on a Bike in Bogota

Post author:Karen Attman
Post published:October 15, 2015
Post category:Colombian ingredients Free coffee resources

Nancy, a 30-something woman from Bogota, is on her way to work.

Under a sunny Bogota sky, she’s mounted on a motorcycle that is large for her small frame. On the highway headed north, she twists and turns through mid-morning traffic, narrowly missing getting hit by taxis and buses plowing through the heavily congested lanes.

Almost on the outskirts of the city, she turns right into the parking lot of a shopping mall. She parks her motorcycle in a central area and places the helmet on the seat. She opens the metal box attached to the back of the seat, and unfolds a giant green umbrella to shade her while she works.

Nancy is open for business.

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