Cooking with marijuana has long been the inspiration for culinary clubs and cookbooks in the United States, but cooking with another taboo green leaf is picking up speed in Bolivia.Coca leaves are what Coca-Cola is named after, and as you may know, they're the raw material from which cocaine is derived. According to A.V. Club, the people of…
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Ham and Sohla El Waylly are the 30-year-old chef-owners of Hail Mary, a New American–style diner in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. One look at their menu says it all (and yes, of course breakfast is served all day). The two chefs have a wealth of popular restaurants on their résumés and are putting their skills and creativity toward…
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You might be familiar with a few Ethiopian dishes and may have previously dined at a Filipino restaurant with friends, but how well acquainted are you with these cuisines? Can you even name a national food of Kenya, Bolivia or Indonesia? Most of these countries' culinary offerings are readily available in major U.S. cities, even though the large…
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What is Bolivian food? Given that it comes from one of the least-visited South American countries, you probably don't have a clue. Look to the country’s understated restaurant scene, with its reputation for plain meat-and-potato menus, and you likely won’t find many answers, either.But stroll through Mercado Rodriguez in La Paz, Bolivia’s high-altitude metropolis, and…
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