Best Latin American Restaurants in London
On behalf of Sounds and Colours, I went on a mission to discover Latin American food in London, and the... Read Article
Guayaki: Blending Tradition and Regeneration
Yerba mate is the Southern Cone take on that ubiquitous drink/food/dance you are told you must try when you visit any... Read Article
Cabana: (Brazilian) Food For Thought
In the first of a new series of restaurant reviews, Barnaby Simons visits Cabana in Central St Giles Piazza, which... Read Article
Cachaça – the Caipirinha Challenge
Last month we took a look at cachaça, the spirit of choice for Brazilians, and people visiting Brazil. Now, we’re... Read Article
Cachaça – the unmistakable taste and flavour of Brazil
Latin America and the Caribbean are major producers of sugar cane and it’s rather more interesting by-products - aguardiente de caña (known as cachaça in Brazil) and rum. Brazil is the producer of aguardiente de caña par excellence – any visitor to the North East of the country cannot fail but notice the vast swaying sea of sugar cane.
Chicha – an ancestral beverage to feed body and soul
It is 7 am. I have just arrived in Canelos, a remote Kithwa community of the Pastaza Province, the oldest... Read Article
Mate – sharing is a tradition
In the streets, in the bus, on the beach, at the office, at home… Wherever you go, you will see... Read Article
Pisco – Booze of the Gods!
When grapes came to the New World in the 16th century, first to the Parras, Coahuila, Mexico and later to... Read Article
Delhi samples exotic flavours of Ecuador
What binds Indian food to that of Ecuador, the South American nation straddling the equator? ‘Similarities in cooking technique,’ says... Read Article