These are some of the most often used ingredients in the Guatemalan kitchen. This photo was taken on Calle del Arco in front of La Fonda de la Calle Real at a booth that the restaurant put out to showcase their flavors and the ingredients they use in their kitchen. You can take this photo to your local Latin market and start cooking some of the recipes found in this site under the Food and Drinks category. Bon Appetite!
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Cúpulas for cupolas or domes.
We jump-start the week after Easter with mini-series in some of the best activities to do in Antigua Guatemala. We start with cooking classes and continue with the avocado tour, a coffee tour and more. Stay tuned! What better way to bring home with you a little of Guatemalan than by learning to cook some … Read more
Not too long ago I shared a picture of iguashte or iwaxte, a vegetable salad made with ground pumpkin or squash seeds. As I said about a month ago, this is quite possibly a pre-Columbian Mayan dish. This version of iguashte with iguana as the meat was prepared in a recent cooking class at El … Read more
Here is another take on the ingredients and spices of the traditional Guatemalan cuisine. I have shared with you guys pictures and posts about what is necessary to cook Guatemalan food. I have shown before the ingredients for fiambre as well as the main elements to cook Guatemalan chuchitos or corn tamales. Furthermore, I have … Read more
Here are your Spanish words of the day: Moronga, Morcilla, Rellena, or Blood Sausage Although blood sausages have their origin in Europe, I read they are quite popular in France and Spain, in Guatemala they are prepared a little differently. For starters, they add chopped onions, and yerba buena [mint] and chiles and other local … Read more
Last week I had the opportunity to take some photos of the cooking classes at El Frijo Feliz Cooking School Antigua Guatemala thanks to the invitation of my friend Luis Prieto, manager for the school. Honestly, what a wonderful experience to take back home along the coffee tours and cultural and photographic tours. As they … Read more
These are some of the most often used ingredients in the Guatemalan kitchen. This photo was taken at La Fonda de la Calle Real at a booth that the restaurant put out to showcase their flavors and the ingredients they use in their kitchen. You can take this photo to your local Latin market and … Read more
We have to thank Erin, loyal and long-time reader from AntiguaDailyPhoto, for the buñuelos recipe you see below. Erin shared with us the buñuelos recipe last year: Making buñuelos at home can be a little bit tricky because the altitude will affect the dough. Having said that, don’t be afraid to try, it will be … Read more
Caldo de res (beef stock or stew) has to be among the most often eaten dishes in the Guatemalan cuisine. It is never absent from the Guatemalan daily menus of diners, fondas and restaurants. Like many Guatemalan caldos, it comes with carrots, corn on the cob, güisquil (chayote), ayote and chilacayote (squash), potatoes and beef. … Read more
Many of the ingredients present in the Guatemalan Kitchen Colors are necessary for the red and green sauces you see here. In the picture above, we can see another version of the typical Guatemalan breakfast, this one from Fernando’s Kaffee.
This is one of the kitchens at La Fonda de la Calle Real, which shows a typical kitchen in the colonial times. As you can see, if you click on the image to enlarge it, that most of the pots and pans were made from ceramic (cooked clay). La Fonda de la Calle Real is … Read more
Frijoles colorados or red beans is the second best dish after black beans, of course, in the Guatemalan kitchen. Here you have frijoles colorados with pork ribs, rice, tortillas, fresh-fruit drink. This is a typical lunch for many Guatemalans with the variation on the main dish which in this case is red beans. Here is … Read more
As you walk around Casa Santo Domingo, you find antique and contemporary artworks one after the other without disrupting harmony and a sense beauty. This is proof of high quality of the curatorship. There is classical music coming off from strategically located speakers to provide a peaceful and tranquil soundtrack while you stroll around the … Read more
Below you can browse the portfolio of the photos or stories in other places beyond AntiguaDailyPhoto. AntiguaDailyPhoto referenced or talked about elsewhere [wp-blogroll catid=4213 showdesc=1 showbrk=1] July and August 2010 July was a busy month and a few more photographs appeared in Revue Magazine. Also, the Guatemalan magazine publish from Madrid, Te prometo anarquía, profiled … Read more