Cuisine
Editor’s note: CuencaHighLife restaurant reviewer Larry Schunk enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1960 and, following two tours of duty in Vietnam, where he was wounded, he was retrained in aviation electronics and pioneered the Marine Corps Computer Based Training (CBT) system. Following his military service, Larry was an information systems consultant for several...
The idea to get into the bagel business came to Rich Westcott very early one morning, after he had been reading about food. “Because I used to works nights, I developed strange sleeping habits and one morning about 3 or 4, I realized that what Cuenca needed is a good bagel.” More than a year...
On a recent morning, a dozen customers crowded the counter at Maria’s Alemania Bakery and Restaurant on the corner of Hermano Miguel and Mariscal Sucre in Cuenca, waiting to place their orders. Among the group, which included Cuencanos, North American expats and two Argentinian backpackers, were a German couple, Karl and Heidi Holtz. “We just...
A fixture of Cuenca dining for almost a quarter century, Villa Rosa Restaurant on Gran Colombia serves its last meal Friday night. The owners say, however, that a new restaurant will reopoen in the same space. Over the years, Villa Rosa has been mainstay Cuenca’s “fine dining” scene, receiving glowing press reports in scores of...
Save your appetite for Sunday afternoon. That’s when the doors open on Cuenca’s 19th Annual International Food Fair at the Mall del Rio Convention Center. In addition to Ecuadorian comida tipica, the fair will feature food from Italy, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, the U.S., Japan, Argentina, Germany, Colombia and Chile. The event is one of two...
By Susan Schenck A full sized store with products that are about 90% organic and 93% raw in Cuenca? In the three years I’ve been here, I never thought I’d see it! No longer does one have to travel to the Juice Factory in VilcaBamba now that Cuenca now has Tienda Nectar, located at Benigno Malo...
By Deke Castleman Among the first sights noticed by newcomers to Cuenca, along with the billowing white clouds, the rolling green hills, and the red-tile roofs, are the big blue and red buses that spew black fumes into the otherwise colorless alpine air. Hundreds of them bomb around town, from roughly 5:45 a.m. till 10...
By Kelly Swing Ecuador’s president, Rafael Correa, announced earlier this month that he has no choice but to go ahead with drilling operations in one of the planet’s most biodiverse region, the Yasuní national park. Back in 2007, he proposed the Yasuní-ITT initiative, an innovative way to protect this biologically important piece of Amazon rainforest....
Note: See the date this article was published. Some things may have changed; for the most up to date information, check out Orange Wings and Ribs Facebook page. At this fairly recent addition to the Cuenca dining scene, the name is in English, the menu is in Spanish, the food is a kind of cross between...
Editor´s note: The following is from the Smithsonian Foundation blog by Alastair Bland, "Off the Road: The Travel Adventures of a Nomad on the Cheap." Alastair Bland is a freelance journalist based in San Francisco who writes about international travel, the environment, science, bicycling, food, and agriculture. People visit Ecuador for many reasons. Some come...
By Sarah Zielinski Chef and culinary historian Maricel Presilla owns two restaurants and has written many cookbooks. But her new book, Gran Cocina Latina: The Food of Latin America, is her attempt to give fans a heaping helping of the many cultures she blends into her world. "It's my whole life," she tells National Public...
Save your appetite for noon on Sunday afternoon, November 11. That’s when the doors open on Cuenca’s 18th Annual International Food Fair at the Mall del Rio Convention Center. The food fair is the largest dining event in Cuenca, last year serving almost 3,000 meals. In addition to Ecuadorian comida tipica, the fair will feature...
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