An interview with Colombian food stylist, cookbook author, and founder of Casa Velasquez, a brand of 'hosting ware' for your table, Mariana Velásquez shares Colombia’s cuisine philosophy of generosity via her cookbook Colombiana, keen sense of style, and a shared love of arepas, empanadas and the one-pot meals, all to bring this vibrant country into your home and your table.
With Caribbean and Pacific coastlines, rain forests, jungles, great valleys and rivers flowing from the Andes Mountains, desert, and fog forests, Colombia is a country with deep regionality and distinct food, culture and customs. As the country exports more and more talent in music, innovation, art, design, fashion, and now food, today we are going to introduce you to a brilliant tastemaker, chef, and food stylist, Mariana Velásquezz, a native of Bogotá. She’s spent the past two decades residing in New York and cooking in restaurant kitchens, food styling, and writing/collaborating on cookbooks and published her own cookbook called Colombiana, which she says brings it all full circle. Mariana shares why Colombia's culinary philosophy means ‘more is more’ and the inherent joy and generosity present in its cuisine, and culture, which anyone traveling to the region will immediately savor.
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Instagram: MarianaVelasquezV
Website: www.marianavelasquez.com
Casa Velasquez HostingWare: https://www.casavelasquez.co/