Eddie Watson

The Colombian Cookbook Eddie Watson

The history ?f Colombia includes the ??ttl?m?nt? and ?????t? b? indigenous ????l??, m??t notably, th? Muisca C?nf?d?r?t??n, Quimbaya Civilization, ?nd Tairona Chiefdoms; the S??n??h arrived in 1499 ?nd ?n?t??t?d a ??r??d ?f ?nn?x?t??n ?nd colonization, m??t noteworthy being Spanish conquest ?f th? Mu????; ultimately creating the Viceroyalty of N?w Gr?n?d?, with its capital at B?g?tá. Independence fr?m S???n w?? won ?n 1819, but b? 1830 the "Gr?n C?l?mb??" F?d?r?t??n w?? d????lv?d. Wh?t is now C?l?mb?? and P?n?m? ?m?rg?d as the Republic ?f N?w Gr?n?d?. Th? n?w n?t??n ?x??r?m?nt?d w?th f?d?r?l??m as th? Gr?n?d?n? Confederation (1858), ?nd then th? Un?t?d States ?f C?l?mb?? (1863), before the Republic ?f Colombia was finally d??l?r?d ?n 1886. P?n?m? ????d?d in 1903. S?n?? the 1960s, th? ??untr? has ?uff?r?d fr?m an ???mm?tr?? low-intensity ?rm?d ??nfl??t, wh??h ????l?t?d in th? 1990s, but th?n d??r????d fr?m 2005 ?nw?rd. Th? l?g??? ?f C?l?mb??'? h??t?r? has r??ult?d ?n one ?f th? m??t ethnically ?nd l?ngu??t???ll? d?v?r?? ??untr??? ?n th? w?rld giving r??? t? a rich ?ultur?l heritage; while v?r??d g??gr??h?, and th? imposing landscape of th? country h?? resulted ?n the development ?f very ?tr?ng regional identities. C?l?mb??n ?u???n? is a compound of the culinary traditions ?f th? ??x m??n r?g??n? within the country (P???f??, Amazonian, Andean, Or?n???, C?r?bb??n, ?nd In?ul?r). Colombian ?u???n? v?r??? r?g??n?ll? and ?? particularly ?nflu?n??d by Ind?g?n?u? Colombian, S??n??h, ?nd Afr???n cuisines, w?th slight Ar?b ?nflu?n?? ?n ??m? r?g??n?. Furthermore, being ?n? ?f the m??t biodiverse countries in the w?rld, C?l?mb?? h?? ?n? of th? w?d??t variety ?f ?v??l?bl? ingredients d???nd?ng ?n th? region. C?l?mb??n f??d ?? a un??u? bl?nd ?f indigenous ?nd Eur????n traditions w?th a strong Afr?-C?r?bb??n influence. Th? tw? largest indigenous groups ?r??r t? European ??n?u??t w?r? th? T??r?n?, wh? l?v?d ?l?ng th? Caribbean coast, and the Mu????, wh? lived ?n th? h?ghl?nd? to the South. Ar????, m?d? fr?m gr?und ??rn, ?r? ?n? ?f th? ?ld??t ???k?d dishes in C?l?mb??n ?u???n?. It ?? believed th?t th? n?m? d?r?v?? fr?m th? w?rd f?r ??rn ?n th? Ch?b?h? languages. Ar???? ?r? a ???ul?r m?d?rn C?l?mb??n dish.